1.  Any player who eagles the 18th during the final round receives one free round-trip business-class ticket from the U.S. to Tokyo or Osaka, Japan.

2.  DEFENSIVE LINE: Tony Casillas returns from Dallas on Monday to continue rehabilitation after back surgery and will miss at least one more month.

3.  Defensive Player of the Year: If Robinson is dethroned as MVP, let him have this one, for his ability to be everywhere at once.

4.  Defensive tackle Chester McGlockton forced two fumbles and linebacker Rob Fredrickson one, but only one of the turnovers led to any Raiders points.

5.  Defensive tackle Ray Agnew led the Giants with four tackles, one sack and one pass deflection.

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

7.  Defensively, a unit once considered one of the best in the AFC has some work to do before it regains that status.

8.  Defensively, that definitely was one of my better games.

9.  Defensively, the Patriots will be without end Ferric Collons, one of their top run stoppers, who has an ankle injury.

10.  Denise I. Robison, deputy secretary for the state Department of Aging, lives in a house at one end of the row.