Safety Daniel Bullocks will be shut down for a while due to some issues with the same knee he tore up in the 2007 preseason.
   Coach Jim Schwartz said there was no new injury, but Bullocks went to Birmingham, Ala., on Monday to see Dr. James Andrews, his surgeon.
 “He’s not day to day, he’s a little big longer than that. I’d rather get him on the field sooner rather than later,’’ Schwartz said.
    Bullocks missed all of the 2007 season, but played in 15 games last season even though he wasn’t the same as he was prior to the surgery. He missed most of this offseason because of the knee.

-- Wide receiver Billy McMullen was signed on Tuesday and practiced in the afternoon. The 6-foot-4 receiver played for Seattle last season. Offensive lineman Toniu Fonoti was released.
     — PAULA PASCHE