What should we be looking for/at in the 1st Pre-Season Game.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Originally Posted by mooby

A. No Injuries

B. Since I expect them to keep their schemes rather vanilla in the preseason, and especially in the first game, I want to see how they execute the basic schemes so far.

C. As listed in the article, individual performances. Namely the new starters, especially the big one on one battles, like T.Will against Harrison, etc.

D. No injuries, this time for emphasis. We are playing the Steelers, and even though it's preseason, it might not matter to a guy like James Harrison, etc.

Points A and D are THE MOST IMPORTANT things to look for in this exhibition game and the next three exhibition games.

Recall that the Detroit Lions went 4-0 one Exhibition Season and then went 0-16 in the games that counted.

These games mean nothing - - unless someone gets hurt. Remember these guys have been practicing under coaching supervision for only about 2 weeks at best. Las Vegas ought to be offering an Over/Under bet on the number of hamstring pulls this weekend...