05-13-2023, 09:01 AM
(05-12-2023, 04:41 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Everybody keeps saying this...... except the players and the coaches, who say they get very little benefit out of pre-season snaps and get the most work in practices. While I'm not an NFL lineman, nor do I pretend to be, I assume they are the one's who actually know. If they really don't get anything out of it like they say, then I see no reason to risk losing them to injury in a meaningless preseason game.
Well in all fairness NFL players probably would not practice at all if it were up to them. Look at how restricted it has become just over the last 10 years. Playing live game snaps will always be better than practice reps for truly honing skills. Practice situations are extremely controlled and predictable to a large point as well as being intimately familiar with the players you are going against. Live game snaps will always offer a level of uncertainty that you can't be duplicated in practice.
