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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 864449" data-attributes="member: 7261">Just to be clear on what I had previously said about preseason football and the ability to evaluate.  I never said you can't evaluate rookies during the preseason.  I said that unlike years ago, when teams were playing starters more during the PS games and rotating rookies in to evaluate them, you got a better feel for how well they matched up against actual NFL starters.  For the last several years, preseason games have been diluted down quite a bit and this dilution effects the way of being able to evaluate talent in isolation. Why has this happened?  For 2 reasons.  First, teams don't want starters injured, so they are not playing them nearly as much, if at all.  Second, teams don't have to make any cut downs until after all the PS games are over.  So all 4 games have the maximum number of players (90) getting rotated into the game.My post was merely to point out that people can get overly excited about guys during preseason.  This excitement over a rookie who makes a few big plays, while playing against lessor talent, often proves to be false hope.</blockquote>

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