NFL training camps will be opening before we know it

The Fourth of July holiday serves as a summertime turning point of sorts for football fans.

Training camps will be opening before we know it and teams soon will be preparing for the 2024 season .

There are just 24 more days until the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears play in the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday Aug. 1 .

There are 59 days until the regular-season opener between the Baltimore Ravens and two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs .

Football is just around the corner!

Which teams can go worst to first?

Last season, the Texans were the latest to make a quick turnaround of divisional doormat to the top of the table.

Thanks to the Texans' ascent, the NFL now has had at least one team complete a worst-to-first transformation within its division in 19 of the past 21 years.

Which of last season's eight last-place division finishers have the best chance to finish first within their respective division this season? Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz ranks the eight teams on the likelihood of a worst-to-first turnaround .

5 teams that could be more explosive in 2024

Yes, the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs are among the teams that could provide more offensive fireworks this season .

New 'Hard Knocks' with Giants delves into offseason drama

In case you can't wait for training camps to open and preseason games and all that action, HBO has a new edition of "Hard Knocks" that is following the offseason exploits of the New York Giants .

The first episode of the new series aired last Tuesday and viewers got a behind-the-scenes look at the team's decision to let star running back Saquon Barkley go (to a division rival, no less) and the recovery of quarterback Daniel Jones from a season-ending knee injury .

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