1.   They also got hold of nose tackle Bill Mass from Kansas City -- not exactly a reject, but he went.

2.   Among top defenders returning is nose tackle Larry Tripplett, one of the best at his position in the nation.

3.   And Brown filled in all the blanks of how Davis went from a nose tackle nobody would ever have known to the pinnacle of the NFL.

4.   And Davis spent the season at nose tackle, rarely touching the ball.

5.   And former Bills nose tackle Jeff Wright is due in next week for a physical.

6.   At least Gillman got something for Matuszak, who was traded to Kansas City for nose tackle Curly Culp.

7.   At nose tackle, the starter was Bruce Walker, not Reggie White.

8.   Beyond losing Marcellus Wiley, a sack machine, the Bills also lost their best run stopper in nose tackle Ted Washington.

9.   Bob Golic played nose tackle back then, flanked by Howie Long and Scott Davis.

10.   A week ago, the coach said that if the season were beginning today, White would be his starting nose tackle.