The NFL’s Hall of Fame Game is six days away. That means our long, arduous football desert — stretching from the USFL’s championship game July 1 to the real thing’s preseason opener August 3 — is nearly over.
It also means training camps across the league have begun, giving coaches, fans and journalists a look at their local teams after an offseason filled with roster building. While these practices may only be a preamble to the pages in the playbooks that define Super Bowl wins, they still set the tone for the upcoming season while giving a gridiron-starved nation something to grab onto in the sleepiest summer months.
