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The old ball coach is a class act 

 

Fortunately I've been able to spend some time around him and he is The last of a dying breed 

 

This is what NFL dreams are made of

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If you think about it, getting drafted by an NFL team is a really awesome accomplishment.  Approximately 77,000 college students play football in 774 4-year colleges and 123 junior colleges annually.  If you assume that about 1/4 of those are eligible for the NFL draft, that's about 19,000 football players.  The NFL selects about 250 of those, or about 1.4%.

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7 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

The old ball coach is a class act 

 

Fortunately I've been able to spend some time around him and he is The last of a dying breed 

 

This is what NFL dreams are made of

Spurrier once asked a question when he was the Redskins coach that I'd still like an answer to: "If we're paying 53 guys why can't we dress them all on game day?"

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3 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Spurrier once asked a question when he was the Redskins coach that I'd still like an answer to: "If we're paying 53 guys why can't we dress them all on game day?"


 

That is easy - it was originally put into place to help balance teams rosters with injuries. 
 

Team A has 4 guys injured, but not on IR - which used to be for the season - and Team B was healthy - then the healthy team would have 4 additional rostered players to play.  By limiting the 53 - it allowed both teams to have 48 rostered healthy players to keep balance and allow the injured players to sit.

 

Team A could sit 4 injured players and a Healy guy, while team B had to sit 5 healthy guys, but now both teams have the same number that can play with no advantages and no one forcing an injured player to dress - just in case.

 

It does need to be re-evaluated with the practice squad call-ups and the ability to use of returning IR in season.

 

 

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