They have a Pro Bowl linebacker starting the season on the sidelines and an unsettled corps of linebackers.

Marshall, the Pro Bowl linebacker, was one of 532 players who became a free agent on Feb. 1.

The job of Mo Lewis, the Pro Bowl linebacker, will change.

Banks, the former Pro Bowl linebacker, is one of the team's transition players.

A person close to Lewis said the Pro Bowl linebacker was angry at the amount of the fine and would appeal it.

Pardee, a Pro Bowl linebacker, had been ignoring a mole on his armpit.

It was bad enough that a coach became ill, but what if the afflicted had been the team's Pro Bowl linebacker or starting quarterback?

The Pro Bowl linebacker said the rumors were spread out of maliciousness because he did not sign with the Giants.

Cox, a Pro Bowl linebacker, strained a ligament in his right knee.

Bennett, a Pro Bowl linebacker, remained there during the playoffs; Bailey saw action on special teams.