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Happy Wednesday, everyone! This is no ordinary Wednesday: Every NFL team has reported for training camp, and football is in the air.

Let's get right to it.

Julio Jones has a new home, and it's about as good of a landing spot as he could have hoped for. The seven-time Pro-Bowl wide receiver is joining the Buccaneers on a 1-year deal.

Despite the injury issues and the fact that he's 33, Jones is headed to an ideal situation: a pass-happy, win-now team with a need at wide receiver. The Buccaneers led the league in passing rate last year, Tom Brady is back for potentially one last run and starting wide receiver Chris Godwin is coming off a torn ACL.

If Jones is going to get one last shot to prove he can stay on the field -- much less produce when he's there -- Tampa Bay will give it to him.

AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO TREY LANCE...

If there was any doubt that the San Francisco 49ers are Trey Lance's team, it ended yesterday on the eve the first training camp practice . Head coach Kyle Shanahan said "our team's ready for Trey" and added "I know the kid has the abilities, made of the right stuff, he just needs the reps."

Lance getting Shanahan's full endorsement is a big deal. The jump from FCS to the NFL was always going to be a big one, and that was before Lance played only one game in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But it appears he has his head coach's confidence and won't have to look over his shoulder over the next month-plus leading into the season.

Add in weapons like George Kittle, Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk, plus one of the NFL's best offensive lines and running games, and Lance should be set up for success.

There are ugly splits between teams and superstars and then there's what happened  between the Los Angeles Sparks and four-time All-Star Liz Cambage. The two sides agreed to part ways via a "contract divorce," leaving her future in the WNBA in doubt.

We're within a week of the MLB trade deadline, and while there are clear buyers and clear sellers, there are plenty of teams in the in-between. MLB expert Dayn Perry took a look at all 30 teams as we approach the Aug. 2 deadline , and the Red Sox -- one of the biggest buy-or-sell question marks -- might do... neither?

This was a really good, insightful look across the bigs, and there were plenty of surprising buyers (and sellers) .

Chris Carson's remarkable NFL journey has come to a sad, premature end. The former seventh-round pick who posted back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons in 2018 and 2019 has retired from the NFL at just 27 years old due to a lingering neck issue.

While this outcome wasn't wholly unexpected given Carson's injury history, it is still unfortunate for a true feel-good story. Carson went from junior college to Oklahoma State to one of the last selections in the 2017 NFL Draft to a true workhorse back. A blend of strength, balance and athleticism, Carson's 3,502 career rushing yards are fifth-most by a seventh-rounder since the NFL Draft shrunk to seven rounds in 1994.

As I mentioned above, all 32 NFL teams have reported to training camp, and that means it's time for bold training camp predictions . Garoppolo's landing spot will be a major talking point, and NFL reporter Cody Benjamin has made his pick.

Here are all of Cody's predictions .

⚾ Yankees at Mets, 7 p.m. on ESPN

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