To touch more on the injuries going on in the preseason, it brings up an issue of longevity. It seems like for the past five or ten years, the preseason, as mentioned below, has produced some really unfortunate injuries for players of all levels. It's not often that you go through a week leading up to the NFL season that you don't hear about someone having their season ended, or someone ending up on the PUP(Physically Unable to Perform) list.
It always seems sad to see first day draft picks getting injured, and sometimes having their seasons ended. This year has been no exception. Take a look at Montario Hardesty, Derrick Morgan, as mentioned earlier, Sidney Rice and Ben Tate, and even Broncos rookie sensation Tim Tebow.
Another question that is raised, thanks in part to Chad Ochocinco's in-game tweet from a few nights ago, is "should players be hitting so hard in a preseason game?" In a collision sport like Football, it seems almost logical in an exhibition game to coast at least a little bit. There have even been reports from Falcons camp that the scrimmages they held against the Patriots and Jaguars were getting chippy due to hard hits, scrimmages...not even preseason games. NFL players coast like crazy when they're playing in the Pro-Bowl because they don't want to get hurt, so why would they want to get hurt in games that mean even less?
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