1.   And the addition of rookie back Antowain Smith makes the running game even more formidable.

2.   Baltimore has found a keeper in the rookie back Jamal Lewis, and Denver loves Anderson.

3.   After the Chiefs game, after the Patriots rookie back Robert Edwards provided another dazzling performance, Bledsoe was asked if he was surprised by Edwards.

4.   He finished with three, even though he was being covered by a rookie defensive back.

5.   He was a rookie defensive back for the Baltimore Colts.

6.   If both get hurt, the Cowboys will use tight end Jay Novacek or rookie defensive back Darren Studstill.

7.   I spoke to the rookie defensive backs the entire night and I told them that I made this football team on effort.

8.   Pickens was alongside the rookie defensive back Raymond Austin in the end zone.

9.   Rookie defenisve back Lawyer Milloy was also hurt in the second quarter but suffered only a minor shoulder injury.

10.   Steve Muhammad, a rookie defensive back for the Indianapolis Colts, was charged with misdemeanor battery in November for beating his pregnant wife.