MNfootballfan
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No need to do it, other people do it and lose their money so the NFL doesn't have to do it.Will the NFL ever start what the NBA has in a G-league?
Although, this is how I would do it:
Following Free Agency and the Draft the rosters need to be roughly 100 players. No more OTAs and rookie mini camps. Each team has to put roughly 50 players into a spring league and roughly 50 (more veteran type players) are protected. The 50 or so in a spring league is basically a 2-3 week training camp followed by 2 games. This would give the teams a true chance to evaluate players vs a mini camp. These games would take play in May.
Teams then invite 75 players to training camp and that would start in the beginning-to-mid August and there would only be two preseason games.
Over the course of the calendar year there would be the same number of preseason/regular season games, but you are rewarding veterans with a shorter training camp, no OTAs, less pre-season games and you are giving your fringe roster players more of a true shot to show off their abilities.