J Chase Thinks Starters Need To Play More In The Preseason

[SunsetBengal]

(05-28-2025, 07:22 PM)Nately120 Wrote: If playing our starters in the pre-season cures our early season crapfest, I'm all for it. But I'm not sure making them play a series here and there in the pre-season is going to cure whatever it is that makes the ZT era treat the first 2-3 weeks of the season like the games don't count.  I get the optimism of having Burrow on the team, but it feels like there is always that ability to just shrug off any loss and say "Meh, Burrow will just win 10 in a row and we'll be fine."

Like I said in another thread that was already talking on this topic, the Starters need to run at least a couple of series every preseason game. The starting OL needs to play into the second quarter. Have we not seen enough of the OL showing up on opening day looking like they all just met each other in the parking lot that morning?

I'm not at all suggesting that the Starters should be "worked hard" in preseason, but getting everyone on the same page eliminates a lot of bugs on opening day. Besides, we have a team that hasn't reached the playoffs for two years straight, they could use the extra work..