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Phil Rosenthal: Here are 6 ideas to make NFL preseason games more tolerable, including cutting the 4-game schedule in half

Are you ready for some football, NFL fans?

Real football. Regular-season football, not to be confused with the performance art the league has been passing off as "preseason football" the last few weeks.

Even if you accept that some competition is needed to help coaching staffs separate real understudies from future salesmen, the current system demands change from a consumer standpoint.

Here are six suggestions to improve the NFL preseason and make it more tolerable.

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