Because the National Football League is the dominant spectator sport in the nation, the number one sport in popularity according to fans in every Gallup or Harris poll taken since 1968, everyone wants to get right onto the regular season, and there is a common theme that preseason football does not matter and/or is not very interesting.

As is always the case, however, it all depends on your point of view.

Every team has veteran players who do not need too many reps, don’t want too many, and won’t be given too many over these next four games.

However, for every player of that ilk, there is at least one, more likely two or three who are dependent on every single play of camp and games to try and impress.

Remember, the camera is always on; the coaches see every play of every practice, over and over.