NFL Preseason Schedule 2015: Key Matchups, Dates and Ticket Info

August 12, 2015   ·   Steve Silverman   ·   Jump to comments

Turn on your sports radio or read your city's big-name columnist, and you will almost certainly begin to hear the whining in a loud and declarative tone.
The subject: the NFL preseason. Everyone likes to talk about how much he or she hates it and how meaningless it is.
That opinion couldn't be more ignorant.
While the preseason games and final scores may not matter very much, try telling a late-round draft choice or rookie free agent that it's meaningless. Try telling the same thing to the aging veteran who is trying to hold on to his job one more year by proving he can still get it done on special teams.
A veteran coach like John Fox may not have been overly concerned about the preseason during his run with the Broncos when they were AFC favorites and coming off a Super Bowl appearance. But Fox isn't in Denver anymore, and he has taken over a Chicago Bears team that struggled to a 5-11 record last year. His new team needs confidence, and a team gains confidence by ...

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