As the NFL Preseason is set to open its first full week of games, I’d like to dive into a question that always circles the media wagon this time of year:
Does anyone care about the preseason in the NFL?
I for one, love it.
As a football fan, preseason action signifies that the long wait for another NFL season is almost over. Basketball, baseball and hockey are great sports to play and watch, but there is something about football that beats them all.
Maybe it’s the shorter schedule, fantasy football or the anticipation of that next game starting after a win or loss that gets me, but the game of football being back in the air is just plain exciting.
To me, watching a preseason game is just as good or bad as watching Texas play North Texas in one of two powder-puff games usually found on a Division I’s schedule.
Of course don’t get me wrong, the atmosphere at a college game that means something would crush a meaningless preseason game any day, but we’re talking about viewing games on television.
Preseason football signifies a new beginning where every team is still in the Super Bowl hunt and you get to see what’s been happening in training camp for the past couple of weeks.
Sure, the competition is weak, but it still gives you a chance to catch the rookies and free agent acquisitions in action. I know it can be really long and repetitive, but coaches have said year in and year out that four games is the perfect amount of time to evaluate their roster and make decisions on who they keep and who they cut.
Hey, a night of football, any football, is better than watching whatever lame reality television show is being aired for the third time this week any day.
