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(7 hours ago)WeezyBengal Wrote: Yep. We've already seen Stone go down with an injury. Hope people are happy these guys are playing in meaningless games.
People are overlooking a pretty significant point with the pre season play and the light training camps. It's the fact that this team ALWAYS performs well at the end of the season under ZT. They are fresh and they go on a significant run. It's not talked about enough.
As does Kansas City -- 4 of the last 5 years at Super Bowl -- and the Chiefs starters always play in the preseason. Mahomes himself said it was important for him to play.
I would go with Andy Reid as the standard. He says it is critical for players to get used to game speed and contact and timing.
Bengals, on the other hand, haven't played starters much in preseason games the last 5 years and have been horrible in the first games of the season. The OL has been out of sync. The defense has been horrible at tackling.
Boomer Esaison, who knows something of football, also stated that Joe Burrow needs to get between 20 and 40 snaps in preseason games to get ready for the season. He had 16 snaps in the first preseason game.
