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FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2008 file photo, Baltimore Ravens defensive tackles Justin Bannan (94) and Haloti Ngata (92) and linebacker Ray Lewis, come to the line of scrimmage against the Washington Redskins during the first half of an NFL football game in Baltimore. According to a new NFL-sponsored research released Tuesday, May 26, 2009, super-sized pro football players are prone to high blood pressure but fare better on some other health measures than more average-sized men their age. Bannan, a 6-foot-3, 310-pound lineman for the Ravens, was one of the study's participants. By standard criteria, he'd be considered obese; other than that, Bannan said his results were "pretty normal." (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)