Stay in touch, the Pro Bowl defensive end was saying.

Abraham, a Pro Bowl defensive end, is usually double-teamed because the Jets have not had another viable threat.

Green, Seattle's Pro Bowl defensive end, had three of the sacks.

Reggie White, a Pro Bowl defensive end, likes Holmgren's approach.

When they did go in Strahan's direction, the Pro Bowl end was often double-teamed.

Childress was already a Pro Bowl end and had even filled in at nose guard on occasion.

Green joined the Jets after having been a Pro Bowl tight end and the third-most productive at the position in the 1990's.

"I was afraid it might make things worse," Fassel said of his Pro Bowl defensive end.

Since the start of the 2006 season, the Pro Bowl defensive end leads the NFL with 23.5 sacks.

Novacek, the Pro Bowl tight end and Aikman's security blanket, is possibly out for the season with a bad back.