4 hours ago
(4 hours ago)Soonerpeace Wrote: I think getting reps in 2 series the 2nd game and 1 the last preseason game is plenty. What I’d do is leave the OL in in the last preseason game a little longer and work on the run game with Browning and sans Tee & Chase
I'm in favor of starters playing in preseason games, but not the third game this year. The second game is a night game on Monday. The third preseason games is Saturday -- a very short week. That is a recipe for injuries, especially because Indianapolis will be coming in with a week's worth of rest before that third game and because Indy may throw in 3rd stringers desperate to make an impression -- a hard hit, etc.
The starters should play a series or two in the second game. They would then reach the threshold that Esiason said they needed to be ready (20 to 40 snaps for entire preseason -- Burrow was QB for 16 so far) and likely would be against Washington's starters, and they would also get used to playing a night game.
