Tonight brings us the start of 65 games of meaningless NFL football. It also may(once again) bring commentary from the Commissioner about the possibility of shrinking the amount of meaningless football played in August to 3 games instead of 4. So why hasn’t the league done it? Despite what Goodell has said, the people who employ and pay him don’t want it. And they don’t want it because they don’t want to give up the easy revenue that comes with much lower expense than what they pay players during the regular season. I’ll save my rant about this for another time. I have never been a fan of watching Pre-season football. Usually I will take in some of the Jet – Giant game figuring by the 3rd week we might actually see the starters play more than 2 or 3 series. This year they play each other on the first week…tonight. I’m not expecting to see Barkley, Eli, or any one’s name that seems familiar for more than a series, if any at all. Here is what usually happens… 1st game - Most starters tend to play one or two series, some, none. The rest of the game features mostly guys with little chance of making the roster. Occasionally it’s fun when some camp no name goes wild and makes a dozen tackles or catches 8 passes. This is where you start going: "Oh, that Paul Perkins guy might finally be developing into something." 2nd game - Starters play a series or two. QB competition teams have a lot of fun here as they usually bounce between them on series. Lots of rookies and tertiary players looking to snatch the apple, play the whole game and get you hyped up for how they're going to explode out this year. 3rd game - Starters play most of first half, sometimes into early 3rd. The dress rehearsal game. Odds are the guys that are going to bust out are all over this one. 4th game - Few starters play for a few series, if at all. Rest of the game is a slog of guys desperate to get tape out there to get them onto other teams or practice squads. The second half is usually just depressing because you're watching 25+ guys careers get killed in real time. So basically boring and sloppy football. Now if you’re a gambler… Enjoy tonight’s thrilling match-ups (tongue in cheek).
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Jeff
8/8/2019 10:26:34 am
Yeah preseason football is the worst. Someone offered me free seats to the game tonight and I declined.
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Stan
8/8/2019 05:46:17 pm
Will tune into football between innings of Yankee game....and if Yankee game is a blowout its movie time....
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Randy
8/8/2019 06:30:34 pm
Darnold plays on the best football team in New York. J E T S
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