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• Lions WR Mike Williams will have a chance to start in 2006. New head coach Rod Marinelli became an acquaintance of Williams during his time in the Tampa area and will try to push buttons that previous coaches missed entirely. Williams was one of the few players Marinelli made contact with in his first two weeks on the job. Should Charles Rogers return, the Lions would open the other starting position opposite Roy Williams for competition.

• Seahawks team president Tim Ruskell told PFW at the Super Bowl that he always will have an interest in players he grew to know well in the past at stops with the Falcons and Buccaneers (ex-Bucs Joe Jurevicius and Chuck Darby are two notable examples). With that in mind, don't be surprised if Ruskell shows a big interest in Bucs LB Derrick Brooks and Falcons RB Warrick Dunn -- both of whom might possibly become available on the open market due to inflated cap figures -- the latter as a stopgap if RB Shaun Alexander bolts.

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