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The New Orleans Saints have started their training camp today, and apparently Greensboro's DeMario Pressley has impressed (see the 10:43 entry).

That's just one little tidbit, but it's important because it looks like an indication that Pressley, who was battling nagging injuries during the mini-camps, is approaching 100 percent.

The best thing Pressley has done is make sure that he's actually at the Saints' training camp to catch the eyes of the New Orleans coaches. He took care of that almost two weeks ago, when he signed a 3-year contract with the Saints.

"There are no guarantees in the sense of makign the team and playing," said Pressley's agent, Hadley Engelhard. "So you don't want to miss training camp."

To Engelhard, the money amount of Pressley's contract was secondary to the length. Both Engelhard and Pressley both felt the former Dudley standout was drafted lower than his talent level. So the plan was to lessen the amount of time Pressley would have to spend in a contract that underpaid his talents.

"In the fifth year teams do three or four-year deals," Engelhard. "Our object all along was to do a three-year deal so that DeMario could become a free agent after three years."

The tradeoff is that Pressley's signing bonus was lower than if he had accepted a four-year contract from the Saints.

"You have to weigh both sides of it," Engelhard said. "Do you want the extra 50,000 or do you want the opportunity to sign for 50 million, maybe."

That's clearly an optimistic scenario, but for now Pressley's off to a good start - he's in camp and he's healthy.

Do you want the extra 50K or do you wan tht potty to sing for 50 million maybe…