Every year, active and retired NFL players go to camp. But it's not the typical football training camp of two-a-day workouts, tackling sleds and screaming coaches. Instead, its about finding your TV/radio voice and learning how to analyze, dress and act on the air. It's the league's annual Broadcast Boot Camp.
This week, former Browns and Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards led a group of 19 current and former players who came to the very epicenter of NFL myth making — NFL Films headquarters in Mount Laurel, N.J. — for the four-day camp that ended Thursday.
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They were tutored on the ins and outs of TV and radio by some of the biggest names in the business, including James Brown and Solomon Wilcots of CBS Sports; Ron Jaworski of ESPN; Kenny Albert of Fox Sports; Ross Tucker of SiriusXM; and Brian Baldinger of NFL Network.