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Training camp is finally here and FanHouse breaks down the most important position battles heading into the season, team by team.

Many Eagles fans didn't think much of the draft day trade that sent an Eagles third round draft pick to Miami for Dolphins running back Lorenzo Booker. After just a few days in to training camp up in Lehigh, the versatile back is making a name for himself.

Obviously the Eagles have all world running back Brian Westbrook as the center piece of their offense but the decision as to which other backs will get to see the field is still up in the air. Correll Buckhalter has managed to stay healthy and contributed a solid effort in 2007. Booker appears to be giving him some stuff competition.

The Eagles tended to use Buckhalter when they wanted to pound the ball up the middle instead of using Westbrook's speed to the outside while Booker's game tends to resemble BWest. Last year's rookie back Tony Hunt may be the odd man out.

Training camp is finally here and FanHouse breaks down the most important position battles heading into the season, team by team.

Seriously, I tried to narrow this down and actually spotlight one positional battle like all the rest. Other than just picking the offensive side of the football, where could we even begin? I could simply spotlight the anemic duo at QB like everyone else, or take the easy way out and sort through Kevin Jones vs. Matt Forte at RB.

That's just not good enough. The fact of the matter is that half the offense is up for grabs in training camp. Let's take a little stroll through Halas Hall's proud offense ...

Training camp is finally here and FanHouse breaks down the most important position battles heading into the season, team by team.

Hey, I'm not proud of the nicknamed headline, okay? But, to me, the battle between Julius Jones and Maurice Morris will define the Seahawks season. Or at least where we think they're going. Morris was the guy that filled in more than admirably while Shaun Alexander was nursing boo-boos (and a 3.5 YPC! Zing!). But Jones could be a back with purpose after essentially being discarded by the Cowboys.

You could argue -- especially with Deion Branch hurt -- that the flanker spot in Seattle is the most important position to watch. But we're talking about a West Coast offensive team here and Matt Hasselback -- he's going to distribute the ball regardless of who's catching it.

It could be Nate Burleson, Bobby Engram (if Branch comes back soon enough) or any of the youngsters -- Logan Payne, Ben Obomanu and Courtney Taylor -- and it doesn't particularly matter.

What will matter is who ends up toting the rock for Mike Holmgren in his final season. Jones and Morris will be the chief competitors, but T.J. Duckett will be there to steal short yardage and further muck up the "starting" situation.