FanIQ.com - 7/24/2008
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I hate NFL training camp holdouts, but every now and again there is one that's justified.
Rookies, who have yet to play a single down, holding out for that extra .2 million when they haven't earned a dollar yet in their career might be the most maddening yearly ritual in the NFL. It's never done anyone any good. Cedric Benson is a bum. Brady Quinn missed some time, and then had to watch ...
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