Don’t fall in love with your training camp heroes

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images What do Bear Woods, Geraldo “Amsterdam” Boldewijn, Austin Larkin, Bernard Reedy, J.D. McKissic and Austin Larkin have in common? All of them were briefly Falcons, and all of them were the subject of some considerable training camp and preseason buzz at one point, hype they never got the opportunity to live up to in Atlanta.

With training camp around the corner, this is the smart time to throw some cold water on your hopes and dreams for the plucky undrafted free agent or late round long shot who garners some coaching staff praise, makes a couple of big preseason plays and ultimately steals your heart, because chances are good that player is either ticketed…