SHOULD WE DO AWAY WITH PRESEASON FOOTBALL?

It is certainly worth thinking about doing away with preseason football. The coaches are resting their starters, we just saw Cam Newton leave the game with a foot injury yesterday. I love watching Davis Webb, Joe Dolegala and fringe players.

There should only be 3 preseason games. The games should begin in Mid August, only backups should be allowed to participate or if there is a QB or position battle. You could eventually trim the preseason down to 2 games. It is important to fill out the 53 man roster with actual gameplay experience, however it is too dangerous to risk your own starters safety in a preseason game. As mentioned by Clay Travis and other folks, Bo Nix and all the starters in college football often come from high school games a year prior to week 1, or the returning starters will wait a year after bowl games to play meaningful football. How come NFL players just play week 1 with a little rust and at least be safe during preseason?

There should not be 18 regular season games: Too many games, chance of injury too great. 16 games is perfect.

Do not extend the playoff: 12 team playoff is an exclusive tournament, it should be very difficult to make the playoffs. Its a one game elimination that should be reserved for the 4 division winners and two wildcards. no need extending olive branches to mediocre 8-8 football teams and letting them compete for a super bowl in a one game playoff. DO NOT DEVALUE THE REGULAR SEASON.