It’s that time of year once again in the NFL. Time to move from the off-season into the “spring training” of football with training camp and the pre-season. All the logistics, aside from Brett Favre being himself, have been penciled in and now it’s time to see if teams made the right moves.

In the off-season we saw several teams go in different directions to take advantage of the uncapped year. We saw Ben Roethlisberger, Vince Young, Leroy Hill and others test the law once again. We saw Pete “Hollywood” Carroll bail on USC to take the helm of the Seattle Seahawks new era.

Donovan McNabb was traded within the NFC East to the Washington Redskins. T.O finally found a home with Chad Ochocinco in Cincinnati. Charlie Whitehurst, a third-string quarterback was traded for a third-round pick and a swap a second-round picks to Seattle. Chris Johnson, Darrell Revis, and Andre Johnson demanded new contracts.

All in all it’s been a whirl-win off-season in the NFL and now all those signings, trades and draft picks will head to training camp with some names taking up the headlines. Lets take a look at the top five training camp headlines heading into the 2010 NFL season.

5) Ben Roethlisberger “moving on” from Sexual Assault allegations; Steelers still searching for starter.

On March,5 2010 Ben Roethlisberger reported sexually assaulted a 20-year-old college student in a club in Milledgeville, Georgia. Both Milledgville police and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation investigated the report filed and finally dropped the charges filed against the Steelers quarterback because the evidence “wasn’t good enough to get a win” according to the D.A.

This marked the second sexual assault case in two years filed against Roethlisberger. In 2009 Andrea McNulty accused Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her in a Las Vegas hotel.

Well for Ben here’s a quote. “Do it once, shame on you. Do it twice and Roger Goodell is gonna make you sit on ice for six games”. Well there is no real quote but that’s exactly what NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did and suspended the Steelers quarterback for the first six games of the 2010 season.

It’s possible the suspension can be reduced to four games if Roethlisberger adheres to his guidelines.

With the Steelers two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback on ice for the first four-to-six games the Steelers must find a stop-gap replacement for those games. Most signs point to third-year quarterback Dennis Dixon as the leading candidate.

Dixon, 25 started one game last season against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football and did exceptionally well considering his opponent. Now with another off-season under his belt there’s no reason why Dixon can’t do a solid job to fill in for the suspended Roethlisberger.

Not to say Dixon will replace Roethlisberger permanently but it’s definitely his chance to shine.

Look for Big Ben to make a few waves during training camp with the press attention.

4) The T.O Show in Cincinnati.

Over the years in Cincinnati Chad Ochocinco has dazzled the Bengals fans and made NFL fans laugh across the country with his touchdown celebrations that include the “Tiger Woods put”, using a football to propose to a cheerleader among many others.

Now there’s a “co-host” in Cincinnati to partner up with Chad and it’s future Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens. Owens, 36, signed a one-year contract worth $2 million this past week with the Bengals finally giving into Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco who both lobbied to get Owens to Cincinnati.

T.O isn’t the locker room cancer he use to be in Philadelphia and Dallas. At this stage in his career Owens, who has yet to win a Super Bowl is putting his old problems aside to finally put himself in a position to finally get a shot at a Super Bowl ring.

While Cincinnati is not a high pick to be representing the AFC in Dallas this February they still are the reigning AFC North champions and haven’t taken a step back this off-season. Expect Cincinnati to compete with the Baltimore Ravens for the top spot in the North.

Now for T.O’s first training camp in Cincinnati he’s still bound to get attention and Marvin Lewis is praying he doesn’t slip up and do something to make the media question him, given his past in Dallas and Philadelphia.

Like it or not the T.O show is in Cincinnati and who knows maybe Owens will sign up for Chad’s reality show and they will be a match maid in heaven.

3) Tim Tebow receiving Mile High attention for contract, underwear deal.

Tim Tebow was bound to be on this list but the only question was where to put the first-round pick? Well with the help of Jockey Underwear Tebow has moved up the ladder to No.3 on the list of top training camp headlines.

