The offseason version of "Hard Knocks" will go in a different direction for its second year. According to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, the HBO show will not feature an NFL team, but instead will follow Bill Belichick and the University of North Carolina football team during his first season leading the program.

Last off season Giants GM Joe Schoen found himself in the crosshairs of widespread criticism during the offseason version of Hard Knocks from NFL Films when he allowed Saquon Barkley - the team's best player and face of the franchise - to walk.

It sounds like there may be some NFL owners who prefer both not having cake and not eating it. The NFL Films/HBO Hard Knocks: Offseason series got an unlikely lifeline this past week after many NFL owners rejected the idea for their franchises,