| The Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Jets will | | | | Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks. |
| be opening training camps on Thursday July 20th. | | | | Pittsburgh trained at Saint Vincent College in |
| These two teams will be the first ones in doing so | | | | Latrobe, Pennsylvania for the 40th year and the |
| this year followed by Cleveland Browns and | | | | Seahawks trained at Eastern Washington |
| Houston Texans next Sunday. It is expected that | | | | University in Cheney, Washington. |
| by July 30th all teams will be training in the camps. | | | | For fans, NFL season starts warming up with the |
| Lately many teams are training at their regular | | | | training camp which are a productive and an |
| season headquarters since it appears to have | | | | exciting time of the year too. |
| better results given that things are familiar, | | | | Surveys have shown that fans look forward to |
| surprises are reduced and the players get to go | | | | NFL training camps in July more than to major |
| to their homes to see their families. This year | | | | summer events in other sports and that they |
| 41% of the squads will be training at home which | | | | prefer to watch NFL preseason games more than |
| equals 13 of 32; while 10 years ago it was 23% | | | | any other sport preseason game. Lately the |
| of the clubs that did so. It means 7 of 30 teams, | | | | teams have a tendency to schedule evening |
| although, the teams that encamped away last | | | | practice sessions more often than they used to, |
| year were the ones that got the titles of the | | | | that way the fans can join them and watch the |
| most recent season. | | | | games. |
| The Super Bowl XL was disputed by the | | | | |