Jury selection began Tuesday in Miami federal court in the negligence trial against BB&T Bank brought by six current and former NFL players—and it quickly became clear that seating a jury would take more time than usual.

Free agent Santana Moss and retirees Ray Lewis, Clinton Portis, Lito Sheppard, Fred Taylor and Derrick Gaffney were in court as U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom quizzed a 54-member jury pool.