I can’t imagine being an NFL coach is an easy job. Even putting aside being under the national microscope, having every inch of your personal life torn down for public consumption, the day-to-day operations must be filled with difficult decision after difficult decision. And no matter whose fault it is, when a problem arises, it’s on you.
One of the more difficult decisions, I imagine, is divvying up the playing time in a preseason game. On one hand, you want to get a legitimate evaluation of certain players in a gamelike situation that can’t be replicated in practice while also getting said player properly prepared for the regular season.