NFL training camps will be opening before we know it
Jim Reineking
The Fourth of July holiday serves as a summertime turning point of sorts for football fans.
Training camps will be opening before we know it and teams soon will be preparing for the 2024 season.
There are just 24 more days until the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears play in the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday Aug. 1.
There are 59 days until the regular-season opener between the Baltimore Ravens and two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Football is just around the corner!
Which teams can go worst to first?
Last season, the Texans were the latest to make a quick turnaround of divisional doormat to the top of the table.
Thanks to the Texans' ascent, the NFL now has had at least one team complete a worst-to-first transformation within its division in 19 of the past 21 years.
Which of last season's eight last-place division finishers have the best chance to finish first within their respective division this season? Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz ranks the eight teams on the likelihood of a worst-to-first turnaround.
5 teams that could be more explosive in 2024
Yes, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs are among the teams that could provide more offensive fireworks this season.
New 'Hard Knocks' with Giants delves into offseason drama
In case you can't wait for training camps to open and preseason games and all that action, HBO has a new edition of "Hard Knocks" that is following the offseason exploits of the New York Giants.
The first episode of the new series aired last Tuesday and viewers got a behind-the-scenes look at the team's decision to let star running back Saquon Barkley go (to a division rival, no less) and the recovery of quarterback Daniel Jones from a season-ending knee injury.
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