Preseason Football

Every NFL fan watches preseason games -- to a certain extent. The more avid fan watches them all (or as many as they can). Certain team fans watch their favorites but little else. And there are the few that...

While many people dislike the NFL preseason, there are still plenty of things to love about it as well. Here are five great things about the preseason that many fans overlook.

So after the preseason a team will play a 16 game regular season with a possibility of 4 playoff games. Therefore a team could end up playing a maximum of 24 games, where four don't account for anything except evaluations.