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Life's Playbook: NFL Schools Rookies on Being a Professional

BEREA, Ohio — To prepare rookies for life as professionals, the NFL is again providing a crash course filled with seminars, testimonials and advice on how to navigate the pitfalls of fame and fortune.

All the league really had to do was have the new players look at Commissioner Roger Goodell's appointment book Tuesday.

If Tom Brady can step out of bounds, anyone can.

While New England's superstar quarterback was in New York appealing a four-game suspension for using underinflated footballs in the AFC title game, the conference's rookie draft class, including the Titans' Marcus Mariota, continued a four-day symposium designed to get them ready for the NFL and beyond.