Drew Magary checks in this afternoon with a defense of the NFL’s preseason. He cites this weekend’s sloppy college action as proof: without meaningless game experience, it’s impossible to be sharp when the real games start.
In Defense of the Preseason
↵Sure, we’re still happy with Week 1 college football, but for the same reasons hip-hop fans are happy with Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3: when we all miss the A-material badly enough, we’re willing to delude ourselves into getting excited over a C-plus.
↵As for the NFL, Magary writes:
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↵Say what you will about the NFL preseason, but it at least gives most teams a chance to enter Week 1 in relatively sharp form. ... So yes, the preseason is long, and horrible, and I wish to God real NFL football were being played right now because I can’t wait another minute longer. But it does serve a purpose. Keep that in mind the next time you see Florida beat Charleston Southern by 59 points.
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