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The teams will be heading to training camp any day now. Time to start watching players and trying to judge just what their value might be.

With 7 offensive players taken in the first ten picks of the NFL draft, there should be some impact rookies this year. (That's not intended to dismiss any of the players taken later in the first round, second, etc. - but they wre taken that high to step right in)

Pre camp thoughts

1.Alex Smith - not much help, no matter how good he is, rookie QBs aren't fantasy starters.
2.Ronnie Brown - it all depends on Ricky coming back
3.Braylon Edwards - should get touches but also will get doubled - too bad Winslow's an idiot
4.Cedric Benson - Even if he starts out sharing time he will get all the short yardage touches
5.Carnell Williams - as the season goes on, he will get the ball more and more
7.Troy Williamson - the Vikings will throw him the ball deep several times a game
10.Mike Williams - watch the camp, is he a starter in three WR offense or the third WR off the bench


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2005 Training Camp reporting dates

AFC


TEAM SITE LOCATION ROOKIES VETERANS
Baltimore McDaniel College Westminster, MD July 31 July 31
Buffalo St. John Fisher Col Pittsford, NY July 29 July 29
Cincinnati Georgetown College Georgetown, KY July 28 July 28
Cleveland Browns Training Facility Berea, OH July 24 July 24
Denver Bowlen Memorial CenterEnglewood, CO July 28 July 28
Houston Texans Practice Facility Houston, TX July 29 July 29
Indianapolis Rose-Hulman IT Terre Haute, IN July 27 July 27
Jacksonville ALLTEL Stadium Jacksonville, FL July 29 July 29
Kansas City UW-River Falls River Falls, WI July 28 July 28
Miami Dolphins Training CenterDavie, FL July 24 July 24
New England Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA July 24 July 28
NY Jets Hofstra University Hempstead, NY July 29 July 29
Oakland Napa Valley Marriott Napa Valley, CA July 28 July 28
Pittsburgh Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA July 31 July 31
San Diego Chargers Park San Diego, CA July 26 July 29
Tennessee Baptist Sports Park Nashville, TN July 29 July 29


NFC
TEAM SITE LOCATION ROOKIES VETERANS
Arizona Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ July 31 July 31
Atlanta Falcons Training Facility Flowery Beach, GA July 25 July 25
Carolina Wofford College Spartanburg, SC July 29 July 29
Chicago Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL July 23 July 23
Dallas Marriott Residence Inn Oxnard, California July 28 July 28
Detroit Detroit Lions Training FacilityAllen Park, MI July 24 July 28
Green Bay St. Norbert College DePere, WI July 25 July 27
Minnesota Minnesota State UniversityMankato, MN July 29 July 29
New Orleans New Orleans Saints ComplexMetairie, LA July 29 July 29
N.Y. Giants University at Albany Albany, NY July 28 July 28
Philadelphia Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA July 29 Aug. 1
St. Louis Rams Park St. Louis, MO July 28 July 28
San Francisco 49ers Complex Santa Clara, CA July 28 July 28
Seattle Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA July 26 July 28
Tampa Bay Disney's Sports Complex Lake Buena Vista, FL July 28 July 28
Washington Redskins Park Ashburn, VA July 31 July 31



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