(08-26-2018, 06:32 PM)JagFanFirst Wrote: Season-ending injuries are always bad, to but to lose your season for a game that counts for nothing...it's infuriating. Every preseason, I don't worry so much whether or not we win the game--more than anything, I just want to make sure players--on both sides--come out healthy. For example, I'm not a Vikings fan, but I hated it for them when they piled up so many injuries last week against us. And now it's happened to us.

Reducing the number of preseason games is something that's been talked about league-wide in the past. Prior to 1978, the NFL played SIX preseason games, and 14 regular season ones. In 1978, the schedule changed to what we know today. My guess is the owners won't willingly reduce the number of games, because to do so would reduce revenue. I get it. But with the league being so sensitive to injuries these days, it's something that might merit serious consideration.

How many preseason games sounds right to you to prepare the players? Do we need four? Is next week's game against the Bucs really necessary? Truth be told,with a few minor exceptions, we pretty much know who's going to make the roster right now.   Then you add the value for the fan.  Why should Buc fans (or anyone else hosting a game next week) pay full price for games where the starters won't play?

Would you recommend a schedule with two preseason games and 18 regular season games? Or would you like to see preseason games simply eliminated, with no compensation in the regular season?

It should be left alone. It's up to the coaches to protect their top personnel during preseason. Injuries are going to happen no matter what they decide to do with the format though. What I never understood is why the NFL goes about playing it's starters earlier on instead of later on. If it were me I would honestly let my 2nd stringers play the first three games of the preseason for the first half in it's entirety. And then the third stringers or guys on the bubble would play the second half in it's entirety. 

First stringers would play the entire fourth game of the preseason to put all those practices and preparations to use during training camp and joint practices and then they get to rest that last week before the regular season starts after the final preseason game. When you look at Lee's injury. He took a pretty low and terrible shot to his knee from a guy that was drafted in the 5th RD last year and had only one start in the NFL as a rookie. 

Let the veterans and first stringers play the veterans and first stringers. Let these guys out there trying to make the roster launch themselves at other guys trying to make their roster. Accidents and injuries happen like I said earlier. But maybe a veteran in that position doesn't go low and bust Lee's knee up for the year because that very same veteran player is probably looking out to protect himself as well.

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