IF Colts win Thursday...Rest Starters against Titans?

http://www.tribstar.com/colts/local_story_350232913.html

I hate when he rests everyone in week 17. I think we could use the momentum that will come with a win for the playoffs.

It may be a moot point. This short week + playing on the road is going to be a killer.

I can see resting some injured players or injury-prone players, but keep Peyton, Reggie, Marvin, Freeney, Mathis, Hayden, and all of those guys in the game. Kick their asses. I can’t stand the Titans, and we can’t give them a win. We need experience for Mookie and Pollak and Bullitt and all of those guys.

This does not make me happy.

you know the jagoffs would like nothing better than to try and spoil or postseason, or to make it more difficult on us.

Coach Dungy said that he’ll rest injured players and select starters in a article yesterday in Indy Star. Do we really want Bob, Freeney, Mathis, Hayden, Addai, Marv, and the others playing the entire Titans game if we beat Jax? No, we need to rest those guys for the game against Denver or whoever gets the 4th seed in the playoffs. I would prefer if the starters played the entire first half or at least a quarter and half against Tenn if we get the win against Jax, not just a few series.

If we win this Sunday we will have plenty of momentum.

is we don’t have a bye week. That could factor into this decision.

we never get another bye week again since it never works for us because we always rest guys the last week even though we get the bye week. It’s like we lose momentum and become a little cocky when we have the bye week which always seems to backfire.

…so of course play the starters! I would be OK with only seeing a half of Jim “I can’t throw the ball 20 yards” Sorgi.

IF we win this Thursday night, it should be a nice “relaxing” week for the guys who need it. The break over the weekend might be a long enough break for the players who need it.

I would much rather play in Nashville over Pittsburgh, but we won’t be able to control that by beating or losing to the Titans. The winner of the Tennessee/Pittsburgh game this Sunday is locked into the #1 seed.

not sure that is possible if we beat jax… but resting guys in week 17 makes me cringe… they have had enough rest!

In this scenario there is no first-round bye. So if we rest some people who need it, it’s not like they aren’t playing in a game for nearly 3 weeks. I think that long of a rest is a detriment. But perhaps rest for some banged up guys wouldn’t be bad here, considering it’s slightly less than 2 weeks rest.

I am neither for or against this. But I am against resting players the week before a bye. It’s just too long to go without playing and expecting a sharp game. Personally though, I hope they play everyone that is healthy enough to play.

We CANNOT rest perfectly healthy players. It’s one of the dumbest things you can do in the NFL. It makes no sense at all.

I hope we can handle the spotted kitties this week. Don’t forget that we could still very well miss the playoffs this season. Let’s lock things up this Thursday.

One game at a time…

What’s the main reason the Titans D is really good? Haynesworth and KVB. Even though KVB’s been hurt this year. Now Peyton can at least get 3 good quarters basically studying how the Titans can be exploited. Why would you pass that up? If Pitt wins this week, the Titans HAVE to play their first stringers to try to reclaim the #1 seed. Anyone in their right mind would rather have the 1 seed of the 2 seed so we’re not going to see their scrubs. So take the free looks at a neutered defense, find out where there’s shakiness in their coverage and then pack it in in the 4th quarter. Not saying we have to win, in fact I’d rather go 11-5 and improve our draft position but you can’t pass this up. Get some of the rust off the players that were injured. Hopefully Brackett plays and we can get him some time.