Roger Goodell Fears Complacency

The Super Bowl would either conflict with March Madness, or NFL Kick-off Weekend would be like July 4th for the regular season…

Not really a fan of either scenario…

Keep it at sixteen, with one bye week.

One solution to the whole “too many preseason games, too much chance for injury, but owners need the added revenue and coaches need to evaluate the eighth string cb” issue, would be to change the clock and timing rules for preseason games to a continue running clock that only stops for scores and end of quarters; and inside the final two minutes of the first half. Clock keeps running even on a change of possession, incomplete pass, out of bounds, etc, except during the final two minutes of the first half (at the end of the game what’s the point as do you really need to see your third and fourth stringers in a two-minute drill? I think not -do that during practice).

Shortens games, still have ample TV commercial breaks between quarters, halves, TD’s & FG’s; coaches still get four opportunities to conduct player evaluations under live fire conditions, and the owners keep their revenue stream. And the quicker games will cut down on the catastrophic injuries.