Ah yes, CFL training camps open this week as it is the beginning of the chase for the 101st Grey Cup on November 24 in Regina. Of all the weeks of the season, these may be the three most important. In many ways, training camp is about selfish football. It is a time you can have a mercenary mentality and it is understood and completely accepted that this is the time. The reason being, for players to be successful in the last week in June, you have to pull together and work together because if you dont, nothing improves. But up until that time, you have not made the team, youve only been given an opportunity to make the team. As players, you have to show something; a flash, a consistency, something that separates yourself from the masses. Even for established players, they dont have to prove you can effectively play more that you must re-prove you can play. The thing about pro football training camp is that it is a necessary evil. It is a time where you set rosters, develop an identity and find out what you have. For players, it is high stress, sometimes boring, others times very gratifying and at all times, very physical. Even at this time when teams are limited to only one practice in pads, the amount of running, lifting, jumping and just about anything is done at its most intense and grinding level. And all the while, you have to be learning and evaluating whether youre progressing or regressing as a player. But you have to go through it. Football is about the co-ordination of people with very specific assignments and adjustments. To master so many people doing so many things under pressure, you need to use repetition to your advantage. That takes weeks to master and sometimes it is not mastered at all. The other abstract purpose of training came is to toughen up. Physically, it happens by the natural increase in pain tolerance. What hurt significantly on the first day, you dont even react to by Week 3. Mentally, it is about concepts and terminology. Each playbook on offence, defence and special teams has a stated purpose of performance and terminology all its own. It has to be learned to a point that not only you know it, but you know you know with clarity, so there is less thinking and more instinctive reaction. Emotionally, to be a good player, you must be able to turn it on to play, and of equal value, turn it off to live. What is it? That controlled aggression where you enjoy punishing an opponent when appropriate and know when having those desires is inappropriate. But for all involved, it is a time of working to win; to develop a memory and enhance revenue so you get as much as you can out of the game because in the end, the game usually gets you. Right now, every CFL team has a genuine sense of optimism and they should because the most important aspect in football is team health. If you can stay healthy, you can win and since that is 100 per cent unpredictable, it makes sense to feel good about your chances to obtain that goal. Pro football training camp is a lot of things but it is how you perceive it that is important. If, as a player, you see its purpose, you will do well. After all, with one more training camp done, its one less to experience in a career. Jawaan Taylor Jaguars Jersey . A statement from the worlds top-ranked player says all checks "were satisfactory and showed positive evolution" regarding the injury, which contributed to his loss to Stanislas Wawrinka in the final in Melbourne. Jalen Ramsey Jaguars Jersey . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. http://www.authenticjaguarslockroom.com/Youth-Leonard-Fournette-Elite-Jersey/ . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. Taven Bryan Womens Jersey . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Ryquell Armstead Youth Jersey . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining. SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Missing their top two running backs and trailing by 14 points, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers decision to stick with the running game paid big dividends. Facing a San Francisco defense that cant stop anyone on the ground sure helped the cause.Jacquizz Rodgers rushed for a career-high 154 yards and rookie Peyton Barber scored on a 44-yard run to help the Bucs rally from that early deficit to beat the 49ers 34-17 on Sunday.I feel like I have that swag I had in college, said Rodgers, who was cut by Chicago before the season and didnt sign with Tampa Bay until after the opener. You know youre going in and youre going to touch the ball a lot of times. It helps you run with a lot of confidence knowing that youre not just going to get the ball five times. It helps me get into the groove.Rodgers and Barber have stepped up of late to help the Bucs (3-3) weather the absences of injured starter Doug Martin and backup Charles Sims and get back to .500 on the season.After topping 100 yards rushing in a game for the first time all season two weeks ago against Carolina , Tampa Bay returned from the bye with its biggest rushing day since gaining 283 against Philadelphia last Nov. 22, thanks to Rodgers.I think he stepped in at the right time, offensive lineman Demar Dotson said. That first game he got in there and I started to see him run, I said the guy is pretty good, Hes explosive. He almost reminds you of Doug.Those kinds of days are becoming typical against a 49ers team that has allowed a 100-yard rusher for six straight games and is on pace to allow the most yards rushing in a season since the 1981 New England Patriots.Combined with the 314 yards rushing allowed a week ago at Buffalo, San Francisco has allowed its most yards ever in back-to-back games in a single season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.We have to do a better job at getting off of blocks, securing tackles and not letting big plays happen, safety Eric Reid said. We have to just get rid of those explosive plays.Here are some other takeawaays from the game:KAPS DAY: Colin Kaepernick wasnt much better in his second start for San Francisco than he was last week in Buffalo .dddddddddddd He completed just 16 of 34 passes -- his second straight game with a completion percentage under 50 percent -- and threw for just 143 yards. He threw one TD, turned the ball over twice and took four sacks. Most of his success came with his legs instead of his arm as he ran for 84 yards on nine carries.I have to be better, Kaepernick said. I think we threw for about 100 yards. Thats not going to win in the NFL.RED ZONE TARGET: Theres no doubt who Jameis Winstons favorite target is when the Bucs get near the end zone. When in doubt, he knows he can just throw it up to the 6-foot-5 Evans and have confidence good things will happen. Evans scored on a 4-yard catch in the second quarter and a 5-yarder in the third, giving him six TD catches already this season.Mikes just getting open, Winston said. We put in a lot of work. Hard work pays off.OPPORTUNISTIC PLAY: The Bucs turned two turnovers by San Francisco into 10 points in the third quarter. The first came when Niners rookie Aaron Burbridge collided with punt returner Jeremy Kerley, who was calling for a fair catch. That led to a muff that Tampa Bay recovered, setting up a field goal by Roberto Aguayo. On San Franciscos next possession, Jude Adjei-Barimah blitzed and forced a fumble by Kaepernick that Gerald McCoy recovered. Winston then threw TD pass to Evans to make it 27-14.We turned the football over too many times to be successful right now, coach Chip Kelly said.WHATS NEXT: The Bucs, who are 3-1 on the road this season, look to get their first home win when they host the Oakland Raiders. The Niners get to regroup over the bye week but Kelly said he has no plans to make changes to his coaching staff despite the struggles.---Online:AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '