1.   Other reptiles, including slow worms, smooth snakes and lizards are already on the protected list.

2.   As of this writing, clubs have their option when it comes time to file protected lists.

3.   A moratorium was placed on trades from the time teams submitted their protected lists for the draft last Tuesday.

4.   After a team has a player taken, it can add three more players to its protected list.

5.   After each of the first two rounds, teams are permitted to add three players to their protected list.

6.   After each of the first two rounds, clubs will add three players to their protected lists.

7.   But just in case, they must be prepared to drop a player from their protected list.

8.   Chicago dropped the biggest bombshell in the expansion draft when it left veteran guard B.J. Armstrong off its protected list.

9.   Each team loses one player in the first round, then adds three more players to the protected list.

10.   Except for the final four teams in the playoffs, each club has to give its protected list to the Cleveland Browns by Tuesday.