08-17-2021, 12:15 PM
(08-17-2021, 11:54 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: I've said it a bunch of times but if I had my way QB1 would never play in the preseason, healthy or not. And that goes for loads of other starters too. I just don't think most of these guys get much out of it. Certainly not enough for the reward to outweigh the risk. They see more reps in a single day's worth of practice then they do in an enitre preseason.
Not only do I hope they hold Joe out this year, I hope the hold him out next year, the year after that, the year after that and so on. IMHO the preseason is stupid, especially for roster locks. High School kids don't get a preseason. College kids don't get a preseason. But all of the sudden in the NFL these guys needs to play in meaningless warmup games?
Think of this way, Joe Burrow didn't get a preseason last year. He didn't get OTA's or a Minincamp either. His team meetings took place on Zoom. And all of this happened with ZERO experience as an NFL rookie. You can say the same for Justin Herbert, and you can close to the same for Andy Dalton in 2011. I think they did ok. I don't think it's the end of the world if Joe Burrow doesn't see reps in year 2.
PS I have laugh at Brady playing that series. That's about the dumbest thing I've ever seen. Like he really needed those two attempts. That was totally worth torpedoing your entire season so a 20+ year vet could play about 5 plays.
Not only do NFL players need multiple pre-season games, but season ticket holders need to be forced to pay regular season prices for a couple of these games.
It's all about the revenue. The owners and players want it and they realize these games woyld be a hard sale wirh no vets playing at all. Plus the top players, like Brady, will want to get every possible snap they can.
