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Recent History Says Don’t Dismiss ‘Futures’ Players

Let me climb up on my soapbox for a minute here. Allow me to circle back to one of my typical offseason rants, right up there with “Mike Tomlin says to come in great shape” and “Why does it rain every afternoon at St. Vincent College?” If you know me, there’s two things I hate.

1. Danny Smith slander
2. People who use “camp bodies”

For your sake, we’re focusing on that second one today. “Camp bodies” is a league-wide term and I know why it gets used. Because most of the time, it’s technically true. The last 15 players of the roster gets carried to camp and discarded away.