Originally Posted by leilung (Post 999073)

Scrimmages are where you get to see your roster in detail. Sorry they won't get to drill them more.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 999055)

Seriously, this sucks because those joint practices are way, way, way more valuable than any preseason game.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 999075)

Yup. I've heard several coaches say they would love to replace the preseason games with organized scrimmages where they can selectively target facets of the game that need work. Many of those never occur in the average random preseason game.

Originally Posted by stickman (Post 999127)

I can see that. The opposing coaches can decide to just say "Okay, let's take turns in a 2 minute drill scenario", "Let's work on Red Zone" etc, etc.

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido (Post 999130)

Yup. That's exactly. In a preseason game you might have one or two of those scenarios. And maybe for one team, but not the other.

The nice thing about those joint practices is that the other team doesn't know what you are doing, whereas when practicing against your own team the defense knows every offensive play and vice versa.