DS280DF810: How to design board supporting both 8-channel retimers and redrivers?

Hello,

i'm trying to design an universal board.

Looking from the board's point of view there are three families of 25G 8-channel devices: BR, MB and DF.

These families differs only within the following pins: D4, D12, E2, E4, E14, F4.

In my case the MUXSEL pins on MB family are not needed since it will be controlled through I2C.

All other pins are GND and/or TEST pins.

Datasheet says that TEST pins should be tied to ground in normal (non-test) operation.

Can i connect all these pins directly to GND without pulldown resistors?

Thank you.