Welcome to the terrible take, a daily segment telling Steelers nation what's on our mind.

I'm Alex Kizora.

I know the Pittsburgh Steelers just wrapped up their second preseason game against the Buffalo Bills and there is a lot to talk about.

It was another impressive outing in all three phases, offense, defense, and don't forget about

special teams.

But I got to get on my soapbox here and gripe again about the NFL.

The Steelers play their preseason finale,

like most teams, on Thursday, and I gotta ask why why is this happening with the league reducing

preseason games from four to three the schedule is now just weird to close things

out a Saturday game followed by a short week to get on a plane

this Wednesday and take on the Atlanta Falcons Thursday. Then about 17 days off

until the regular season opener. What kind of chaotic mess is this? Short

week, super long layoff. When the league had four preseason games, they had a short final

week because of the cut-down date, a way for teams to get their roster set in advance of week one.

Now that's not an issue.

The NFL could have a normal weekly schedule, play this past weekend and play this upcoming weekend and have

cutdowns on Monday, August 28th, still a long ways away from the regular season getting started.

The problem with all this is it screws up health and reps. You have a 90 man

roster trying to turn around so quickly. Young guys who should not be put in that difficult spot as they fight for a roster spot, especially in a finale.

Guys who are hurt and unable to get recovered in time, it's forced Pittsburgh to manage reps to play Joey Porter Jr. Less, Mike Tomlin admitted that to hold some guys out because

the finale is right around the corner it's just dumb it is a mess and the NFL

needs to fix it it's a simple way to go about that.

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