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NFL Training Camp 2020: Biggest storyline to watch for all 32 teams

By Jarrett Bailey

WESTFIELD, INDIANA - AUGUST 15: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns throws a pass during the joint practice between the Cleveland Browns and the Indianapolis Colts at Grand Park on August 15, 2019 in Westfield, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
WESTFIELD, INDIANA - AUGUST 15: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns throws a pass during the joint practice between the Cleveland Browns and the Indianapolis Colts at Grand Park on August 15, 2019 in Westfield, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) /
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NFL training camps should begin soon and every team has storylines to follow.

Despite enduring an offseason unlike any other, featuring a virtual NFL Draft and no workouts to this point, NFL training camps should begin to get underway in roughly a month. The preseason will follow with the regular season close behind, though the form of those remains to be wholly figured out yet, especially in terms of fan attendance.

For now, though, the focus is on NFL training camps and the work that teams still have to do before they enter the 2020 season. And with that, there are major questions that still must be answered for all 32 teams.

This is the biggest question facing every team in the league as they go into NFL training camps.

Arizona Cardinals: Does Hopkins addition take offense to the next level?

With Kyler Murray and Kliff Kingsbury improving throughout the 2020 season, adding an All-Pro receiving such as DeAndre Hopkins along with midseason addition Kenyan Drake, who emerged as a very good running back last year, gives this group a ton of weapons. Murray has more than enough help to take a step forward and, as the lackluster defense added Isaiah Simmons to try and improve that group, it will be interesting to see if Arizona can make a Wild Card run.

Atlanta Falcons: Will Gurley return to form, take offense to top of the league?

The signing of Todd Gurley has many fans in Atlanta excited but also questioning if the former Offensive Player of the Year is healthy enough to be great again. Gurley has dealt with knee problems since the 2018-19 playoffs and was far from All-Pro form in his final season with the Rams. With the Falcons defense still needing work, the offense will have to be spectacular if they want to make a playoff run and Gurley’s health will be a critical factor in that.

Baltimore Ravens: Improved and reloaded, can they capture a Super Bowl?

The Ravens are coming off the best season in franchise history, but were one and done in the playoffs. That said, they added Calais Campbell and had arguably the best draft in the league, linebacker Patrick Queen and running back J.K. Dobbins among the most notable picks.

The AFC North as a whole, though, is revamped and as strong as it has been in many years. With Cleveland and Pittsburgh looking poised for playoff pushes and the Bengals excited about the young core they have, Baltimore may have a tougher road within the division.

Buffalo Bills: As consensus favorites, do they rise to the top of AFC East?

It seems that Buffalo has been penciled in as the winner of the AFC East before the season even begins. We need to pump the brakes a bit on that. They have the best roster in the division and made a big splash by trading for wide receiver Stefon Diggs but the Bills’ schedule with games against the Chiefs, Seahawks, 49ers, Steelers and an improved Broncos team is far from friendly.

While I think Buffalo does win the division, we need to hold off on all this talk of an 11- or 12-win season.

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