08-13-2023, 11:11 AM
(08-12-2023, 11:49 PM)Joelist Wrote: It's a tradeoff. Less chance for injury versus the team being rusty and out of sync the first couple of games.
Exactly. I’ve always looked at it this way: you can overcome rust from your starters not being on the field for the preseason in pretty short order.
What you cannot overcome is a torn ACL or broken arm that keeps a player out for half or a whole season that they suffered in a game that counts for absolutely nothing.
I will take a little rust over a major injury to a key player any day of the week.
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