Ten Things I Think I Think

	The Patriots have until 4 p.m. ET Monday to re-sign Asante Samuel to a long-term deal. If they don't, he'll enter this season as the team's franchise-tagged player. Kevin Terrell/WireImage.com
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1. I think the training-camp trip starts on July 26 with a drive to Latrobe, Pa., and I can't wait. So many stories. So little time. I wish I could see all 32 teams. As I plot my journey, it looks like I'll hit 19.

2. I think my gut tells me Asante Samuel and Lance Briggs will not get deals done today by the 4 p.m. deadline for franchise players to sign long-term contracts -- just as we figured all along.

3. I think San Diego got a gem in the supplemental draft last week in Georgia cornerback Paul Oliver. Physical, aggressive and ready to compete at the pro level, Oliver was a steal with a second-day draft pick. (San Diego used its fourth-round pick in 2008 to pick Oliver.) The Chargers have Quentin Jammer and Drayton Florence starting today, with last year's top pick, Antonio Cromartie, the third corner. But Oliver could give San Diego the best depth in the league at corner. With Florence scheduled to be a free agent after this season, Oliver also could compete with Cromartie to replace Florence, should he leave. Oliver competed at a high level at Georgia, playing in 38 games in three years and holding Calvin Johnson to two catches when they matched up last year. Teams will regret letting Oliver pass.

4. I think the league quietly opened up a can of worms with its suspension length recently. The Kansas City Star reported the league has cut Kansas City defensive end Jared Allen's suspension for two DUI incidents from four to two games. Allen entered no contest on one of the charges and entered a diversion program on the other -- hardly ringing endorsements of innocence. If two games is the basic boilerplate term for a DUI, why does a second one, in effect, get no penalty?

5. I think if I'm Mike Vick, I feel the hot breath of Brian Brohm, or some other wunderkind, on my shoulder as training camp begins. I can't believe Bobby Petrino took the Falcons job without the option to change quarterbacks if he feels Vick's a misfit for his system.

6. I think Dwight Freeney's going to have to do a whole lot better than 15 sackless games in his last 20 (including playoffs) to justify the six years and $72 million the Colts committed to him the other day. Still, it's a contract I would have done, too.

The Saints gave Charles Grant a new contract in the spring with $20 million in guaranteed money; Freeney's deal has $30 million guaranteed. And when you consider the Colts would have had to pay Freeney about $24 million guaranteed over the next two years if they franchised him both seasons, paying him $30 million guaranteed over six is smart. It ensures Indy won't be left holding the bag in years five and six if Freeney, who is only 27, begins to decline. I can't see it happening. The good sign, if you're a Colts fan, is that the bedrock key to that defense -- pressure from good bookend pass-rushers (Freeney and Robert Mathis) will make it easy for the Colts to buy time for a young secondary to mature.