Fans Enjoy Jets Open Camp Practice in Florham Park

As the NFL starts up again – thankfully for fans – training camps have begun opening, as the lockout was lifted last week. Hundreds from around the area flocked to Florham Park's Atlantic Health Training Center, home of the New York Jets. The team held its initial public practice on Tuesday during its first training camp at the Morris County facility. 

The Jets decided to hold camp at its year-round home away from the New Meadowlands Stadium instead of its previously scheduled site in Cortland, N.Y. at SUNY Cortland, due to the length of the lockout.

The practice was part of a public event, which featured games, merchandise booths, and, of course, the players running drills.

Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress was on the field on Tuesday (but unable to practice because of rules of the new collective bargaining agreement) with his new teammates after signing with the team on Sunday. Burress has missed the past two seasons after serving a prison sentence for a weapons charge conviction.

With a new season comes many questions, especially after back-to-back AFC Championship game appearances. 

Patch asked fans from all over the state how excited they were for football, how much they were enjoying the practice at Florham Park, what this year's chances are of winning the Super Bowl, how they feel about Burress, and more.

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