The Denver Broncos could benefit in a few ways from having no preseason in 2020.
Everyone knows the NFL preseason is too long, but not having any preseason games at all?
The Denver Broncos and the rest of the NFL are entering into uncharted waters with the NFL owners apparently offering the NFLPA the opportunity of having no preseason games.
The NFLPA doesn’t just represent the ‘haves’ of the NFL player world, which makes their demand of no preseason games all the more intriguing. The NFLPA represents every player in the league right now, and with teams carrying 90 players per roster, if every team cuts 25 guys and keeps 12 on their practice squad, this news would mean that 800 players around the league are going to get cut without getting a chance to put anything on preseason tape.
NFL offered the NFLPA today to play zero preseason games this summer, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 20, 2020
This is massive news for every NFL team and those hundreds of players who already didn’t have the normal OTAs and offseason work to impress the coaching staff of their respective teams.
It is also massive news for teams with new coaching staffs or, like the Denver Broncos, new coordinators on one side of the ball or another.
There are undoubtedly negatives to not having any preseason games if that’s indeed what ends up happening. There are also some ways the Denver Broncos can benefit.
Let’s take a look through a few of those ways.