Why is offense/scoring down in the league the past few years?

[chiefzilla1501]

I still don't understand the rationale behind benching your starters in the preseason. It's almost as if a bunch of coaches got together and tried to pull a Todd Haley by outsmarting the league with this stuff. Like, how did they all come to the same conclusion this preseason

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I still don't understand the rationale behind benching your starters in the preseason. It's almost as if a bunch of coaches got together and tried to pull a Todd Haley by outsmarting the league with this stuff. Like, how did they all come to the same conclusion this preseason

They all listened to BWillie. He's world renowned for his football advice.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Bl00dyBizkitz

They all listened to BWillie. He's world renowned for his football advice.

It's a give and take. If you are a bad team or a team that might not make the playoffs it probably behoves you to play guys in the preseason. If you KNOW you are making the playoffs there is no reason to play starters outside of maybe rookies or new guys. Yeah you won't be as sharp game 1 or 2. So what...you are making the playoffs and keeping everyone healthy.

[Bl00dyBizkitz]

Originally Posted by BWillie

It's a give and take. If you are a bad team or a team that might not make the playoffs it probably behoves you to play guys in the preseason. If you KNOW you are making the playoffs there is no reason to play starters outside of maybe rookies or new guys. Yeah you won't be as sharp game 1 or 2. So what...you are making the playoffs and keeping everyone healthy.

Well then you'd start splitting hairs with some people because losing a game in week 1 or 2 could be the difference between the 1 seed bye and the 2/3 seed or a wild card spot and missing the playoffs etc etc.

It's just calculated risk. I have to assume Andy has a "feel" for how much football his guys need to be decently ready for week 1.

I wonder if Football organizations hire actuaries like Insurance companies or banks do to calculate the risk of situations like this. I mean, these are billion dollar organizations, I don't think they'd make decisions like this purely off of "feel".