EXPECTATIONS: Following freeagent spending spree, new starters projected at 11 positions. That's a lot of change, and it might take a while for coach to work out kinks, especially on offense. 1972 Dolphins made recent trip to White House, but invitation to 2013 team seems farfetched.Birk played in 14 seasons, missing the 2005 season because of a hip injury. He moved into the starting lineup in 2000 and played in every game for the next four seasons. Over his final seven seasons the past four in Baltimore Birk started every game.

I was like, 'Man, I'd love to see what he's gonna do with this.' You've got to hear what he did with it. It's Kanye West and it's really extraordinary. I looked at him and said, 'Man, you killed it.'".The 6'5", 338 pound behemoth missed his sophomore campaign after tearing his ACL in the season opener, but came back to dominate his final two years. Perhaps the most physically talented player in Oregon history, Ngata was Pac10 defensive