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The NFL assigned referee Gene Steratore to Sunday's playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots in Gillette Stadium.

A few notes about Steratore and his crew from the 2009 regular season:

• Their 176 penalties tied for the second-fewest among all 17 NFL crews.
• Don't expect many yellow flags late in the game. Steratore and his men called an NFL-low 37 penalties in the fourth quarter, and one in overtime.
• Much has been made about Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis' criticism of NFL officials for treating Patriots quarterback Tom Brady like a porcelain doll in Week 4. Steratore detected roughing the passer just three times this year, tied for third-fewest.
• They called defensive pass interference only nine times (tied for third fewest) and offensive pass interference four times.
• Defenses shouldn't get too grabby. Steratore's crew called nine defensive holding penalties, in the upper third.
• The only calls that Steratore's crew called into the double digits were offensive holding (34), false start (31) and defensive offside (13).

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Three nuggets of knowledge about Sunday's Ravens-Patriots wild-card playoff game:

Julian Edelman will do enough to help the Patriots cope with Wes Welker's injury. I'm not going to debate analysts who've played the game about Welker's importance to the Patriots' offense. I selected him as my AFC East MVP. But I do believe too much is being made about his telepathy with Tom Brady. Yes, there will be a dropoff in chemistry from Welker to rookie Julian Edelman. A few more balls will hit the turf. But Edelman did manage to catch 10 of the 15 passes thrown his way Sunday. He's OK.

When remembering the Week 4 matchup, consider that Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo didn't play. The Ravens outgained Patriots 363-319. Ravens running back Ray Rice carried 11 times for 103 yards. You would expect those numbers to go down with Mayo on patrol in the middle of the defense. Last year's defensive rookie of the year suffered a knee injury on opening night and wasn't able to play in their first meeting.

Patriot tights ends are an X factor. Benjamin Watson and Chris Baker haven't contributed much to the box score all season. Then again, with a players such as Welker and Randy Moss in the lineup, there aren't a lot of passes to distribute around. In the three games Welker was unavailable (counting Sunday, when he went down in the first quarter), Watson and Baker combined for 11 of their 43 receptions and for 134 of their 518 yards. Calculate that pace over a full season, and Patriots tight ends grab a much more palatable 59 catches for 715 yards this year.

Three things to know about Sunday's Ravens at Patriots wild-card playoff game:

1. Julian Edelman must sustain his Wes Welker impersonation. The Patriots lost their MVP when Welker suffered a left knee injury Sunday against the Texans. Edelman, a rookie who played quarterback at Kent State, won't be able to replace Welker. But Edelman could mitigate Welker's absence enough to keep the Patriots' offense effective. Edelman had a rather Welker-like performance Sunday with 10 receptions for 103 yards. When the Patriots beat the Ravens in Week 4, Welker was coming off an injury that sidelined him for two games and caught six passes for 48 yards. Edelman had one reception for 12 yards.

2. Ravens passing offense shouldn't be a major threat. The Patriots have been most vulnerable this season against prolific passers. In their five most-recent defeats, opposing quarterbacks aired it out against the Patriots' secondary. Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Matt Schaub, even Kyle Orton and Chad Henne. The Dolphins, with one of the league's better running offenses, had Henne throw 52 times to beat the Patriots in Week 13. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is capable of a big day, but the Ravens are more comfortable on the ground. They ranked 18th in passing offense, but fifth in rushing offense.

3. A balanced attack worked well before. The Patriots defeated the Ravens in Week 4 with a remarkably evenhanded offense. The Patriots ran 30 times and passed 32 times. Within those plays, the ball was spread around liberally. No running back had more than seven carries for 25 yards. Tom Brady completed passes to nine targets: four receivers, four backs and one tight end.

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ESPN.com's Week 5 power rankings are out, and I don't know if I understand how they work anymore.

The New York Jets somehow climbed a spot despite losing to the New Orleans Saints, and the Buffalo Bills dropped only two spots for getting vaporized by a team that was three spots beneath them in last week's rankings.

