you're right. I yearn for those 5-11 Campo and Switzer years where the players would say, "Look coach, there's a cloud in the sky..." Practice Cancelled.
It's amazing how short memories are. Last year, despite trainers saying there was no damage evident either from examinations or from MRI's, Bill let TO spend a couple of weeks riding an exercise bicycle, and TO played very sparingly in preseason. He basically left it up to TO to say when he was ready.