Rob Johnson is clearly the Bills' starting quarterback, but Wade Phillips and staff will spend the next four months finding ways of using Doug Flutie a few times a game in shotgun formations.

	Seahawks running back Ricky Watters won't be a June 1 casualty.

The Bills went to the playoffs two consecutive years by spreading the field with receivers and having Flutie run around and make plays, and Phillips doesn't want to lose that edge.

June 1 cuts to be minimal
With more teams deciding to take salary-cap hits now rather than later, the June 1 transition date to next year's cap won't be as signficant as in past years. With the Seahawks planning to keep Ricky Watters and the Panthers insisting cornerback Doug Evans is safe, as few as 20 players will hit the waiver wire.

Cornerback Deion Sanders, defensive tackle Eric Swann and possibly quarterback Steve Young will draw the most interest, but quarterback Randall Cunningham, guard Kevin Donnalley, linebackers Roman Phifer, George Koonce and Bryce Paup and defensive end Gabe Wilkins also could be available after June 1.

Seattle D's animal house
The biggest change on the Seahawks' defensive line -- aside from the free-agency losses of Phillip Daniels and Sam Adams -- is strategy. New defensive coordinator Steve Sidwell will put former Pro Bowl defensive end Michael Sinclair on the edge of blockers in the old Charles Haley "Elephant" position.

Sinclair jokes that eight-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy remains the rhino taking on double-team blocks in the middle. Kennedy, whose body is sore from years of pounding, insists he is beginning his next-to-last season in the NFL.

Cardinals' comeback kid
The most amazing comeback from the weekend's minicamps is that of Cardinals tight end Chris Gedney, who once again is competing for a starting job despite having his large intestine removed last summer because of a colon disease. To signify their support of his comeback, teammates wore "No Guts, Still Glory" T-shirts that Gedney sells for charity.

Niners' new faces
49ers coach Steve Mariucci needed names taped on helmets to survive a minicamp where he had 56 rookies and six other young players in for tryouts. In two seasons, the 49ers went from being one of the league's oldest teams to having 72 players 25 years old or younger and only six in their thirties.