The 2019 regular season is just around the corner, and NFL Network has you covered with wall-to-wall training camp coverage each day starting at 10 a.m. ET. Follow along here for some of the best sights, sounds and buzzy moments from “Inside Training Camp Live”.
» Are you ready for camp, Jets fans? Le’Veon Bell sure is, just ask NFL Network Judy Battista’s on how the running back has already proven his enthusiasm.
What kind of shape is Le’Veon Bell in? He ran the conditioning test twice. Also said he’s up for 500 touches this season.
— Judy Battista (@judybattista)
July 25, 2019
»Yes, that is Odell Beckham Jr. doing OBJ-type things. Welcome to training camp.
You love to see it. #BrownsCamp | @obj pic.twitter.com/JFA47bb3VR
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Cleveland Browns (@Browns)
July 25, 2019
Here are other things we’re tracking ahead of today’s edition of Inside Training Camp Live.
» Did you know that the Cleveland Browns are now the home of Beckham, one of the NFL’s biggest personalities and talents, and Baker Mayfield, a second-year QB already known for his swag and dramatic flair? Of course, by this point if you didn’t know that, then you must not enjoy fun things.
Speaking of fun, a lot of speculation has been made on how Browns first-year head coach Freddie Kitchens will manage the plethora of personalities this team houses, and NFL Network’s Kimberly Jones peeled back the curtain a little on Thursday and gave her take on Kitchens’ approach.
“The first way that struck me yesterday is that he’s managing really the expectations that go along with this team and this roster he has. He’s embracing it,” Jones said on Inside Training Camp Live. “He is not running from the idea that this 7-8-1 football team from a year ago is now expected to do great things where we’re talking about them deep into December and maybe January this season. I think that Freddie sets a tone that way.
“I was struck at Odell’s press conference back in April when Freddie Kitchens, in front of the media, said the media will never draw a line in the sand between me and a player. He is very much into working with his players, hands on with his players, open door with his players and he understands the idea. He’s got a lot of stars to manage, a lot of big personalities to manage, he seems to at least understand that going in.”
» From Beckham comparing Mayfield to Brett Favre earlier this summer to the man himself recently saying he sees himself in Mayfield, the spotlight around Mayfield will only get hotter heading into 2019. NFL Network analysts Steve Smith and Deion Sanders, two all-time greats who were on the same field as Favre throughout their career, had a lot to say on the matter.
“When we watched Brett Favre, there were times sometimes where his arm and how he woke up on the wrong side of the bed got him in trouble,” said Smith. “Baker has that ability to just roll up out of bed and, in his phrase, ‘I’m feeling dangerous’ and he just said there’s no window that I can’t fit this ball into and you want that confidence. You want a quarterback like that.”
Sanders went the opposite route of looking for similarities.
“We got to stop anointing these young kids with these old school heroes,” Sanders said. “Baker Mayfield has the ability to really do some wonderful things but I’m not going to say that’s a future Drew Brees, no, no. I’m not going that far right now. The thing that I’m looking forward to this season is how he handles adversity.
“If it doesn’t get done this year or happen offensively, that’s going to be on
Baker Mayfield…he’s going to get his chance to see what it really is this season and does he mature into the guy that people are claiming him to be. I love me some
Baker Mayfield but he ain’t no Brett Favre, let’s stop that.”
» Aaron Rodgers took very little time warming up his arm at Packers training camp today. The 15-year pro makes it look too easy.
Nothin’ but net! ����@AaronRodgers12 | #PackersCamp pic.twitter.com/ZBEOhB6Fno
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Green Bay Packers (@packers)
July 25, 2019
» Both the Philadelphia Eagles rookies and veterans reported to camp on Wednesday and began putting in the work to get ready for the NFL’s historic season.
One of the team’s more important groups looking to establish an identity will be at running back. NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero provided a glimpse inside how the Eagles are handling their crowded RB room with second-round pick Miles Sanders returning from injury.
The #Eagles have a crowded RB room, and now second-round pick Miles Sanders is coming back from his hamstring injury. Expect them to ramp up the rookie gradually. @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/2cLslBV81u
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero)
July 25, 2019
» NFL Network analyst James Jones sees big things for quarterback Carson Wentz, who signed a huge four-year extension earlier this offseason, as camp gets underway.
“I expect him to be in the MVP conversation,” Jones said. “When you add a guy like DeSean Jackson, defense is already in their backpedal and then you add a guy like Jordan Howard, you already have Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agholor, he has all the pieces on this offense and I didn’t even mention Zach Ertz, who’s probably his No. 1 target.
“All those weapons on the offense, it’s going to be hard for him to fail, especially with the type of talent he has.”
» Meanwhile in Washington, tight end Vernon Davis is excited to begin his 14th training camp.
.@VernonDavis85 checking in from his 14th training camp. pic.twitter.com/DVEcHEGS7r
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Washington Redskins (@Redskins)
July 25, 2019
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