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• The Redskins have worked long and hard on making QB Jason Campbell's delivery more compact, and the results appear obvious early in camp. Campbell is making determined throws and is doing so with a far shorter throwing motion. Also saving time is Campbell's improved knowledge of the offense, which has been clear throughout the summer.

• Word is, the Jets are likely to keep disgruntled OLG Pete Kendall, who's under contract for two more seasons, around until later in the preseason to make it more difficult for him to catch on with another team, particularly given that the team most likely to try to sign Kendall once he's released is the division-rival Dolphins.

• The fact that DT Darwin Walker signed a five-year, $25 million contract extension with the Bears, which included a little more than $8 million in bonuses if the incentives are met, justified the Bills' decision not to give in to Walker's demands to redo his contract after being acquired from Philadelphia earlier in the offseason. We hear the Bills were in no position financially to sign Walker to the deal that the Bears gave him and are pleased that they managed to get a higher draft pick (a 2008 fifth-round pick) than they would've received had they returned Walker to the Eagles (an '08 sixth-rounder).

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