81.   The team nearly came to terms last week with Casillas, the nose tackle who got out of his free-agent contract with the Chiefs.

82.   The soft-spoken nose tackle fractured an ankle and will be out for the rest of the season.

83.   The team also waived safety Bracey Walker, wide receiver Jeff Hill, offensive tackle Melvin Tuten, linebacker Randy Neal and nose tackle William Carr.

84.   There were times when they took funky blocking angles, making it appear that there was no nose tackle.

85.   They played defensive end Reggie White at nose tackle to get pressure up the middle.

86.   They have just six sacks in the last three games, including none from nose tackle Chad Hennings, and one from defensive tackle Leon Lett.

87.   They lost junior nose tackle Bernard Riley for the season to a knee injury last week against Washington, and three of their four primary players are freshmen.

88.   To make room on the roster, the Bengals waived second-year nose tackle Tim Morabito.

89.   To help stuff the run, New Orleans started veteran defensive end Frank Warren at nose tackle and he ended up blocking a field-goal attempt.

90.   Was it prudent not to re-sign Chad Eaton at nose tackle?