By now, I hope I don’t even have to type the words, “Don’t overreact to the preseason.” We all know by now that teams that go undefeated in the preseason can go winless in the regular season (twice). The macro outcome of the game is utterly meaningless, no matter what an NFL head coach will tell you.
However, not everything that happens in the preseason can just be thrown away completely. Individual performances are still important, because if your players aren’t winning individual battles during the preseason, it’s probably a good sign they won’t win those same kind of battles during the regular season.