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A Half-Assed 2022 AFC North Preview

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So the NFL’s 2022 participants have been decided after each team has completed their annual post-camp bloodletting.  As usual, some tenured veterans and familiar names were released Tuesday along with the expected slew of rookies, drafted or otherwise, with several from columns A and B landing on various practice squads.  While there’s still plenty of…

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Return of the Son of the AFC North Camp Roundup

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The official end of 2022 NFL training camps was barely noticed. Most teams broke camp over a week ago to settle into their regular practice facilities, although there’s still a preseason game to be played, a roster to pare down, and team health to be agonized over.  The AFC North has a few unresolved questions:…

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AFC North Camp Roundup – The Sequel

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For all the grousing NFL fans generally do in the offseason, the lethargy is real.  It’s that sense of emptiness that only the optics of organized, expensive violence can remedy. So when the preseason commences and those plucky rookies and special teamers report, it (briefly) provides an end to the offseason doldrums, in essence reminding…

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AFC North Camp Roundup

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Yes, it’s happening at last. NFL Training Camps for the AFC North officially began yesterday, and we’ve already had a wealth of statements and speculation from all corners of sports media, and most notably, from players and coaches.  This is the happy place, when every team can revel in boundless optimism and begin to fully…

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AFC North Pre-Camp Links

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Not much going on in the AFCN as we tick off the final minutes until training camps officially open.  Rookies have reported as of yesterday, and a few veterans are starting to trickle into camp this week as their remaining leisure schedules dictate.  Here’s what we can glean from the dearth of football news. Ravens…

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