In Which Oliver Bitches, Yet Again, That The Preseason Is Too Long And Too Risky

10:28 pm EST August 20th, 2007 | Uncategorized | 12 Comments

Next to the hurricane and my mom, washington redskins cheerleaderthis was my biggest concern this weekend:

Washington Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell suffered nothing more serious than a bruise during Saturday night’s preseason game, tests reaffirmed yesterday. Campbell underwent a late-morning MRI exam that showed no serious damage, team officials said.

Campbell and Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs said it will be determined later in the week whether Campbell will play Saturday’s preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens.

Why is the starting QB for the Redskins endangered this way in a game that MEANS NOTHING? Sheesh.

Otherwise, the starters looked pretty good this week, especially the defense and second-year linebacker Rocky McIntosh.

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12 Responses to “In Which Oliver Bitches, Yet Again, That The Preseason Is Too Long And Too Risky”

  1. Lucha Libre says:
    August 20, 2007 at 11:10 pm

    Oliver, you are absolutely right about the NFL preseason- too many players get injured for no reason. UNfortunately, the NFL requires that season ticket holders pay for the 2 home preseason games- as a season ticket holder, this is outrageous. IM hoping one day that the NFL will expand the regular season to 18 games- 4 preseason games is about 3 too many.

  2. Diamond LeGrande says:
    August 21, 2007 at 7:24 am

    Less bitching, more cheerleader pictures please. :P

  3. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    August 21, 2007 at 8:22 am

    The CFL cut it to two games, one at home one on the road.

    Another reason it’s the better league.

  4. SpiderJ says:
    August 21, 2007 at 9:10 am

    The pre-season is very much a mug’s game under it’s current setup. Fans are forced to pay full price to see meaningless games in which the starters rest for most or all of the event. But if the starters were put in for more minutes in these meaningless games, they risk injuries that could cost them their season.

    It’s just an absurd system.

  5. Quaker in a Basement says:
    August 21, 2007 at 11:32 am

    OW, a technical note.

    I’m using IE6 and over the last few days, your photos and text have been running together.

    Most of the time, it doesn’t bother me, but on this post….

  6. Sabutai says:
    August 21, 2007 at 11:47 am

    Two games is probably enough, three if they must. The fourth game is ridiculous, and the fans, league and especially coaches all know it. However, I don’t mind the photo of one of the Redskins’ “starters: there.

    Oh, Strowbridge, any football league that has a 55 yard line is by definition not a serious football league.

  7. C.S.Strowbridge says:
    August 21, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    “Oh, Strowbridge, any football league that has a 55 yard line is by definition not a serious football league.”

    The CFL is the better league is every respect, except money.

  8. Oliver says:
    August 21, 2007 at 4:16 pm

    And talent, and overall footballness.

  9. liberalrob says:
    August 21, 2007 at 6:11 pm

    She’s cute, but a little more “voluptuous” than I remember most cheerleaders being. Not as tightly athletic. Maybe it’s still preseason for them too?

  10. Robster says:
    August 21, 2007 at 11:13 pm

    Um, what was that post about again? I was too distracted (laughs).

  11. Nimrod Gently says:
    August 22, 2007 at 12:27 pm

    PAIR OF BREASTS

  12. Quaker in a Basement says:
    August 22, 2007 at 5:43 pm

    Quote:
    “She has skinny eyes and big busts like the bad ladies in the comic books.”