- Holy crap! The NFL is officially back tonight with games in Foxboro, Philadelphia, San Diego, Dallas and Oakland.
- So Steve Smith is the latest talented veteran to sign with the Eagles, which means he’ll hereto be referred to as “Steve Smith (Eagles)”. The name change will take some getting used to, but we might not have to worry about it until mid-October.
- But Smith’s injury likely means his signing has nothing to do with the health of Jeremy Maclin.
- Osi Umenyiora is off to meet that Atlanta knee specialist today.
- Teammates are skeptical about Channing Crowder’s decision to retire. Since Crowder is only 27 and money is a powerful force, I think we’re all a little skeptical.
- The Packers are at the White House Friday and in Cleveland Saturday, making things tricky.
- We’ll find out today if something’s wrong with Plaxico Burress‘ ankle.
- Logan Mankins is now the league’s highest-paid interior offensive lineman.
- While Peyton Manning still can’t practice, he hasn’t lost the ability to interact with teammates. In fact, he’s become a training camp frontrunner for the league’s most valuable interactor award.
- Tony Romo has been “on fire” thus far. Division rival Philadelphia could deliver a nice response to that by stating that it’s a good thing they took a firefighter in the first round of the draft.
- Danny Amendola is killing it at Rams training camp.
- A summary of the pay cut Albert Haynesworth is taking in New England.
- Roy Williams found a rookie to carry his pads in Chicago, and the youngster “didn’t pull a Dez Bryant.”
