Well, this is it. It's bittersweet, really.
Today, all four NFC East teams will hold their final official practices of the 2012 offseason. After this, the players are on their own for about five or six weeks, and we're left watching either Europe's attempt at football or Canada's attempt at football.
But on the bright side, this mean's we're making progress. The first NFL game of 2012 is now less than 12 weeks away. Just count down from 7,171,200 and—boom—real football season will be here.
But before you start counting, take a moment to check out today's most intriguing stories surrounding the NFL's most popular division:
Mini-camp Day 2 observations from ESPNDallas.com's Todd Archer: Brandon Carr's already making his mark.
DallasCowboys.com analyst Bryan Broaddus kills the Dallas football spirit with fairly critical look at Tyron Smith's struggles in Wednesday's practice.
Cowboys COO Stephen Jones says Mike Jenkins will likely start training camp on the physically unable to perform list. Of course he's not getting traded.
Because the Cowboys have to start the season early, they're asking the league to let them start training camp early (via ESPN). Not bloody likely. No word on if the Giants, who host Dallas Sept. 5, have made the same request.
From Newsday's Tom Rock: The Giants got a steal in Keith Rivers, according to Keith Rivers.
Jake Ballard might be gone forever, but it's nice to know that Travis Beckum feels great at Giants camp, at least according to Ralph Vacchiano, who has never lied to me.
Watch out for Ramses Barden and Jerrel Jernigan, who are both impressing in Giants' OTAs, according to Ohm Youngmisuk.
Second-year center Jason Kelce says he's ready for the added responsibility of making calls at the line, according to Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News. Offensive line coach Howard Mudd is comparing Kelce to Kevin Mawae.
DeSean Jackson to ESPN.com's Ashley M. Fox:
I don't really want to keep talking about [the past]. I'm just happy that it's over, and I'm able to move forward. It's a new year, a new thing, a new team, 2012, so we look forward to winning the Super Bowl this year.
Rich Tandler: The Redskins are starting their summer vacation a day early...sort of. Mike Shanahan is still asking them to come in at 7:30 a.m., run, lift and then watch "a couple hours of film."
But, they don't have to practice. Hooray?
There isn't an undrafted NFC East rookie getting as much love as Redskins cornerback Chase Minnifield. The Washington Post's Garrison Cole looks at Minnifield's chances of making the roster.
Is it weird that I expected Robert Griffin III to learn the Redskins' offense faster than expected? That's been the case (via Pro Football Talk).
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