Welcome to the dark days of football.

For the next five or six weeks, NFL training facilities will remain quiet as players and coaches take "vacation" before training camps get underway.

And while it's still too early to draw major conclusions based on what happened before professional football went on holiday, this does feel like a good time to look at several players, units and teams that "won" and "lost" as squads wrapped up their offseason programs with mandatory minicamps last week.

Honorable and Dishonorable Mentions

Winners

Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Doug Martin: Looking to bounce back after a disastrous season, the veteran looked "quicker" and "bulkier," according to Joe Bucs Fan.