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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 783921" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>I really don't put much stock into the preseason at all.  Maybe stock in the parts of a team, but not in the whole.  Gone are the days of seeing the starting offenses and defenses play for a good portion of the first half of the first 3 games.  Gone is really seeing all the starters as a collective group for more than a series or two on offense in one game and perhaps longer on defense.  Gone is seeing this happen at the same time for both teams, due to different philosophies of when to put the starters out there.  The Preseason has become nothing but 2 teams practicing full on against each other, mainly with as few of their important pieces as possible.  I understand why this approach is used, fear of injuries and the need to give the young players a chance to show what they have and gain experience.  However, I have to wonder if in the long run you end up with a team that takes longer to jell and come together in the early stages of the season.  But I guess as long as all the teams are doing it that way, you are on equal grounds and a player like Rodgers, just how much preseason does he need to be ready?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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