informal poll: what do you think of the "no starters" preseason?

Training camp and preseason used to be used to get players in shape. Now days players are in shape year round. You could ask, do your want to keep healthy or get ready for the regular season? Maybe that is a coaching thing? Fisher never seemed to be able to do it. imo

Preseason games now are not much more than glorified practice. I think there is a place for the games, but they should not be sold as full price football. They provide experience for younger players who need it more than vets do. They give you a chance to evaluate your young players.

You need to evaluate your roster and get ready for the start of the season. Are preseason games worth it? I am not sure. I don’t want to see them increase the regular season games. I think 16 is enough, probably too much, for the human body.

I don’t care.

I think I’m content for veterans to sit it out.

Seems every year that a team loses an important player in the preseason. The harm done by losing a player to an injury outweighs the benefit of playing a preseason game, imo.

It’s a case-by-case thing. Depends on the player’s experience in the system. If a player is new to the team, or there are new coaches and schemes, or a player’s role changes, then…okay. But I surely do not see any reason for established starters who were here last year to play in the preseason. Huge risk, no reward.

yeah. not sure it matters much.

they don’t even run the actual schemes they will be running in the regular season.

i honestly wonder if they wouldn’t be better off starting the season a month early and adding in more bye weeks for each team. give players more rest during the regular season to hopefully prevent injuries although realistically not all injuries could be prevented. and also maybe expanding the rosters in another way to keep players fresher.