NFL training camps are the source of excitement, hope and optimism across the country. They represent the fact that football is on the horizon. Every team has multiple writers and reporters out at training camp every day, tweeting and recording everything that's happening. As football-starved fans, we eat it up. We're trying to find out which players are breaking out, which teams look exciting and are trying to get a leg up for betting and fantasy purposes. There's no denying it's fun, but for that reason it could also be dangerous.
For every young player who breaks out in training camp and goes on to have a good season, there's another player who dazzles in camp but is a total non-factor when the games begin to matter.