You won't see that on NFL Films

As he hyped the upcoming season of "Hard Knocks," which again will go to training camp with the Dallas Cowboys, NFL Films president Steve Sabol recalled another training camp.

"My first year as (an NFL Films) cameraman in 1964, I went to Green Bay's training camp," Sabol told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

"Vince Lombardi insisted that I film grass drills."

The Packers' coach wanted to see who was tough, and who was not.

"Lombardi's theory was that the camera raised the level of competition and the effort put forth," Sabol said. "He'd say, 'I want it recorded on film. I want everybody to see which guy is gutless.'"

Sabol didn't exactly go along with that plan.

"It got to the point where we didn't even put film in the camera," he said.

-- Jeff Ash, jash@greenbaypressgazette.com