**"Two unrelated questions from left field. With practices during the preseason and the regular season, how many practices is a team allowed to have with full pads with full contact? Also, on the Cardinals website I have noticed a pattern of several days may pass without a story being released, then four or five may be released in a span of two or three days. Is there a reason for this? Not complaining, just asking the why. Appreciate all you guys do!"**
As to your padded practice questions, the following passages are directly from the NFL's collective bargaining agreement with the players:
> During the period between the mandatory reporting date for veteran players and the final day of preseason training camp, no Club may hold more than a total of sixteen padded practices.
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> During the regular season, padded practices for all players shall be limited to a total of fourteen, eleven of which must be held during the first eleven weeks of the regular season, and three of which must be held during the remaining six weeks of the regular season. The Club may choose the days of the week on which such practices shall be held. Subject to the foregoing rules, each Club may hold two padded practices during the same week during one week of the regular season, provided that such week falls within the first eleven weeks of the regular season.
As for the article/content cadence, it's a fair question. My background is journalism/newspapers. To me, some stuff can be held, but other stuff is newsy and needs to be posted right away. In season, there is always something going on. But this time of year, with access limited and not as much stuff going on, there will be dead times. If we were allowed to watch all the OTAs and comment on them, you'd probably see more stuff. Alas, that isn't the case. And we still do hold some things for a day or two to spread stuff out. We don't get much traffic on offseason weekend, so we aren't usually going to post Saturday or Sunday. Generally, I try not to let more than a day go by without posting. But it's fluid.