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(7 hours ago)Sled21 Wrote: I just don't buy that playing a few snaps in pre-season does anything at all for positions like QB and WR. They can get their timing down in practice. They have multiple seasons of play, so what really does playing 2 series do except risk injury? Now, I do think position groups that have to work together, like the line, needs to play pre-season to get in sync. Our slow starts have nothing to do with pre-season; they have to do with Covid, rehabbing a shredded knee, rehabbing a burst appendix, rehabbing a torn ligament in the throwing wrist, etc. One thing about Taylor's teams is that they may start slow (due to Burrow's injuries), but they finish strong and when it comes to playoff time, they are usually at their best when other teams are faltering.
The impression I’ve gotten from Joe, is that he wants the repetitions with his WRs at game speed. He wants to practice reading defenses at game speed. He wants to feel getting hit.
Now he totally might change his mind on this after this season. I think that since he has never had a real healthy preseason, he has no idea how ready for the season he would be with just TC. So here we are
But Fed Ex Field is not a place I feel comfortable with ANY of our starters playing on Monday
"We have to play with a Santa Clara standard."
