11.  Defensive measures are also part of the answer.

12.  Defensive MVP: Strong safety Troy Polamalu is off to a strong start.

13.  Defensive Player of Year Leading candidates: Seattle's Payton, Atlanta's Dikembe Mutombo, Miami's Mourning and the Suns' Clifford Robinson.

14.  Defensive players positioned within a yard of the line of scrimmage will no longer be able to flinch to draw an offensive player into an illegal procedure penalty.

15.  Defensive stocks _ those that hold up well in weak markets _ is a standard answer.

16.  Defensive tackle Darrell Russell is the catalyst the Raiders would like to build around.

17.  Defensive tackle Esera Tuaolo is 30.

18.  Defensive tackle James Williams said: "James Allen is a grown man.

19.  Defensive tackle Jerry Ball and offensive tackles Gerald Perry and Greg Skrepenak are also eligible for free agency.

20.  Defensive tackle Matt Millen (1978) is a Fox television analyst.