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[calia]

Originally Posted by Giantone

I am only asking a question here. Do fans realize coach's will play players in the preseason in certain situations to see how they do when they might not even be on the 53 man roster at the end of camp? I ask becuase I was having this discussion on a Giants board and people are screaming over who the starters are and about this guy over this guy and I think back to my own playing days and know that coach's play people in camp and preseason for a multitude of reasons and to never make anything out of it.
In college I had a coach who told me to take the snap ( I was punting) scream fumble and run like hell , I said ..."why" he told me to see if the guys know what the hell to do if it ever really happens. He was right almost none of them had played special teams at there schools and just stood there.

That's a great story -- and it must have been pretty funny too.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by calia

That's a great story -- and it must have been pretty funny too.

It was ,bad part was he told the D what we were doing and they nailed my ass!