Here is how the AFC East breaks down in the latest rankings, drawn up by ESPN senior writers John Clayton and Jeffri Chadiha, AFC South blogger Paul Kuharsky and NFC West blogger Mike Sando.

No. 5 New York Jets

• Last week's rating: No. 6
• Best rating: No. 5 (Chadiha, Sando, Kuharsky)
• Worst rating: No. 6 (Clayton)
• Note: A loss to the fourth-ranked Saints didn't hurt them at all. In fact, it nudged the Jets upward. The Jets' defense looked impressive, and a lot of the blame could be hung on the poor decisions of one player, rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez, but pulling within one spot of a team that beat them by two touchdowns seems peculiar to me.

No. 6 New England Patriots

• Last week's rating: No. 7
• Best rating: No. 6 (Chadiha, Kuharsky, Sando)
• Worst rating: No. 7 (Clayton)
• Note: The Patriots dropped to 10th after their Week 2 loss to the Jets, but are back among the top three teams in the AFC after back-to-back victories over the Atlanta Falcons and Baltimore Ravens.

No. 21 Miami Dolphins

• Last week's rating: No. 24
• Best rating: No. 21 (Chadiha, Sando)
• Worst rating: No. 22 (Clayton, Kuharsky)
• Note: The Dolphins were better than their 0-3 record suggested, and their first victory must've encouraged the voters to bump them into the middle third of the rankings. Granted, the Dolphins pillaged the Bills, but it's a mark in the W column.

No. 23 Buffalo Bills

• Last week's rating: No. 21
• Best rating: No. 22 (Chadiha, Sando)
• Worst rating: No. 24 (Clayton, Kuharsky)
• Note: This one is a head-scratcher to me. The Bills finally slipped from the No. 21 spot they've held in every edition of the power rankings since May. But I can't believe they dropped only two spots after that pathetic display against a team that was ranked three slots beneath them last week.

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Falling

Edwards

1. Trent Edwards, Bills QB: The third-year quarterback was terrible in a 38-10 loss to the Dolphins, and it looks like the pressures surrounding the foundering organization -- a head coach headed to the gallows, a coordinator already axed, questionable personnel moves, offensive futility -- are consuming him.

Edwards threw three interceptions. Rookie cornerback Vontae Davis was laughing about the telegraphed throw he returned for a touchdown. Edwards was sacked six times. He completed three passes to Terrell Owens, giving them eight measly connections this year.

Sanchez

2. Mark Sanchez, Jets QB: The rookie quarterback was the weak link Sunday against the Saints. His mistakes were the main reason the Jets lost their first game. Two of his turnovers were pounced on for touchdowns in a 14-point game.

Sanchez completed 14 of 27 passes for 138 yards and no touchdowns. He threw three interceptions. Saints safety Darren Sharper took one 99 yards for a touchdown. On Sharper's return, Sanchez made a juvenile decision to take out Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma at the knees. Sanchez also lost a fumble the Saints recovered in the end zone for a touchdown.

Galloway

3. Joey Galloway, Patriots WR: Head coach Bill Belichick declined to explain why Galloway was a healthy scratch from Sunday's victory over the Ravens, but it doesn't take a master sleuth to figure it out.

Galloway essentially has been useless in the Patriots' offense. The 15-year veteran seems lost and unable to grasp the playbook for whatever reason. In his three games, Tom Brady has targeted him 19 times, but they've completed just six passes for 49 yards.

Rising

Wake

1. Cameron Wake, Dolphins LB: The Canadian Football League phenom finally performed for Dolfans, who had forgotten what all the fuss was about when their team signed him in January. Loyalists were excited to learn Wake recorded 39 sacks in two seasons with the BC Lions, but they didn't see any evidence of that in four preseason exhibitions. Wake was inactive for the first two regular-season games.

