50 DAYS TILL KICKOFF

With the opening of the first NFL camps literally just hours away, the largest number of rookie signings since the draft were announced yesterday. Tennessee, for example, signed a half dozen picks in the past 24 hours including S Calvin Lowry, DT Jesse Mahelona, DB Cortland Finnegan, LB Stephen Tulloch, LB Spencer Toone and RB Quinton Ganther.Lowry and Tulloch were 4th round picks this yera, while Maholena was a 5th rounder; the other three were 7th rounders. Meanwhile, Minnesota signed a pair of picks, 4th round DE Ray Edwards and 5th round SS Greg Blue, while, Philadelphia signed OT Winston Justice, a second round pick; New England signed 4th round TE Garrett Mills; New Orleans signed 6th round CB Josh Lay; and Buffalo signed 6th round LB Keith Ellison. The Eagles' Justice, though, was only the 10th of 97 players taken in the opening three rounds of this year's draft to have come to terms to date. In fact, only about a third of all rookies selected this year have come to terms, including just one first rounder: Houston DE Mario Williams, the first player selected this year whom the Texans signed prior to the draft.....