The Proposed 18 Game NFL Schedule

93Devil · Oct 4, 2010

Mizzougrad96 said:

Michael_ Gee said:

Guys get hurt in exhibition games, too. The difference, obviously, is that starters would play more in the added regular games, thus increasing their risk of injury. That OUGHT to force coaches to give starters rest during regular season games to balance out that risk, but it won't.
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I think under this new schedule you will see the two preseason games being used primarily for coaches to figure out which players they're keeping and to hash out a few starting jobs. I'll bet you see the franchise QB and RB play a maybe a combined quarter in the two games.
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I am guessing there will be a major week or two of conditioning before the pads go on, or much more monitoring of the players during the offseason.

Football_Bat · Oct 5, 2010

93Devil said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

Michael_ Gee said:

Guys get hurt in exhibition games, too. The difference, obviously, is that starters would play more in the added regular games, thus increasing their risk of injury. That OUGHT to force coaches to give starters rest during regular season games to balance out that risk, but it won't.
Click to expand...

I think under this new schedule you will see the two preseason games being used primarily for coaches to figure out which players they're keeping and to hash out a few starting jobs. I'll bet you see the franchise QB and RB play a maybe a combined quarter in the two games.
Click to expand...

I am guessing there will be a major week or two of conditioning before the pads go on, or much more monitoring of the players during the offseason.
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Conditioning isn't an issue anymore. Players work out 365 days a year and show up in shape. You have OTAs and mandatory mini-camps in the offseason. Those of you who report out of shape, the asthma field's over there. (Unless you're Albert Haynesworth, of course.)

Seven weeks of preseason training in both baseball and football to get players in shape is an anachronism that needs to go.

Mizzougrad96 · Oct 5, 2010

The off-season workout for most NFL teams is pretty extensive, and it's actually pretty rare (Albert Haynesworth) for a player under contract to skip all of them.

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