Random egotistical observations

[MTK]

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[Daseal]

Why are comments closed?

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by Daseal

Why are comments closed?

This is where it is to be discussed.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Matty K does not care about injured people!

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[BrudLee]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

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Like prom night?

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Happy to see you're not down with the collar pop Matty.

[VishsSkins]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Happy to see you're not down with the collar pop Matty.

:thumb:

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Seriously though, Buck Ortega's name alone is bad ass.

[amorentz]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Seriously though, Buck Ortega's name alone is bad ass.

I love that name...my friend said it sounded like one of the absurd names created for rookies by the Madden name generator. My 2nd year RB DeTayshawn Goldberg is a stud!

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

Seriously though, Buck Ortega's name alone is bad ass.

You're right about that.

Wasn't he a character on Battlestar Galactica? Or was it CHiPS?

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Yes, and honestly, I have no idea where that comment I made came from.

Good musing Matty. Do you think they should get rid of full contact preseason games all together, or just cut back the number of them? I feel like there would be a huge risk in getting rid of them because you might end up accidentally starting a good practice player like Jacobs in place of an actual game time player.

[freddyg12]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

Yes, and honestly, I have no idea where that comment I made came from.

Good musing Matty. Do you think they should get rid of full contact preseason games all together, or just cut back the number of them? I feel like there would be a huge risk in getting rid of them because you might end up accidentally starting a good practice player like Jacobs in place of an actual game time player.

I agree w/most everything Matty said even the preseason stuff. However, lets play devil's advocate, it's not just the owners that benefit from preseason revenue, its the players as well. That's what part of the recent cba negotiation was about, the nflpa wanted a higher % of team revenue. John Madden also made a good point the other night during the game, something like "so if a player gets hurt in practice, does that mean you don't practice anymore."
In a nutshell, players would stop talking about dropping the preseason if it meant less $ for them.

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by freddyg12

However, lets play devil's advocate, it's not just the owners that benefit from preseason revenue, its the players as well. That's what part of the recent cba negotiation was about, the nflpa wanted a higher % of team revenue. John Madden also made a good point the other night during the game, something like "so if a player gets hurt in practice, does that mean you don't practice anymore."

Two things on these points: One, the owners could simply make up the lost revenue by adjusting the price of regular season game tickets. Granted, no one would like that, but ask those same people if they'd rather see their favorite star player be lost for the season to a torn ACL in a meaningless exhibition game.

And on the age-old "they can injure themselves in practice too!" argument: No practice can match the level of violence and risk of injury that actual game conditions can, when the opponent lining up against you has another team's uniform on. Not saying it can't happen in practice, but if or when it does, then the stars simply weren't aligned for that player, and it just wasn't his day.

By the way, there should only be two preseason games, shortened to 10 minutes per quarter, and no overtime. If it ends in a tie, so be it. The regular season stays as it is -- 16 games.

[MTK]

I'm with the popular opinion they should cut it back to 2 preseason games, and tack on those extra 2 games to the regular season.

[irish]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

I'm with the popular opinion they should cut it back to 2 preseason games, and tack on those extra 2 games to the regular season.

Even with a shorter preseason CP would have got hurt because he did it on the 1st series of the 1st game. Preseason is fine as it is. CPs injury is just bad luck, there will be some good luck coming the skins way in the future.

There is no way 2 games will be added because it would screw up the contract structure by having to pay players for 2 more regular season games.