Published 8/29/2008
by Mark Maske
at Mark Maske's NFL Insider
Here's what strikes me most about this preseason: Just about all the presumed top teams in the league will enter the season with a major question mark. Start with the two Super Bowl teams: The Giants traded tight end Jeremy Shockey before training camp, lost defensive end Osi Umenyiora to a season-ending knee injury suffered during a preseason game and failed to lure Michael Strahan out of retirement to replace him. The Patriots haven't...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
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