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Originally Posted by SantanaMan
Because the fans know its a poor product being put out - like people have said in this thread the teams need more homegrown talent, something to have a real connection with. Right now the teams are made from cast offs that are highly unlikely to remain on NFL rosters, theres been a few great stories (such as Kurt Warner, etc), but on the whole its not as big a "developmental league" as it had been touted as.
A higher quality of players from stateside would also help as NFL teams pretty much send players it think CAN'T play and asks them to be proven wrong, rather than players that they think can play and want to watch develop. NFLE would have been perfect for Tayor Jacobs to work in gametime stuff to try and improve.
Even NFL practice squads at times have better players!
I have held a long time thought that NFLE could and should be used by players who have fallen out fo favor in the NFL (or lost their roster spot but feel they can still play in the NFL) to use it as a spring board back, say a Trung Canidate/Ryan Leaf (bad examples, but you get the idea) or whatever to say "hey I still got it", maybe get noticed and get a job back in the bigs. The added name recognition alone of these players would boost the league let alone their ability above and beyond what was already available.
However, would the NFL take what stats these players make serious given the lower standard of play, would a ex-NFLer who's lost his job swallow his pride enough to drop down in an attempt to get back up or would he rather just walk away without "lowering himself". There are a few who have, Eric Crouch and Akili Smith - names fans can recognise rather than joe schmoe from A&B college - but on the whole not enough to make a huge difference.
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that's what the CFL is for. that's where mike sellers went, where ron warner went (after the skins released him recently), where ricky williams went, where warren moon cut his teeth, etc. NFLe is more for learning special teams
