http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ross_tucker/06/19/mail/index.html One of the best perks of being an NFL player -- aside from, you know, getting paid a lot of money to play a game -- is the amount of free time you have in the offseason. It really comes in two batches. The first is during the recovery period from the end of the season until spring workouts begin in mid-to-late March. The second stint is starting right about now and will last until training camps begin in five or six weeks. These breaks, however, are really polar opposites, even though the player is free to set his own schedule with no restrictions from the team for both.
