The Redskins and Jets wrapped up minicamp this weekend before breaking for the summer and both squads are excited about their quarterbacks. Chad Pennington isn't recovering from shoulder surgery for the first time in years. The Redskins can't stop gushing about Jason Campbell's work ethic and development. Combined with Al Saunders' track record, I can almost forget that Campbell made Eli Manning look precise in comparison last year. I still like Campbell as a high ceiling QB2 because of his job security and running ability. He may not even get drafted in some leagues.

The other consistent theme emanating from Washington is that Rocky McIntosh is now the key man in their linebacker unit. Coming off a lost rookie year, there may not be a better value pick in IDP leagues. The entire Redskins defense has room to improve, and the Washington Post has a nice x's and o's breakdown of some of the changes that will take place.

Clinton Portis worked more at the minicamp than expected. If healthy, Portis is going to get the majority of carries over Ladell Betts. But Betts proved he's a No.1 caliber back last year and Washington will keep him involved. Look for Portis' receiving numbers to suffer, but he can still approach 300 carries.

That makes Betts very difficult to evaluate this season. Like Chester Taylor and Marion Barber (and Maurice Jones-Drew to a lesser extent), he's a talented player coming off a big season. But he's a backup and fantasy owners are currently taking him as a mid-round (8th) pick. If Portis gets hurt, that's a good value. If Portis plays 16 games, that's way too high. I love Betts as a player, but I doubt I'll own him much this year.

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The Jets offense is largely set (unless they trade Justin McCareins). I didn't learn much from Jets minicamp other than Thomas Jones has big muscles, Pete Kendall is unhappy, and Kellen Clemens isn't playing very well. The last item is the only one with fantasy football significance. Clemens could have challenged Chad Pennington with a huge offseason. At worst, he could have been a good option if Pennington struggles. For now, it appears he's struggling just to hold off Marques Tuiasosopo for the backup job.

By my highly unofficial count, 29 of the 32 teams have ceased football activities until training camp. Tampa Bay and Atlanta have minicamps this week, while Denver does their annual "Mike Shanahan must really hate us" mid-July get together. Our news page will slow to a crawl until late July aside from PacMan Jones' latest legal problems. Stories like Tommie Harris unintentionally dissing Rex Grossman will make the papers.

We'll switch gears slightly here from news analysis to 2007 fantasy draft analysis. I've been writing player outlooks since March, so I'm ready to get to the good stuff.