1.   According to agent Neil Cornrich, the Patriots linebacker has two ways to go to work out the problem with a bulging disk in his neck.

2.   Again, the linebacker would have none of it.

3.   Already, many linebackers have the speed of running backs.

4.   Crowton likes to run screens, which make linebackers have to move laterally and which tends to wear them down.

5.   Dave Anderson of Thousand Oaks, a late addition to the team, has won a starting spot, as has Loyola linebacker Chad Slapnicka.

6.   He wants a linebacker to have to cover Palmer sliding out of the backfield.

7.   Later, Pro Bowl linebacker Chad Brown had to step in to stop Springs from going after Myles.

8.   Linebackers have collisions.

9.   Middle linebacker Junior Seau has specific ideas on how to control the San Francisco passing game.

10.   No linebacker has a chance against him one-on-one.