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Originally Posted by SmootSmack
And I'm not sure I'd call preseason irrelevant. Without it, we woukdnt have had Undrafted free agents Brandon Banks, Lorenzo Alexander, and Anthony Armstrong playing key roles in our win Sunday
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I'm not sure thats necessarily true. Armstrong, Banks, and Alexander were all very impressive in the offseason. In addition, while we'll have less preseason games to evaluate young players, we'll likely have larger overall roster sizes and larger gameday roster sizes.
If anything, the 18 game season will result in MORE young, unproven players making NFL teams and contributing to their teams during the regular season. Teams wont have to chose between keeping a Brandon Banks and a Terrance Austin - they'll have enough roster space to keep both. I'm personally hoping for a 58 man roster with all 58 players available to play on gameday