In his second NFL game, Wake recorded three sacks against a Bills offensive line that was thoroughly outclassed because it has been trimmed to the bone by front-office decisions and injuries. But those are NFL players Wake competed against. Only three Dolphins had more sacks all of last year.

Morris

2. Sammy Morris, Patriots RB: Some observers wondered if Morris would be cut at the end of training camp. The Patriots added free agent Fred Taylor to a backfield that included Laurence Maroney, Kevin Faulk and BenJarvus Green-Ellis.

Morris stuck around and has been involved. He's even getting snaps at fullback. Morris leads all Patriots running backs in receiving yardage with 95 on nine catches. In Sunday's triumph over the Ravens, he had a 12-yard touchdown run.

Henne

3. Chad Henne, Dolphins QB: The second-year pro became only the fifth quarterback to win his first Dolphins start in the post-Dan Marino era. That might not sound too remarkable, but when you consider he was the 13th to start since Marino retired in 2000, it's an achievement.

Henne, pressed into service because Chad Pennington is done for the year, submitted a managerial performance that would make his mentor proud. Henne completed 12 of 22 passes for 115 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions against the Bills. Not dazzling, by any means. But good enough to help the Dolphins win their first game of the year.

This might be some sort of record.

In early balloting Monday afternoon, Buffalo Bills coach Dick Jauron is pulling down a 4 percent in the latest SportsNation head coach approval ratings.

Jauron

That's dead last in the NFL and the worst number in the two years SportsNation has conducted the polls.

Four percent.

Genghis Khan wasn't that despised. Idi Amin was embraced more by his people. Spencer Pratt is adored by comparison.

Four percent.

Jauron's rating is 20 points lower than when Richard Nixon left office.

Bills fans loathed the guy last year, but his lowest rating for 2008 was 8 percent. So he was twice as popular then.

The Bills were manhandled 38-10 by the winless Miami Dolphins on Sunday. Dolphins coach Tony Sparano, a darling last year, so far has skyrocketed from 43 percent to 75 percent with the victory.

New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick led all AFC East coaches Monday afternoon at 85 percent after knocking off the Baltimore Ravens.

New York Jets coach Rex Ryan suffered his first loss and slipped from 92 percent to 76 percent in the early voting, which generally holds up through the week, give or take a couple of percentage points.

So Jauron actually could go lower than 4 flippin' percent.

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Miami Dolphins 38, Buffalo Bills 10

• Dave George from the Palm Beach Post watched Chad Henne make his first NFL start Sunday and is hopeful for the future.
• Dave Hyde of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel acknowledges all the young blood that helped the Dolphins win.
• The Miami Herald's Armando Salguero was impressed the Dolphins were able to end their skid despite the absence of Chad Pennington and Joey Porter.
• Legendary Miami columnist Edwin Pope points out "If the Dolphins handle division opponents in three of their next four games, they're ahead of the game."
• The Palm Beach Post's Greg Stoda saw no validation for beating an atrocious Bills team.
• Jerry Sullivan of the Buffalo News writes "this one has to rank as the worst defeat of the entire Dick Jauron era in Buffalo."
• Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reporter Sal Maiorana hands out some unsatisfactory marks on his weekly Bills report card.

New England Patriots 27, Baltimore Ravens 21

• The Boston Globe's Bob Ryan points out that, yes, the Patriots got lucky Sunday. But they're also good.
• I want to know who filed his column first. Jim Donaldson of the Providence Journal also reflects on the valuable combination of luck and ability.
• Tony Massarotti of the Boston Globe writes "we are reminded that the on-field cornerstone of this unparalleled Patriots era still does one thing better than anyone. He wins."
• WEEI.com's Christopher Price shares what he learned from the Patriots' victory over the previously unbeaten Ravens.
• The Boston Herald's Ron Borges concentrates on how a maturing defense handled the league's No. 2 offense.

