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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I will continue to bang this drum, but the NFL desperately needs a real developmental league. Even more so now that college ball is pure chaos and guys might go to four schools in four years. It's not even just QBs, I'd argue offensive line play is just as important for development and is in as bad of shape as QB play. But teams often throw rookies to the wolves because the cap encourages/requires them too.
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How would you work that? Like a summer league before the season where practice squad players or the guys not on the 53 but on the 90 man rosters would play? Even expand rosters to 100 players so you can have a 45 man roster for this league?
I do agree that players need more playing experience under their teams systems. But I think the owners are too cheap to pay for that a distract their coaching staffs from their teams. But it's pretty clear that players seem less prepared than ever when pressed into action. Every other league has a feeder system that the teams control, so the fact the NFL does not shows what it gets away with in terms of product quality.