Popeyejones
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chris98251":2lnathhg said:Popeyejones":2lnathhg said:Seahawkfan80":2lnathhg said:I think it is not fair. Indianapolis and Green Bay get 5 preseason games and everyone else 4. Cheatriots. LMAO.
It's different teams each year, usually based on which teams had players inducted into the hall that year. The Packers and Colts were in it this year because Dungy, Harrison, and Favre were inducted.
FWIW I think it's also a major stretch to think of it as a competitive advantage. The injury risk is greater than any gains by far, which is why the HoF game is almost entirely played by guys who will never make a regular season NFL roster.
It didn't use to be that way, players used to feel honored to participate, regardless the field should have been protected with these kind of athletes expected to play on it, think of the advertising revenue that now is owed back, think of the black eye that Goodell is now going to spin some way, it is probably Tom Brady's fault any way IF I CAN'T PLAY NOBODY IS PLAYING!!!
People say a lot of things. Were people honored to play in it back in the 70s when they introduced it or were they the same as players today who say their honored but really just don't want to get injured and think it's a pain in the ass.
Either way, it's a back of the roster scrimmage. If it were a competitive advantage teams would be angling to play in it. If anything the only upside to playing in it is from a national branding perspective as it's the first televised scrimmage of the year so people watch it, despite it mostly being played by a bunch of future delivery men and substitute teachers.