41.   Most NFL camps will open this week with each team having some concern or pressing need.

42.   Nevertheless, nothing seems as certain as it did when camp opened, and a lot of it has to do with Crow.

43.   Nineteen players have been sent home to wait and see whether they will be invited back when the minor-league camp opens in two weeks.

44.   No one expects to see a Will Clark, a Frank Thomas or a Ken Griffey Jr. when the training camps open next week.

45.   --Once the deal is reduced to writing and there are no unexpected delays or bombs, camps will open.

46.   Pittman and Carver will get the majority of first-team work at defensive end when camp opens because of the health status of the starting ends.

47.   Reliever Doug Brocail will start the season on the disabled list, as team officials expected when camp opened.

48.   Regular minor-league camps open tomorrow for pitchers and catchers and Saturday for other position players.

49.   Rolando Arellano, his co-manager, said the camps have again opened negotiations for a fight in May.

50.   So they decided to go ahead and do it Monday, hoping that he will be fully recovered when training camp opens in late July.