@Satsuma
valid but each individual player is working together under a general play call to strategize as a team which makes it p different from strategy board games where one person controls a side (you can make an argument for the coach or qb being the "player" in this scenario but there's still a lot of individual strategizing involved with football players that you don't see from board game pieces)

and i defs think the NFL needs to do everything in its power (a lot more than it's doing) to minimize injury/make things safer for players but 4 games is a big exaggeration. injuries definitely introduce randomness but plenty of players play a full season