With OTA and minicamp season winding to a close, the next six weeks before training camp represents the only truly dead time on the NFL calendar.

NFL teams are going on vacation, but Rotoworld isn't. Our online draft guide will be out soon, the first magazine is on newsstands, and we continue to update our news and blog daily.

We are also going to do a minicamp/OTA season review for each team, with the AFC East up first.

Buffalo Bills: This will be the first Dick Jauron-led offense to keep people awake in nine years as a head coach. It's still uncertain how often they will run the no huddle offense, but they finally have some pieces in place with Terrell Owens, Lee Evans, Fred Jackson emerging, and a bright quarterback in Trent Edwards. They also don't have a starting offensive lineman returning to play the same position, so they will have to get creative.

Owens has wowed onlookers in practice, but I'm not worried about how he starts the season. I'm worry how he'll finish after he began to struggle separating late last season. His presence is a great thing for Lee Evans. The AFC East teams consistent stopped Evans with double teams last year; now he has a better chance to make noise in the division. I'd draft Evans before Owens in standard leagues.

Marshawn Lynch added some weight this offseason, which is concerning because he didn't look as explosive early in his second season as he did in his first. There was some speculation that he wasn't in the best shape to start last year (by me!), and it's fair to wonder how he'll handle the time away from football as he serves his suspension. Still, the worries about a true committee with Jackson are overblown. Lynch is a fine value as a late third round RB2. Have confidence in your ability to draft depth and cover the suspension time he's gone. The three fantasy playoff weeks are more important.

Last year's second round pick and dynasty league darling James Hardy is staring at a lost season. He may start the year on the PUP list as he recovers from a torn ACL, and he's probably lost his spot on the depth chart to second-year riser Steve Johnson anyway.

Miami Dolphins: I wrote this on my Twitter page last week, but I'll repeat here: You can win with Miami's receivers. There may not be a breakout fantasy starter between Ted Ginn, Greg Camarillo, and Davone Bess, but they are a young, improving group. Ginn has reportedly enjoyed a great offseason. I'm skeptical he can be a star, but they need his speed and he can be a decent starter. We rank him as a WR4.

Camarillo has recovered faster than expected from a torn ACL, and looks on track to start in Week 1. Bess has also enjoyed a great off-season and can have a Wayne Chrebet-like career. Bess and Camarillo only look like fantasy reserves, with extra value in PPR leagues, but they will be nice values for depth.

Pat White won't be a huge fantasy football factor. He'll take some carries away from Ronnie Brown running the Wildcat, perhaps be a gadget receiver, but he won't be worth drafting and he won't pass Chad Henne on the quarterback depth chart this year. … I still expect Henne to pass Chad Pennington on the depth chart if Miami flirts with .500 this year. … Ronnie Brown is talking himself up for a big year, and he will come cheaply in drafts as a mid-level RB2 taken after the top-ten wideouts. He's in a contract year and his second season removed from ACL surgery. … News that owners shouldn't care about: Ernest Wilford has converted to tight end.
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