The Faid is beating Dallas by 10 pts.

[TheGuardian]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Well, then you and I are different.

I like to see recievers run their routes and catch the football.

I like to see running backs fight for yards.

I like to see the special teams.

I like to see new talent.

I like to see the attitude of the team.

I've been watching preseason for 30 years and it's always informative.

And it also doesn't tell you 1 single thing about how teams will do in the regular season and we can show pre-season to regular season records that back that up over and over again. Teams do not scheme, generally they don't blitz or show any of the things that make them GOOD during the regular season. You can't even look at the first team and get any idea of how good or how bad they might be.

You might like to see all of this stuff but it still doesn't tell you a damned thing about what is going to happen in the regular season. Nothing.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by TheGuardian

And it also doesn't tell you 1 single thing about how teams will do in the regular season and we can show pre-season to regular season records that back that up over and over again. Teams do not scheme, generally they don't blitz or show any of the things that make them GOOD during the regular season. You can't even look at the first team and get any idea of how good or how bad they might be.

You might like to see all of this stuff but it still doesn't tell you a damned thing about what is going to happen in the regular season. Nothing.

Exactly. I get excited to watch the preseason games because I am so ready to watch some football. But you still have to temper that enthusiasm (or negativity) because it is just preseason. And teams don't play like they do in the regular season for the reasons you stated.

For that one example Dane gave of the 2004 Chiefs, one could probably come up with several others proving the opposite. Preseason simply is not the same thing as regular season. And it really is hard to glean much from it.

Like the Lions being 4-0 in preseason last year, the Chargers of 1998 were unbeaten in preseason, as well. Ryan Leaf looked like he was going to be an NFL superstar. We all saw how that turned out when the Chiefs really put the heat on him.