Gameday Thread: Browns vs. Redskins

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by tshile

As much as a full quarter?

Christ. I have no idea why this team routinely gets preseason off. Nothing about this team shows that they don't need any extra work.

It just reflects the fact that the biggest success in the preseason is surviving injuries.

Personally I like us pulling the starters before the opponent does. That way our seconds go against their firsts, our 3rds against their 4ths etc. We might lose, hopefully not, but the coaches get valuable tape to make solid evaluations.

[tshile]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

It just reflects the fact that the biggest success in the preseason is surviving injuries.

Personally I like us pulling the starters before the opponent does. That way our seconds go against their firsts, our 3rds against their 4ths etc. We might lose, hopefully not, but the coaches get valuable tape to make solid evaluations.

I don't like that mentality. Injuries happen. What if someone goes down the first play of week one? You can't predict that stuff and injuries will happen... the goal is to get your team ready first, evaluate young talent second.


I wish we could pull our starters first like you say, but it always seems that as soon as one team pulls theirs the other pulls theirs. Guess there's not much incentive to playing your first string play against someone's second