New Orleans Saints 24, New York Jets 10

• William C. Rhoden of the New York Times notes the afternoon Jets fans dreaded finally arrived Sunday.
• New York Daily News columnist Gary Myers writes the performance of Mark Sanchez "is the only reason" the Jets lost Sunday.
• Bob Glauber from Newsday recalls how Bill Parcells used to judged young quarterbacks: "You see what they're like after they throw three interceptions, get hit in the mouth and then walk back in the huddle."
• The New York Post's Steve Serby writes "whether your name is Elway or Aikman or Manning or Sanchez, there will be occasions when you simply will have to endure a root canal."
• Newsday's Roderick Boone hands out some mediocre grades for the first time this season.

Rodney Harrison doesn't play favorites.

The blunt-talking former New England Patriots safety sided with Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis when it came to calls that went the other way in a 27-21 Patriots victory in Gillette Stadium.

Lewis was incensed that Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs was called for roughing the passer for brushing past Tom Brady's legs in the second quarter. A third-and-10 situation from the Baltimore 42-yard line turned into a first down at the 27-yard line. The Patriots scored a touchdown two plays later to take a 17-7 lead.

Brady essentially benefited from the so-called "Brady rule" that protects quarterbacks from being hit from the waist to below the knees.

Mike Freeman from CBSSports.com wrote a column on Lewis' postgame eruption.

"That's not football," Lewis said in the visitors locker room. "And that's the embarrassing part about it. Two great teams going at it, let them go at it. But you can't stop drives like that, you can't throw flags and say 'Oh, you touched the quarterback.' Put flags on them. Put a red buzzer on them so if we touch them, they're down."

Lewis said Brady gleefully remarked on the field that the call was "a cheap one."

"You do a double take," Lewis said. "It's embarrassing that [the Patriots] even know it. They even know, 'If you get close to me, guess what? I can look for a penalty.' Did that win or lose the game? No, but it damn sure helped them get 14 points. People work too hard for that. And the embarrassing part about it is you see it constantly, constantly every week: emphasis on protecting the quarterback. We're men, we put our pants on the same way. I got kids just like Brady got kids. Every man has kids. Treat them with that same respect.

"It's embarrassing for us to even keep a game going like that, give them momentum, after they go three-and-out. We stop them, see a flag for a personal foul and Brady's laughing? That ain't no personal foul if you're still smiling. Bottom line."

Harrison agreed with Lewis.

"Horrible call," Harrison said. "You can't make this call.

"Tom Brady, if you're listening, take off the skirt and put on some slacks. Toughen up."

Harrison triggered a feud with Terrell Owens after calling the Buffalo Bills receiver "a clown" last week on "Football Night in America."

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	New England quarterback Tom Brady took the plunge but got right back up Sunday, much to the relief of Patriot Nation.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots felt like kids again.

"Billy [O'Brien] thought we could try to sneak it," Tom Brady said.

"Tommy Boy," Randy Moss said, "started it off with that quarterback sneak on the first touchdown, and that's what really got us started."

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The play, and the one before it, were symbolic of where New England is after four weeks.

The Patriots are feeling spry after two straight victories that should remind everyone they still have it. New England held on to win a fabulous contest that wasn't decided until the Ravens were stopped on fourth down at the Patriots' 14-yard line.

Patriots playcaller Billy O'Brien told Tommy Boy Brady to go ahead and punch the ball into the end zone himself in the second quarter, a plunge that Moss referred to as the tone-setter in Sunday afternoon's 27-21 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

The win certainly wasn't child's play, but what we saw Sunday was the steadying of a franchise underpinned by its star quarterback's reconstructed left knee.

Brady led the Patriots on long drives (14 plays for a touchdown, 15 plays for a field goal) and short drives (two six-play drives for touchdowns). He ran it (another scramble went 7 yards for a first down) and threw it: 21-of-32 for 258 yards and one touchdown, his first of the season to Randy Moss.

The knee, we can safely say, no longer is an issue.

That's why Bill Belichick signed off on that quarterback keeper, and Brady didn't think twice about running it.

