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Let's call it:
5 minutes offense
5 minutes defense
1 minute special teams
16 game season, typical offense is engaged:
80 minutes over 4 months
20 minutes over 1 month
5 minutes over 1 week
Now let's look at hockey...the Bruins are a good example:
Regular season games: 82
playoff games: 25
total games: 107
total actual game time: 6,420 minutes
Now let's look at extreme example: Zdeno Chara
Chara averaged 26 minutes/game vs. Vancouver=5+ games for typical NFL starter.
In fact Chara completed a typical NFL season in 3 games.
So let's review: Chara plays 30 times more minutes than typical NFL player in equally physical sport (let the debate begin) and somehow he can play 2-4 games per week over 9 months.....yet the NFLPA believes that increasing the schedule by two games, totalling an extra 10 minutes of field battle is too much for their members.
3-2-1....let the attacks begin .....
5 minutes offense
5 minutes defense
1 minute special teams
16 game season, typical offense is engaged:
80 minutes over 4 months
20 minutes over 1 month
5 minutes over 1 week
Now let's look at hockey...the Bruins are a good example:
Regular season games: 82
playoff games: 25
total games: 107
total actual game time: 6,420 minutes
Now let's look at extreme example: Zdeno Chara
Chara averaged 26 minutes/game vs. Vancouver=5+ games for typical NFL starter.
In fact Chara completed a typical NFL season in 3 games.
So let's review: Chara plays 30 times more minutes than typical NFL player in equally physical sport (let the debate begin) and somehow he can play 2-4 games per week over 9 months.....yet the NFLPA believes that increasing the schedule by two games, totalling an extra 10 minutes of field battle is too much for their members.
3-2-1....let the attacks begin .....