The NFL and the NFLPA have agreed. There will be n preseason games this summer.
That is both good news and bad news at the same time. In recent years, the preseason has been loathed by everyone from coaches and players to fans and gamblers. The four-game ramp-up suddenly became an exercise of both caution and recklessness with the three of the four games being used to whittle down the roster while one game – usually Week 3 – was played as a dress rehearsal for the regular season.
But in this age of the coronavirus, necessity has become the mother of invention.