08-18-2021, 10:08 AM
(08-17-2021, 11:25 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: My only issue with it being the 2nd game is, it breaks up the "evaluation" games. Before, they would play 2 games with mostly backups, play a 3rd game with mostly starters then a 4th game for guys needing that last push to make a roster.
If they do the dress rehearsal in the 2nd week now, they have backups week one, starters week 2, backups week 3 and then just a bunch of practices leading up to the week of game #1.
Two weeks of backups, followed by a week of starters, then about 7 days of practice for the end of roster guys, before they start prepping for Minny, makes more sense to me.
I agree. But we'll have to see how teams handle it. I think we went down to 3 preseason games because of the 17th game being added and I'm sure the players wouldn't like it if all they did was get rid of the 4th preseason game that the backups play.