After missing the first day of Broncos training camp because of contract negotiations the former Florida Gators quarterback hit the field in the Mile High city with a nice contract to boot. Tebow’s first NFL contract is a five-year deal worth $11.25 million and $8.7 million being guaranteed.

However Tebow can earn a max of $33 million if he hits all of his contract incentives. None the less it’s not to shabby for a quarterback who is still working on throwing an NFL style pass. Tebow joins Kyle Orton and Brady Quinn as the three quarterbacks in Denver, which should make for some good competition.

The other side to Tebow’s training camp attention is his new underwear deal with Jockey. Tebow commented on the new deal with the Wisconsin company.

“I’ve long been a fan and consumer of Jockey, and think they make a quality product with a great fit. I’m looking forward to a great relationship with such a respectable company.”

The only striking thing there is “consumer”. None the less Tebow is starting well for himself and Josh McDaniels hopes that Tebow can be an effective NFL quarterback for years to come.

2) Rookie contracts soaring to a new high.

From a personal standpoint I always respect the working man no matter what. Now for NFL rookies who haven’t yet recorded a snap in the NFL and still get paid above premium is something I have a hard time respecting.

Veterans like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, among others deserve to be paid premium because they have proven year in and year out they are the best at what they do.

JaMarcus Russell, Glen Dorsey, Alex Smith, Matt Leinart, just to name a few recently that came into the league with a lot of hype, and got paid without having any sort of experience in the NFL. Now Russell is out of the NFL and Dorsey is a complete bust in Kansas City. Smith and Leinart are both entering 2010 as their year to finally prove themselves.

This years rookie class was no different. Friday No.1 overall pick Sam Bradford signed his first NFL contract. Six-year deal worth $78 million and $50 million being guaranteed, an NFL record for a player who hasn’t even thrown a pre-season or regular season pass in the NFL.

Bradford can earn up to $86 million with incentives.

Other first-round picks that signed this week No.4 overall pick Trent Williams, OT 6-year $60 million, $36.75 million guaranteed, No.5 overall pick Eric Berry, S 6-year $60 million, $34 million guaranteed and No.8 overall Rolando McClain, LB 5-year, $40 million, $23.5 million guaranteed plus 12 other first-rounders.

The Seahawks have yet to sign either of their first-round picks Russell Okung, No.6 and Earl Thomas, No.14 overall. Neither of the top two defensive tackles Ndamukong Suh or Gerald McCoy have signed yet but all four are expected to received the premium for rookies.

With all the money being thrown to these rookies this off-season teams are really turning the draft from pick and chose to job maker or job taker. It’s that simple. If a team missed on a high draft pick the coach usually doesn’t stick around to see that players contract out.

One of the major headlines heading into training camp will be the price teams have paid on rookies this year and how those rookies transition into the NFL.

1) Albert Haynesworth failed conditioning test(s)

Albert Haynesworth has the proud honor of being the No.1 headline heading into training camp for a few reasons. One, during the off-season Haynesworth was very animate about his refusal to play in the Redskins new 3-4 defense saying “I signed on to play for the Redskins not the 3-4 defense”.

Over the course of three months the Redskins and the NFL were flushed with rumors about a possible trade or straight release for Haynesworth. However once Haynesworth picked up his $21 million dollar roster bonus he was basically saying “Fine I’ll take the money but I still don’t want to play in the 3-4 defense”.

Now after talking with new Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan Haynesworth has no bad blood toward the new coaching staff and is willing to participate 100 percent this year. That is if he can pass the conditioning test for the Redskins.

Two days in a row Haynesworth has failed the teams conditioning test that allows the players once they pass to participate in training camp. Ravens rookie nose tackle Terrence Cody failed his first few conditioning test as well but finally passed and joined the rest of his team for the start of training camp.

With all the off-season hoop-la that went on with Haynesworth and the Redskins there will be a lot of media attention at Redskins park, with the bulk of that attention on the Skins $100 million dollar man.

Receiving honorable mention:

Brett Favre, Pete Carroll’s new gig, Jets’ on Hard Knocks and the Titans-USC law suit.

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