Don Banks: Training camp burning questions

Training camp primer: Burning questions as NFL 2008 kicks off Don Banks will periodically answer questions from SI.com users in his mailbag. Let's be honest; the NFL offseason borders on interminable. It's nearly six months long, and you can make it seven for those luckless teams that missed the playoffs. All that down time allows for a near-endless cycle of debate about the issues, questions and challenges facing each and every one of the 32 franchises that make up Roger Goodell's fiefdom. (In a related note, that debate keeps me gainfully employed). But eventually the footballs do start flying again, and when the full contingent of Washington Redskins report to training camp Saturday and begin practicing Sunday, the NFL will officially be back as part of our daily landscape from now until early February. To preview what's... [read full story]