Quote:I wonder about this.


Just how can a team play it safe when it comes to an NFL game?

 

  John Harbaugh understandably had some thoughts about this topic last night.

 

  http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/201...-football/

 

  One thing that can at least reduce injuries to QBs is if the pre-season was cut down to 2 games,  with 2 scrimmages replacing those two pre-season games.   In scrimmages,  QBs wear red jerseys.   Under those parameters,   Tony Romo wouldn't have been lost for much of the 2016 regular season in the manner that he suffered the back injury in Seattle.     Though the pre-season games bring in revenue,   for the highly revenue conscious Jerry Jones,  his franchise is worth much more with a relatively healthy Romo than without him.     The same for the entire league,  as ratings for Cowboys games,  which are often on National TV,  will likely be down.  

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