Sounds like Training camps in March again
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Sounds like Training camps in March again
Hopefully instead of late March it’ll be early March this year to give teams more time together
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Re: Sounds like Training camps in March again
Yeah Jason Garrett kind up set the league up for facial blast by going on about the three weeks of practice during the opener, then you watched Bandits/Kirbys two nights later and it's all 'uhhhhhhhhhhhh'.
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Re: Sounds like Training camps in March again
The league starts the season on 4/15-16 week end. When else would the camp be?
Separately, the only question is it 3, 4, 5 weeks? And how many players attend. I'm think 3.5-4 weeks, 60-65 players with 42-43 active roster and 7-9 inactive. Just a guess based on where things are going.
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Re: Sounds like Training camps in March again
I'd really like to see at least 4 week preseason but preferably 5-6. Especially if the XFL comes out the gates with crisp, clean football, not many are going to want to watch a 11-6 Maulers-Gamblers snoozefest.
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Re: Sounds like Training camps in March again
Take a look at the NFL week 1/2 or better yet XFL 2020:laxtreme56 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:42 am I'd really like to see at least 4 week preseason but preferably 5-6. Especially if the XFL comes out the gates with crisp, clean football, not many are going to want to watch a 11-6 Maulers-Gamblers snoozefest.
Week 1:
February 9, 2:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 3 23 New York Guardians
February 9, 5:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks 15 9 Dallas Renegades
Week 2:
February 15, 2:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians 0 27 DC Defenders
February 15, 5:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 9 17 Seattle Dragons
You were saying?
I get that an extra week of camp is better but don't expect miracles especially if they bring in more players than final roster size. AAF had similar scores.
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You're not wrong 4th. Though, I'll defend that week 1 NY-Tampa game as I was there at Metlife. Tampa moved the ball quite well but were plagued by turnovers and poor decisions. They had a pretty exciting offense for just putting up 3 points. There's nothing wrong with a low scoring game, but only if it's due to excellent defense, not an inept offense with 5 turnovers and a 25% completion percentage.4th&long wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:26 amTake a look at the NFL week 1/2 or better yet XFL 2020:laxtreme56 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:42 am I'd really like to see at least 4 week preseason but preferably 5-6. Especially if the XFL comes out the gates with crisp, clean football, not many are going to want to watch a 11-6 Maulers-Gamblers snoozefest.
Week 1:
February 9, 2:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 3 23 New York Guardians
February 9, 5:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks 15 9 Dallas Renegades
Week 2:
February 15, 2:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians 0 27 DC Defenders
February 15, 5:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 9 17 Seattle Dragons
You were saying?
I get that an extra week of camp is better but don't expect miracles especially if they bring in more players than final roster size. AAF had similar scores.
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Re: Sounds like Training camps in March again
Yeah, high scoring is not automatically better football. Someone pull the number of false start / illegal formation penalties.
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Re: Sounds like Training camps in March again
And the same goes for the NFL Week 1-4 or at least 1-3 are now like a "shakedown" for the team to get things right. NFL radio commentators talk about it all the time due to lack of play time in preseason, reduced preseason game, lax camp rules.laxtreme56 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:33 amYou're not wrong 4th. Though, I'll defend that week 1 NY-Tampa game as I was there at Metlife. Tampa moved the ball quite well but were plagued by turnovers and poor decisions. They had a pretty exciting offense for just putting up 3 points. There's nothing wrong with a low scoring game, but only if it's due to excellent defense, not an inept offense with 5 turnovers and a 25% completion percentage.4th&long wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 8:26 amTake a look at the NFL week 1/2 or better yet XFL 2020:laxtreme56 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:42 am I'd really like to see at least 4 week preseason but preferably 5-6. Especially if the XFL comes out the gates with crisp, clean football, not many are going to want to watch a 11-6 Maulers-Gamblers snoozefest.
Week 1:
February 9, 2:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 3 23 New York Guardians
February 9, 5:00 p.m. ET St. Louis BattleHawks 15 9 Dallas Renegades
Week 2:
February 15, 2:00 p.m. ET New York Guardians 0 27 DC Defenders
February 15, 5:00 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Vipers 9 17 Seattle Dragons
You were saying?
I get that an extra week of camp is better but don't expect miracles especially if they bring in more players than final roster size. AAF had similar scores.
So I expect XFL/USFL etc... to have a 1-3 game ramp up as well. Having a smaller roster size and camp does give the actual players more reps in camp to prepare too.