There's a double standard with training camp evaluations, but I don't think it's one that needs to change. If our priors are positive, and camp performances match that, we'll cite that camp performance pretty much no matter what it is. If our priors are negative, we'll apply as much skepticism as possible. That's probably wise, prior data is a lot more valuable than camp practices. This time of year, we can tweak our evaluations, but probably shouldn't flip them over entirely.

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Most of my camp observations are lifted from the wonderful reporting cited below:

Will Ragatz at Sports Illustrated: https://www.si.com/nfl/vikings/news/five-takeaways-from-first-few-days-vikings-training-camp-practices

Arif Hasan at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2005038/2020/08/18/73-observations-for-73-players-from-the-early-days-of-vikings-training-camp/

Hardy Nickerson Jr.: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2017/08/17/hardy-nickerson-making-own-name-cincinnati-bengals/577175001/

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