Even Roger Goodell can't always get what he
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Ken Dryden Women Jersey through the third and fourth preseason games if they so choose to.Under the old format, the fourth preseason game was already fairly ghastly -- with fans paying regular season prices to watch an unattractive product. Now, with 90-odd bodies still on the sidelines, teams wont be forced to go high up the depth chart to field offense, defense or special teams units. So in theory there could be even fewer
Jacob De La Rose Kids Jersey players on the field in those final preseason games who will actually be on NFL rosters come September. "Goodell was already against four preseason games," said one team official present at the meetings, "and he made it pretty clear the league felt that this roster change would even further diminish the quality of the fourth preseason game. They're not pleased that this was changed."There is a natural friction between teams and the league office on i sues such as this. Coaches would far prefer to have more players at their disposal in the fourth games, so they can expose fewer valuable depth players -- and soon-to-be-practice squad players -- to injury. And owners are always thorny about the inherent sunk costs of this sport with injuries so common and rampant. So, they'd prefer this buffer, and frankly have no reason to care about the quality of a fourth exhibition game.Which explains why the Competition Committee was on board with this roster change -- even if the big guy wasn't -- and why powerful owners like Jerry Jones and John Mara voted in favor of the change despite Goodell's objections. It will certainly create even more of a time crunch come final
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