1.  Any player who wears No. 55 at Southern Cal has to get a look-see, but is Markus Steele more like Junior Seau or Willie McGinest?

2.  Defensive linemen are more massive than ever and possess unbelievable quickness.

3.  Defensive tackle Chad Hennings' MRI revealed more serious results.

4.  Defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield said the Panthers seemed to know a lot more about the 49ers last season than the 49ers knew about them.

5.  Defensive tackle Reggie White is one of the most effusive, gracious players in the league, and he will talk to anyone.

6.  Defensively it wasn't much better for the Giants.

7.  Defensively, new coordinator Phil Bennett has brought with him a more aggressive and attacking scheme that will be predicated on speed and quickness.

8.  Deputy district attorney Christopher Darden, meanwhile, had the most controversial style, described alternately by lawyers as too repetitive and assuringly low-key in his presentation Tuesday.

9.  Deputy John Kunkle of the Sheriff's Department is more cautious.

10.  Deputy sheriffs around the state have recently joined a union, as have more than 3,000 graduate school assistants at the State University of New York.