[Scotty doesn't know]

You think I'd say yes just because of things like with what happened to Irons, and there's just too much potential for injury, but I don't know just because the younger players need to get a taste of the NFL before the season actually matters.

Then again, the team needs to get meshed together and needs to learn to play together, but there's usually most veterans are already used to the NFL and maybe playing together so it's pointless to make them play pointless games.

However, training camps usually don't start til the last week of July or the first week of June or later. I think that the preseason maybe should be shortened to three games or less because most starters don't play in the last game anyways. I think that shortening it to 3 (or maybe 2) would be ok without damaging the quality of play in the NFL, as long as teams start practicing at the same time in the summer.

Yes it gives the rookies experience with a game TYPE atmosphere but are the fans really coming out like it is a regular season game? They don't really get the full effect until the season starts. Let them polish their skills in practice.
However, I agree with you that the preseason should be shortened to 2-3 games.