21.   Last year, teams found ways to exploit the position by throwing to the tailback or tight end, which is the responsibility of the strongside linebacker.

22.   Marcus Buckley will start in place of Corey Miller, the strongside linebacker who is expected to miss three weeks with a severe right ankle sprain.

23.   Might play strongside linebacker for some teams.

24.   More likely, Miller will join Buckley in a hybrid form of a strongside linebacker, with Miller playing more often in obvious run situations.

25.   Miller may be on the verge of losing his starting job at strongside linebacker.

26.   On obvious passing downs, defensive tackle Leon Lett and strongside linebacker Randall Godfrey will see time at the primary pass-rush position.

27.   Now, said Bobby Houston, the strongside linebacker, the Jets should keep winning.

28.   One position that firmed up is strongside linebacker, where junior Kori Dickerson beat out freshman Chris Prosser and junior John Cousins.

29.   Phillips, a third-round draft pick, was a defensive end at Idaho whom the Giants have projected as a strongside linebacker.

30.   Phillips, a former defensive end, is normally a strongside linebacker and is not accustomed to covering receivers downfield.