New Orleans Saints comment of the day: Here's why preseason games are important

Saint_LB · 08-18-2010, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by skymike

an 18 game season would be murder on the starters.

Oh...the poor babies. Tell that to a guy that makes a living digging ditches 6 days a week, 12 hours a day, 52 weeks a year...or a brick-layer, or something. To me, what you just said is a joke when you consider how much they pay these guys to play a game...a game that you could get paralyzed for life or worse for about 12 years that you play for free before you ever get to the NFL.

Furthermore...I contend that the starters already play in preseason what amounts to probably close to 2 games worth of action out of 4 games, so in reality they are already doing it...just the first 2 games, in which they could get hurt in...don't count.

08-18-2010, 06:33 AM	#13
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	Originally Posted by skymike an 18 game season would be murder on the starters. Oh...the poor babies. Tell that to a guy that makes a living digging ditches 6 days a week, 12 hours a day, 52 weeks a year...or a brick-layer, or something. To me, what you just said is a joke when you consider how much they pay these guys to play a game...a game that you could get paralyzed for life or worse for about 12 years that you play for free before you ever get to the NFL. Furthermore...I contend that the starters already play in preseason what amounts to probably close to 2 games worth of action out of 4 games, so in reality they are already doing it...just the first 2 games, in which they could get hurt in...don't count.
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