Preseason Game Is Alex Smith’s Super Bowl

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Published: August 22, 2009

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... that a preseason game, any preseason game, is meaningful.

The NFL's exhibition season has long been regarded as a running joke for fans and an annoying ordeal for the media. The stars play sparingly, if at all, and they don't really care how they do. The coaches reveal nothing, trotting out basic high school level game plans.

Us scribes have to prepare and study our media guides so we could memorize the names and numbers of guys who'll be in the Canadian league two weeks from now.

I've long been a proponent of extending the regular season to 17 or 18 games and shortening the preseason. To those who argue that it would mean having to pay players more money and that it would lead to fatigue-related injuries. I say that it's not my money and it's not my body.

Fans don't care about salaries or injuries (not unless it happens to an irreplaceable player), they just want their football. And if they're going to fork over regular season prices to at...

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