Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie O.J. Howard may have seen more NFL action on his game console than the television over the past four years. Howard, an Alabama grad, admits to being a "Madden guy" and was reasonably excited to have one of the highest player ratings for rookies in this year's game. As for catching the real thing on Sundays, he says there often wasn't time during fall in Tuscaloosa.
"We never had time in college, honestly, at my school," said Howard on Thursday as his veteran teammates reported for the start of training camp. "We had something to do every day; even on Sundays we had to go in and report.