Despite what you’ve heard lately, NFL preseason games do actually matter.
The 2015 NFL preseason has been particularly brutal in terms of devastating injuries, and upon that swelling total a rising tide of hatred has emerged with respect to preseason games. Many have vocally called for the death of the league’s four-game schedule, citing the meaninglessness of these games.
One such critic is Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report, who believes there is absolutely no value to these scrimmages. He wrote a column after Washington tight end Niles Paul was lost for the season in Week 1 in which he argued against preseason games.