I only say no because he's gonna want to play even if it's pre-season.
It will likely be very little, maybe 15-20 snaps in total, but he's going to want them.
The only time he's ever made comments about it (that weren't pressers AFAIK) was when he did the bussin' with the boys.
And even then he was candid about what was going on.
I agree we will never get that high but the better the bills get the higher the cost is going to get on the secondary market. I know last year some of the tickets that I would normally buy in the end zone were probably $50-$70 more per ticket. It could have also been because the return of fans in the stands but I would guess it was more the previous than the latter.
That's why most indie companies now don't have a full release and they put out a "early access/open beta" version to constantly patch it while users find the bugs for them.
Then usually a full release happens a while after that.
Bigger companies like EA don't because they are more focused on sales than a product being good.