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So this is the last week of exhibition games Thursday.

A bunch of practice football games will be played.

And we've seen very few notable things.

We had, what are we had?

We've had a couple of injuries, players get hurt.

That happens every year.

Not too many headliners.

Des Bryant is still unemployed.

We have seen a small packs of players still using the National Anthem to protest, and we've seen Hard Knocks, which has been pretty good.

Pretty good.

There's a few memorable moments in Hard Knocks. But I would say of all the things that have taken place here, the one that has had the most legs, I don't know that it's the most intriguing, but the subplot that has had the most legs. I don't know that it's the most intriguing,

but the subplot that has had the most legs involves the Jets.

In particular, Sam Darnold, the number one pick out of U.S.

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