So honest question: what is preseason football really?

[StickyBun]

Its such a load of hot dog shit. What can be gleaned? Preseason superstars are cut before September. Rookie QBs look like ass because they have zero protection and are easily fooled in coverage. The 2nd halves are like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. I think its almost useless.....almost. I cannot STAND preseason football. Rant over. When I was a season ticket holder, I despised paying full price for those 2 home garbage games. 

[Guest]

foreplay

[Guest]

For a bunch of these guys its their one shot to stand out and make a roster. 

[Guest]

@AGRforever said:
For a bunch of these guys its their one shot to stand out and make a roster. 

And a chance to see our players against real opponents and plays they haven't seen over and over for weeks.  Practice is for the regular starters to get a lot of reps,  preseason games is to evaluate the rest of the roster IMO.

[Guest]

@Vanguard83 said:
foreplay

I think this is as close to a true answer as it gets.

[Guest]

PA hyping Oliver only for him to immediately get toasted and a flag was rough. 

Chandler seems to firmly have the RB2 spot.

Camp superstar IPJ had some nice tackles.

Luigi Villain made an impact but I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t bother me his last name is evidently pronounced ‘vil-LANE’ and not villain ha. 

Joseph made his kicks.

Mullens is laughably better than Mannion ever was. Can’t believe we paid that bum for so long but I digress. 

Those are my first half takeaways. Didn’t watch the second half for many of the reasons Sticky mentioned. 

[Guest]

@StickyBun said:
When I was a season ticket holder, I despised paying full price for those 2 home garbage games. 

In the dinosaur days they used to play 6(!) preseason games.  Before football was a year-round, billion dollar enterprise it was how guys got in shape for the season.

At this point it's mostly a remnant.  A way to assemble the bottom half of the roster.  And the part of your quote I preserved above is the rest of the equation--ringing the cash register in exchange for the football equivalent of a crap sandwich.

[Guest]

I typically like preseason games. You get to see some of the down-roster talent and I actually watch them more closely than regular season games. 

But that game last night was pretty unremarkable.

[Guest]

@Vanguard83 said:
foreplay

No, foreplay is more exciting.

It's a good change of pace, coaches get to see how they execute what they're trying to teach and how guys do do when the stakes are higher than just a practice. 

Of all the things they F'up, I think the NFL actually got pre-season right.

2-3 games is about perfect - too bad I have to pay full price as a season tix holder. 

[Guest]

@pattersaur said:
PA hyping Oliver only for him to immediately get toasted and a flag was rough. 

Chandler seems to firmly have the RB2 spot.

Camp superstar IPJ had some nice tackles.

Luigi Villain made an impact but I’d be lying if I said it doesn’t bother me his last name is evidently pronounced ‘vil-LANE’ and not villain ha. 

Joseph made his kicks.

Mullens is laughably better than Mannion ever was. Can’t believe we paid that bum for so long but I digress. 

Those are my first half takeaways. Didn’t watch the second half for many of the reasons Sticky mentioned. 

I would add Lewis Cine got trucked a couple times and Bercich brought it up during the broadcast that he needs to get the pads down lower. He looks like he's got a ways to go still and I expect Bynum and Smith to remain the starters unless there is injury..

Andrew Booth not playing until the second half and not looking good when he got in there. If we weren't so paper thin at the position, I'd say he was a potential cut candidate 

Agree on Mullens. I actually feel good about the backup QB position for a change 

Chandler looked decent. Not sure last night's performance solidified anything for the coaches