The New England Patriots start their rookie training camp this upcoming Thursday, July 23rd. This will kick off the countdown for the regular season, which will be a nice change-up from the standard offseason droll.
Plenty of news will surface from these camps, talking about which players are on the field at the same time (a workaround for the Patriots "don't talk about first/second team" media rules), or which rookies made plays on the field. Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler used these camps to vault himself on the roster, so headlines are actually interesting to follow.