NFL 2007 PRIMER

The following is a list of one thing you should know about each of the NFL's 32 teams:

49ERS

San Francisco plays only five 2006 playoff teams during the 2007 regular season.

RAIDERS

Oakland's two wins last season were at home and came on consecutive weeks.

BEARS

Return specialist Devin Hester will showcase his skills on offense this season for Chicago.

BENGALS

Cincinnati missed the playoffs after losing three in a row to end the season.

BILLS

Buffalo was one of three teams to have five rookies make seven or more starts last season.

BRONCOS

Denver opens with five of its first seven games at home.

BROWNS

Cleveland is 1-11 against divisional rivals in coach Romeo Crennel's first two seasons.

BUCCANEERS

Tampa Bay scored 211 points last season; only the Raiders scored less.

CARDINALS

Matt Leinart set the Arizona rookie record for passing yards with 2,547, 300 more than Jake Plummer in '97.

CHARGERS

San Diego's LaDainian Tomlinson, not Vince Young, was the first choice to be on the cover of Madden NFL 08.

CHIEFS

Kansas City will play three of five December games on the road.

COLTS

Indianapolis' first three divisional games are on the road.

COWBOYS

Dallas hasn't won a playoff game since beating Minnesota in a wild-card game Dec. 28, 1996.

DOLPHINS

Cam Cameron is the fifth head coach in Miami since Don Shula stepped down after 1995.

EAGLES

Offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg gave the Philadelphia offense more balance last season.

FALCONS

Atlanta was a combined 4-12 in the second half of 2005 and 2006.

GIANTS

The N.Y. Giants have been to the postseason two consecutive seasons for the first time since 1989-90.

JAGUARS

Jacksonville hasn't won a playoff game since beating the Dolphins 62-7 in 2000.

JETS

N.Y. quarterback Chad Pennington started all 16 games last season

for the first time in his career.

LIONS

Jon Kitna became the first Detroit quarterback to take every snap

in a season last year.

PACKERS

Green Bay was 5-1 vs. divisional foes in 2006 and doesn't play its first until Week 4.

PANTHERS

Carolina Kicker John Kasay hasn't missed within 50 yards since 2005. He was 20-for-20 in 2006.

PATRIOTS

New England has won an NFL record eight straight OT games.

RAMS

The Rams opened last season by winning four of five, dropped five in a row, then won four of six.

RAVENS

Baltimore won the AFC North by five games last season.

REDSKINS

Washington's 12 forced turnovers last season were a record low.

SAINTS

Reggie Bush's 88 catches for New Orleans in '06 set a rookie record.

SEAHAWKS

Seattle K Josh Brown tied an NFL record in '06 with four game- winning field goals in final minutes.

STEELERS

Mike Tomlin is only Pittsburgh's third coach in the past 39 years.

TEXANS

Houston DT Amobi Okoye (20) will be the NFL's youngest player since 1967.

TITANS

Tennessee signed cornerback Nick Harper to take the place of the suspended Adam Jones.

VIKINGS

Minnesota started 4-2 but lost eight of its final 10 games last year and was also just 3-5 at home.

-- Miami Herald