(07-29-2023, 05:59 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(07-28-2023, 02:30 PM)surfon Wrote: Training camps just arent what they used to be to me. Sure would like to see these new generation go thru a tom coughlin camp.  I wonder how the old players feel about all this bubble wrap treatment.  I find it harder and harder to get excited like i used to.  Maybe it just needs to ramp up idk man.

I say let him play.  You cant be afraid man.

17 games is a long season.  If you put a guy in a preseason game for a few series, what is that worth, compared to getting the reps in training camp?  

I wouldn't play the starters in preseason at all.  Not even the new guys.

Three fifths of the starting OL are going to be "new" to some degree. 
It is well documented that these units take time to settle into knowing each others assignments, tendencies, and when to bail one another out vs staying locked into their own block. 
Do you really not want them to play a few series together in preseason?

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