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League hours: Now till Feb.

Last update: July 24, 2008 - 7:17 AM

NFL training camps are opening around the country with Tom Coughlin firmly on the hot seat and Eli Manning still having to prove himsel ...

... Oops, that was last year. Sorry.

Coughlin, Manning and the New York Giants open camp today in Albany, N.Y., as the defending Super Bowl champion ... and the primary reason NFL preseason predictions aren't worth squat.

All we know for sure is it's 2008 and Brett Favre is retired; Chad Johnson will never, ever play in Cincinnati again ...

... Oops, that was last month. Sorry.

All we know is it's 2008, the NFL's 89th campaign, and ...

• The New England Patriots are coming off the worst 18-1 season in NFL history.

• The Detroit Lions will celebrate their 75th year in Motown by going 0-for-XLIII in Super Bowl visits.

• Rex Grossman will be good. Rex Grossman will be bad.

• The best division in football is the AFC South, where even the Houston Texans have a shot at making the playoffs for the first time in their seven-year history.

• The Dallas Cowboys open camp Friday with Wade Phillips firmly on the hot seat and Tony Romo still having to prove himself.

Unless, of course, they win the Super Bowl in Tampa 191 days from today.

MARK CRAIG

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Date/Opponent Time W L Score
Sep 13 - at Cleveland 12:00 PM1034-20
Sep 20 - at Detroit 12:00 PM2027-13
Sep 27 - vs. San Francisco 12:00 PM3027-24
Oct 5 - vs. Green Bay 7:30 PM4030-23
Oct 11 - at St. Louis 12:00 PM5038-10
Oct 18 - vs. Baltimore 12:00 PM6033-31
Oct 25 - at Pittsburgh 12:00 PM6117-27
Nov 1 - at Green Bay 3:15 PM7138-26
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Nov 15 - vs. Detroit 12:00 PM8127-10
Nov 22 - vs. Seattle 12:00 PM9135-9
Nov 29 - vs. Chicago 3:15 PM   
Dec 6 - at Arizona 7:20 PM   
Dec 13 - vs. Cincinnati 12:00 PM   
Dec 20 - at Carolina 7:20 PM   
Dec 28 - at Chicago 7:30 PM   
Jan 3 - vs. NY Giants 12:00 PM   

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