The first full weekend of NFL training camp practices came and went, giving teams the opportunity to take reps in front of throngs of interested fans aching for a return to the gridiron. But the biggest action didn’t come on the field this weekend. Instead, headlines came from what was said in press conferences and in negotiations behind closed doors.
That means while we could turn our attention to the uplifting progress of John Metchie’s return from leukemia or Mac Jones’ improvement now that Matt Patricia has been removed from his orbit, this weekend’s developments mostly focus on things that aren’t actually football.
Like, say, a verbal joust between a future Hall of Fame head coach and a future Hall of Fame quarterback. Or the ongoing drama between 2021’s top running back and his entirely-too-online team owner.