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Hard Knocks Stresses Rookie Challenges

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The fourth episode of made it abundantly clear – beyond any of the show's other insider revelations – that training camp is a supremely difficult challenge for rookies. That's especially true for those NFL newcomers not anointed with first-round ability.

And maybe that's the whole point of the show.

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Buccaneer rookies Chris Godwin, Riley Bullough, Jeremy McNichols and Bobo Wilson all had significant storylines in Tuesday's debut of the penultimate Hard Knocks episode, and none of them had an easy time of it. Godwin battled the Florida heat, Bullough struggled to make an impact play in the Browns game, McNichols got caught in a mental error and Wilson tried to make the most of limited opportunities.