NFL Training Camp News: Terrell Owens Reaction, Tom Brady In Camp

The New England Patriots signed first-round draft choice Devin McCourty to a five-year contract.

McCourty is now only the second first rounder to sign so far, right behind Dallas Cowboy Dez Bryant.

According to all reports, in addition to contributing on special teams, McCourty is projected to compete for a starting job at left cornerback with 2009 second-round draft choice Darius Butler.

Tom Brady Still Has No Contract

Now that the Patriots have signed every one of their 12 draft picks, they can concentrate on more pressing matters, like Tom Brady's contract and Wes Welker's health...

But weird as it may seem, Brady's contract might not even be the Patriots' biggest headache.

None of the NFL insiders think that Brady would hold out, but New England's best lineman, Logan Mankins will most likely hold out, so he might be the squeakiest wheel.

TO Bringing His Popcorn to Cincinnati

If Cincinnati didn't have enough going on with Ochocinco on the team, now they have the "Bonnie" to Chad's "Clyde", according to No. 85.

Chad also said that there will be no problems with TO because he has never played with a best friend before. So the two won't worry about numbers.

It's a match made in heaven...

Ochocinco Makes Proclamation

According to ESPN.com. upon his arrival, at the first day of Bengals training camp, Ochocinco raised the bar sky high by telling reporters that it would be "a [expletive] shame if we don't win the Super Bowl...

"We're going to do it, this is it."

In related news, Ochocinco's reality show is killing TO's in the ratings.

The biggest winner in all of this might be Carson Palmer.

If he can keep his two controversial wideouts focused, he might have the best offense he's had since his USC days.

Haynesworth Now Slim Enough to Fit Back in Doghouse

Albert Haynesworth showed up for camp and immediately starting meeting with his bosses; first Coach Mike Shanahan and then defensive coordinator Jim Haslet.

The word is, now that he realizes he won't be traded, he's trying to play nice.

And possibly as a show of good faith, he learned that he will get to play defensive end as well as nose tackle.

But he won't be starting...

Being that he's missed so much time already and doesn't know any of the schemes, Haynesworth is a back up, for now.

Mount Cody Hits the Ravens Practice Field

Baltimore rookie Terrence Cody had some explaining to do to his folks back home when he failed the team's fitness test Tuesday and had to sit out and watch.

But all was well for day two as Cody took and passed the test on Wednesday.

He was then activated from the non-football injury list and allowed to participate in the morning and afternoon practice sessions.

According to the Baltimore Sun, he even had time grab a nickname from one of his new teammates.

He is now officially known as "Cheeseburger" to defensive tackle Haloti Ngata.

Ngata was part of a group of defensive players who cheered for Cody from the sidelines as he took his fitness test.

Chargers Might Have a Few M.I.A.'s

Not everything is sunny in southern California.

The forecast for several of the Chargers key players showing up on time in two days for the official start of camp looks cloudy.

Vincent Jackson is going to miss the first three games of the season due to a violation of the league's substance abuse policy.

It turns out that he'll also possibly be missing the beginning of training camp because of a contract holdout.

Reports say that Jackson, left tackle Marcus McNeill, and possibly defensive star Shawne Merriman might also hold out.

And So Begins the Kolb Era

The Eagles began their first training camp in over a decade without Donovan McNabb.

In fact, there were several Eagles from years past nowhere to be found, including McNabb, and long time backfield-mate Brian Westbrook.

Philadelphia has more turnover than any other team in the league, with thirteen veterans no longer there.

Though the team is easing into their routine, it had to be strange to see so many new faces.

But by all accounts, things went really well for Kolb in his first day—no incompletions during the drills, and stayed after everyone else exited to finish up.

Meanwhile, Michael Vick slowly works the rust off and continues to profess how happy he is that the league didn't take any action towards him for his ill-fated birthday party situation.

The word is that most of the receivers were in awe of how easily Vick could pitch the ball downfield.

Worlds like "freakish ability" have always been used to describe Vick, but can he do enough to unseat Kevin Kolb from the starting spot?

Even though he is the backup, most of the reporters were hounding him for interviews.

Something I'm sure he is used to.

Seahawks' Tate Now Has Enough to Buy Doughnuts

According to the Seattlepi.com, the Seattle Seahawks and their second-round draft choice Golden Tate out of Notre Dame have agreed to a multi-year contract.

In a sign of the times, Tate posted on his Twitter page Wednesday morning that he had agreed to terms and conditions on his first NFL deal.

Tate of course was involved in a strange story earlier in the summer when he allegedly trespassed and pilfered some freshly baked goods from a gourmet doughnut shop at 3am, to satisfy a craving.

Tate was given a trespass warning from the Seattle police and apologized to all parties afterward.