"Derrick Mason says he has "come full circle." Why? Because once Derrick's helmet had a derrick on it. Once, he was an Oiler.

OK, not a Houston Oiler, but he played his first two seasons as a Tennessee Oiler before Bud Adams' peripatetic franchise cut its final ties to the town it called home for 37 years, changing both the name and uniform design. Wearing No. 82 - the number he has reclaimed as a Texan after 13 seasons spent as No. 85 - Mason was a rookie receiver/special-teamer for the Oilers cum Titans in 1997, the first autumn since 1959 that Houston was forced to amuse itself without pro football."