Updated: August 18, 2004, 3:56 PM ET

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While Antonio Freeman doesn't possess great speed, he would be a perfect fit as a slot receiver for Miami.

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  • No starter has had a better training camp for the Packers than OLT Chad Clifton, who enters his fifth season as a starter and signed a $32.4 million contract in March. Clifton repeatedly has dominated DE Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila in one-on-one pass-rush drills.

  • The way we hear it, this could be LB Derrick Brooks' final season in Tampa because he carries a $9.8 million cap figure next season, and Ian Gold is being groomed as Brooks' eventual replacement. We're told Brooks will have to restructure his deal and take a massive pay cut to stick around next season.

  • Vikings head coach Mike Tice convinced all-time sack leader Bruce Smith to spend a few days in Mankato, Minn., to help refine the pass-rush technique of the Vikings' young defensive linemen. Smith said he came away very impressed with rookie DE Kenechi Udeze.

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