LaDainian Tomlinson Enters Camp In Top Week-3, 2nd-Quarter, 4th-Offensive-Series Form

CORTLAND, NY—Jets coaches praised the conditioning of 10-year veteran LaDainian Tomlinson Monday, saying the running back showed up for camp in the shape typical of a player midway through the fourth offensive series of the second quarter of the third game of the season. “We were worried that he’d come to camp looking like a player in the third series of the fourth quarter during a Week 15 game, third down, four yards to go, deep in his own territory with the clock running. It’s a concern, given his age,” head coach Rex Ryan told reporters. “At best, we expected him to work out like a running back in the ninth play of a clock-burning drive in the second quarter on the road against a division opponent’s 4-3 defense that has been sniffing out the play-action all day, but LaDainian’s fitness is a nice surprise.” Reporters observing the Jets’ workout say the rest of the team’s offense is playing at its usual second-week-of-summer-school-at-a-technical-college level.