"Head to head with Ray Lewis," Brady said with a grin. "I certainly wasn't thinking that, going to bed last night and looking forward to today."

The sneak certainly wouldn't have been called in the preseason, when the Patriots still were learning how stable those two reattached knee ligaments would be. On Sunday, it seemed natural.

"I don't think I've ever lacked for confidence in anything," Brady said. "I'm out there because I feel like I can help the team win and to lead us. That's what I try to do every week."

Once was daring enough, but carrying the ball two plays in a row?

A play earlier, Gillette Stadium held its collective breath when Brady tucked the ball and ran to the right for 5 yards, sliding feet-first to narrowly escape getting decapitated by Lewis' right shoulder.

"Tom is a competitor and tough as hell," Patriots running back Sammy Morris said. "Tom is really tough. He's going to do what he's got to do to help us win the game.

"He's the 12 that we expect."

Gillette Stadium exhaled when Lewis came a millisecond away from detonating Tommy Boy on the scramble. Patriots fans breathed a sigh of relief when they watched him plunge into the end zone from a yard out. It was only the sixth rushing touchdown of his career and the first one the Ravens allowed this season.

Brady's afternoon had to be comforting to Patriot Nation. There was some skittishness merely a couple weeks ago, but all is well as long as Brady's well.

They didn't deserve to beat the Buffalo Bills on opening night, but they did. The Patriots' offense was disoriented and failed to score a touchdown in a 16-9 loss to the New York Jets in Week 2.

Jets rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez played better than Brady that day, but the two-time Super Bowl MVP has rebounded with a pair of superb performances against two more young guns -- Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco -- who could achieve similar status some day.

The Patriots have notched back-to-back victories over high-quality opponents to make their sputtering 2009 start look fluky, not the harbinger of a season that rounds the bend and trails them away from expectations of annual superiority.

Brady was noticeably more comfortable against the Ravens than he had been recently. Maybe it was because go-to slot receiver Wes Welker was back after missing two games with a knee injury. Maybe it was because receiver Joey Galloway was told not to suit up after months of looking lost.

The Patriots went into the Ravens game 28th in the league in red zone efficiency. They had scored touchdowns only 30.8 percent of the time they made it inside an opponent's 20-yard line. They scored touchdowns three of the five times they entered that territory Sunday.

"We've been shooting our own selves in the toes," Moss said. "We did some good things out there."

Brady and the Patriots' offense are coming around, just in time to face their old coordinator. Josh McDaniels has his Denver Broncos at 4-0.

A victory in Denver would give the Patriots three straight against unbeaten teams.

The Patriots can't be undefeated this year, but with Tommy Boy getting back to his 2007 form, it looks like he's turning back the clock.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Any notions of the New England Patriots toppling from the ranks of contenders should be hushed.

In a tremendous game that ended with a fourth-down defensive stand in the red zone, the Patriots reasserted themselves Sunday with a 27-21 victory over the previously unbeaten Baltimore Ravens in Gillette Stadium.

Skepticism was plentiful two weeks ago, when the New York Jets denied Tom Brady's offense entry into the end zone to win 16-9 at the Meadowlands. The result was seen as a changing of the guard.

Maybe the Patriots, with all of their defensive changes and an obvious lack of offensive synchronicity, just didn't have it anymore.

They still have it. They rebounded from their Week 2 loss to beat the Atlanta Falcons and then followed up with another compelling performance over the Ravens, who entered Sunday ranked among the top seven in total offense, rushing offense, passing offense, total defense and rushing defense.

The Ravens did, however, rank tied for 17th in pass defense. Brady showed progress yet again in his steady recovery from reconstructive knee surgery. The Patriots deactivating receiver Joey Galloway helped make the offense look more cohesive than when he's on the field.

Brady completed 21 of 32 passes for 258 yards and a touchdown to Randy Moss.

Patriots slot receiver extraordinaire Wes Welker played for the first time in three weeks and had a team-high six catches for 48 yards.

