If you think exhibition seasons ruin your fantasy season now, just wait til they cut them back to two games.
I don't think the number of games is the problem. The problem is that we glorify "hard hitters" instead of "good tacklers". In pre-season, the field is full of guys trying to earn (or keep) a starting spot and they know that the fans and coaches like to see guys heads ripped off.
In the Brady injury, it was obvious to me that Haynesworth was
trying to hurt Brady. Brady was a legal sitting duck and you can see Albert twist his body in an effort to funnel his body weight onto his shoulder and drive his pads through Brady.
This all makes for exciting football but it's not in the spirit of the game IMO.
The spirit of the game is to out perform your opponent...not to cripple their players in order to gain an edge.
I think the NFL could go a long way towards curbing serious injury by redesigning the weapons that we call "padding". There is no reason that "protective" equipment need be made of "Ironized" plastic.
I can almost guarantee that if players wore the leather caps and shoulder pads of the 40's that there would be a huge decrease in serious injury.
If those tooth jarring hits hurt the defender as bad as it did the victim you would see a lot less injury and a lot more good tackling.
That's my rant and I'm sticking to it. :rant:
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