Colin Cowherd agrees with Aaron Rodgers over NFL preseason games being "waste of time"

While NFL teams Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders kicked things off last Thursday with the annual Hall-of-Fame game, Friday marks the first of three weeks of pre-season.

On Friday, the New York Giants will face the New England Patriots and the Tennessee Titans will take on the Baltimore Ravens. The pre-season will end on Sunday, August 28.

While pre-season is crucial in some regards, most NFL players think it is a waste of time.

Back-to-back MVP winner Aaron Rodgers is one of those players. Now, sports analyst Colin Cowherd has agreed with the quarterback. Cowherd thinks the NFL should reduce pre-season games from three to one.

Cowherd said on The Herd with Colin Cowherd:

"This is one of the few things the NFL needs to get right. They went from four preseason games to three. I would reduce it to one. There's an argument to be made.

"Scrimmages with other teams, one, three-and-a-half hour outlet. Every other year you get a home preseason game. By the way, the attendance will probably improve. If you only asked people to pay for one more game every other year instead of two home games a year, which they previously had.

Cowherd concluded by expressing his agreement with Rodgers.

"So I agree with Aaron Rodgers. Kind of a waste of time whether it is four snaps or 10 snaps. Aaron can play the young wide receivers. It's called practice. You can get better."

This was in response to what Aaron Rodgers said earlier this week. Rodgers had opined:

"I don't see any benefit to it. I definitely don't see any benefit to playing one series. If we're going to play, we should play and play a quarter, a couple of series, two to three series. Just suiting up for four plays, to me, is a waste."

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NFL recently shortened pre-season to 3 games

New York Jets v Green Bay Packers

There's proof that the NFL pre-season is becoming a mere of a waste of time. The fact that the league has shortened the pre-season from four to three is evidence.

Many players think it's a waste of time, and one of the main reasons is because of all the injuries that pile up in the pre-season.

Another common theme these days is joint practices/scrimmages. Many teams will workout/practice with one another to see where they're at.

Rodgers and Cowherd think there should be no pre-season and it's something that certainly could happen in the next few years.

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