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco left 10 points on the field with a pair of errant throws in the second quarter. One was underthrown to Derrick Mason for a would-be 38-yard touchdown. Another was intercepted by Leigh Bodden on the Patriots' 9-yard line.

Mason had six catches for 77 yards and a spectacular touchdown catch on the opening drive, but was held to one catch for 11 yards the rest of the game.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Sometimes, the scoreboard can be misleading. Not this time.

In a battle of AFC contenders, the New England Patriots have been the better team through the first 30 minutes and lead the Baltimore Ravens 17-7 at halftime in Gillette Stadium.

The Patriots have played well in most phases of the game and are capitalizing on Baltimore's mistakes. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has made two second-quarter boo-boos that turned surefire points into bupkis.

Flacco underthrew receiver Derrick Mason, who broke past cornerback Leigh Bodden's jam for what should have been a 38-yard touchdown pass. Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather tipped the pass away.

The Ravens should have tacked on at least a field goal at the end of the second quarter, but Flacco threw an interception to Bodden, who made a scintillating sideline grab.

New England also has benefited from untimely Baltimore penalties.

Tom Brady has sprayed the ball around to six targets, completing 9 of 14 passes for 117 yards. Brady also ran for a touchdown -- just the sixth of his career -- and Sammy Morris scored from 12 yards out.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The Baltimore Ravens just provided an update on left tackle Jared Gaither's injury.

He has been taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for tests on his neck and shoulders.

He has movement in all of his extremities.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- A frightening moment here in Gillette Stadium:

Gaither

Baltimore Ravens left tackle Jared Gaither was strapped to a gurney and rolled off the field after lying on the turf for about 15 minutes in the second quarter. Gaither's facemask was unfastened from his helmet, which was left on.

Replays showed the crown of Gaither's helmet rammed into quarterback Joe Flacco's back while pass blocking.

Gaither did have movement in his hands as he lay on the field.

I'll share an update when the Ravens release one.

Rookie right tackle Michael Oher has been flipped to the left side.

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Vince Wilfork might not have a chance to relax when he gets home after Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens in Gillette Stadium.

As if facing center Matt Birk and trying to stop Ravens running backs Willis McGahee, Ray Rice and Le'Ron McClain wasn't a grueling enough day, Wilfork's wife doesn't sound too pleased Wilfork was on the field to begin with.

Bianca Wilfork tweeted before the game:

"Not sure if i like u playig today but its not like u have your phone so we can talk about it :("

Shortly after kickoff, she deleted the tweet from her account. Maybe she didn't want to her husband to get an earful from Bill Belichick.

Wilfork hurt his ankle in last week's victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Wilfork did not practice Wednesday or Thursday, but was listed as questionable on Friday's injury report.

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FOXBOUROUGH, Mass. -- It's going to be around 70 degrees, damp and overcast here in Gillette Stadium, where the Baltimore Ravens will play the New England Patriots in the most fascinating game of the day, as far as I'm concerned.

With all respect to the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints in the Superdome, what happens Sunday afternoon in New England will resonate more loudly in the AFC.

The Patriots have some notable inactive news.

Receiver Wes Welker and nose tackle Vince Wilfork will play, but beleaguered receiver Joey Galloway will watch in street clothes.

This will be the first game with Welker and rookie Julian Edelman on the field together. I've been looking forward to seeing how they operate together.

Also out for the Patriots:

• Running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis
• Guard Kendall Simmons
• Offensive lineman Rich Ohrnberger
• Defensive tackle Ron Brace
• Linebacker Jerod Mayo
• Cornerback Terrence Wheatley
• Defensive back Bret Lockett

Scratched for the Ravens:

• Quarterback John Beck
• Running back Jalen Parmele
• Tight end Tony Curtis
• Tackle Oniel Cousins
• Offensive lineman Tony Moll
• Nose tackle Brandon McKinney
• Nose tackle Kelly Talavou
• Linebacker Tavares Gooden