• The team conducted its first workout of camp with the coaching staff putting the players through a series of drills

• The coaches shifted halfback Nyle McFarlane to the defensive secondary

• Bob Brachman of the Examiner reported that the team’s owners—Ed McGah, Robert Osborne, and Wayne Valley—had spent the recent offseason trying to recruit up to 35 investors who would buy a share of the team as limited, non-voting, partners

• Tackle Paul Oglesby reported a serious back problem with the training staff saying he could miss the entire season as a consequence

• Rookie wide receiver Jerry Burch received a cortisone shot for a hip pointer that was expected to keep him out of practice for an unspecified time

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