... And then there's T.O. — With dozens of story lines, Owens is still talk of NFL

Reggie Bush. Edgerrin James. Ben Roethlisberger. LaVar Arrington.

And, of course, Terrell Owens.

For differing reasons, all are in the spotlight as NFL training camps have been opening this week. So will rehabbing quarterbacks Daunte Culpepper, Carson Palmer, Drew Brees and Chad Pennington. As well as Adam Vinatieri, the best clutch kicker in NFL history, who has moved from New England to Indianapolis, a team whose Super Bowl ambitions he helped thwart several times.

Camps have opened with any number of intriguing story lines:

• The Saints' return to New Orleans from Katrina-imposed exile. They will feature Bush, the explosive running back and all-purpose touchdown man from Southern California.

• James, who left Indy for suddenly free-spending Arizona, which is opening a new stadium this season.

• Roethlisberger's return to Pittsburgh from a motorcycle accident.

• Arrington's debut with the New York Giants after a less-than-amicable departure from division-rival Washington.

And then there is Owens.

Even with all the interesting plots as training camps open, it's still likely to be "all T.O., all the time" for a while, as it was last year when he was disrupting the Eagles' camp.

Even before the 2006 camp started, he was sounding off — promoting his new book by saying he was misquoted by Jason Rosenhaus, his co-author (who also is his co-agent); once again bashing Donovan McNabb, and proclaiming (for the hundredth time) that he has been misunderstood and attacked for no good reason.

If T.O. has been vocal, his new coach hasn't been.

It took 48 days from the day Jerry Jones signed Owens to a $25 million, three-year deal for Bill Parcells to say anything about it. He didn't say much and has declined to talk about it since.

"I support it and that's the way we go, and I don't view it as a gamble," Parcells said. "It's in my best interest that he's successful. And it's in his best interest that he's successful."

It may help that the Cowboys will train in Oxnard, Calif., 1,500 miles from home and three time zones away from Philadelphia. Most other teams are either home or close to it — the Saints are in Jackson, Miss.

Meanwhile, there are dozens of other plots, particularly those surrounding quarterbacks.