For the 1st 2 X games, starters usually get a quarter, 2 in the 3rd and 3 in the 4th. So, it's the equivalent of less than 2 games of actual PT. The rest is spent looking at the newbies to see what they can do.
But it's a matter of probability and intensity. The more contact situations, the greater the chances of getting injured. The more intense (ie exhibition game).
Gotta revisit this one. EXHIBITION FOOTBALL SUCKS. :cuss: And this is one of the things that sucks about it. :dis:
The primary purpose of exhibition games is to help the coaching staff decide who to cut and who to keep. From a purely practical point-of-view, it does not make any sense to put starters into an exhibition game.
i'll be drinking doam foam tomorrow night. i hate the preseason but at least it's football. anyone else going to the game?
Didn't he get his shoulder hurt last season when again someone intercepted a pass and he attempted to make a tackle on the player? If so, that's unreal.