J.C. Tretter, the star center for the Cleveland Browns as well as the President of the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has put forward the suggestion that the NFL season could be started without the benefit of exhibition games.
Although Tretter's suggestion is motivated by the need to cope with COVID-19, perhaps that could actually work in a "normal year," and at the same time exhibition games can actually be made more meaningful instead of less meaningful.
The question is: do the fans need the regular starters to play exhibition games?