I need my football fix now. Much of my television time is of me watching the NFL Network. I need to know and am interested in everything going on in the camps. I like listening to the players speak about their projections of the new season. I'm looking forward to watching position battles during pre-season games. I look for small changes in the uniforms, like changes in depth of color, material changes, small changes to designs of the team mascots, and if anything has been added.

Pre-season is a time where players show coaches what they're worth and, subsequently, the fans also. During pre-season you can gauge the strengths and weaknesses of the team. Most often, many starters do not play in the pre-season games. The secondary offense, defense, special teams players, and rookies get a crack at showing us what they've got. Rookies play especially hard to win positions and probably respect on the team.Veteran players, the starters, are saved for the regular season to keep them from getting hurt and possibly losing them for any period of time.

Many say that pre-season games do not count. I would argue that if they did not matter the NFL would not spend the millions of dollars on them. We'd go from off-season to the beginning of the regular season. Pre-season games, as I have said above, are a time for position battles, a time to win your job by showing the coaches that you, at whatever position, are better than someone else at that same position. If you convince the coaches that you are the best you win a starting position, or, if there is already a starter chosen, you win the 2nd man in.

Player attitudes can also give you a little insight into how the team may possibly fair during the season. Attitude and off the field problems are often a terrible distraction for a football team. Immature, sour players could sabotage working relationships on the field. Attitude and off the field problems with one or two players could indirectly affect all persons on the team.

I need my football fix now. I'm looking forward to seeing in action, of course, that orange crush, my Broncos. With a new head coach, Josh Mcdaniels,Jay Cutler, our ex QB going to the Chicago Bears, and Brandon Marshall, who does not want to be in Denver, this should be an interesting year. The Broncos acquired two 1st round picks, three 2nd round picks, two 4th round picks and one 5th, 6th and 7th round pick during the draft.

Other teams I'm looking at are the Bills who acquired, a game changer, T.O in a trade with the Cowboys. I don't normally look at the Bills but I have got to see how Terrell Owens adds to that team. I'm looking at the Vikings, whom I hope have a Quarterback by the name of BRETT FARVE leading them this year. I'm a Farve fan. I'd love to see him play against his ex team the GreenBay Packers. I'm looking forward to watching Michael Vick get back on the field in Atlanta. Also the Patriots and Eagles are on my radar. I'm interested in seeing how far they go in the season.

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