Training camp in 2024 is nothing like it was a generation or two ago.
Two-a-day practices have gone the way of the horse and buggy. The Green Bay Packers have just 16 practices, roughly one-third of what they had at the turn of the century.
Teams play just three preseason games now, half the number that they did in the days of Lombardi, Starr and Hornung.
So that means most teams know how the overwhelming majority of their 53-man roster — and how most starting positions — will look. There are fewer and fewer surprises every year.