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Why play for a playoff week off when you can take off a whole month?

Dec 12, 2011 at 19:35:59
#1
Would sitting out key players like Willis, Gore etc benefit us more than "aiming" for a 1st round bye when players all over the NFL are dropping like flies?

The Saints have a cup cake schedule and the NFL loved Steelers were handed down the longest rest possible for a west coast trip.

Let players like Kaep, Hunter, Kyle Williams, Aldon Smith get some reps and lets plan a 3 game playoffs.
Dec 12, 2011 at 19:46:57
#2
uhh the whole point of the playoff bye is not for rest. it's so it's one less game to have a chance to get eliminated

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Dec 12, 2011 at 19:50:26
#3
Originally posted by phatbutskinny:
uhh the whole point of the playoff bye is not for rest. it's so it's one less game to have a chance to get eliminated

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What good is that if players like Willis and Gore are hurt?

A little strange that Gore only got 10 carries last game and the play calling was suspect.

JH may already be doing it
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:04:05
#4
Lol
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:14:56
#5
Lay off the blunts!
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:17:30
#6
Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Would sitting out key players like Willis, Gore etc benefit us more than "aiming" for a 1st round bye when players all over the NFL are dropping like flies?

The Saints have a cup cake schedule and the NFL loved Steelers were handed down the longest rest possible for a west coast trip.

Let players like Kaep, Hunter, Kyle Williams, Aldon Smith get some reps and lets plan a 3 game playoffs.


Because if we are the #4 seed we likely play two games on the road and a wild card....

We need all the advantages we can get. Most of our games have been extremely close, even the wins.

If we get the two seed we don't play a wild card, get a home game, then one game on the road if GB advances. If they don't we host another game.
[ Edited by Young2Rice on Dec 12, 2011 at 20:19:53 ]
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:26:40
#7
Originally posted by cubanb:
Lay off the blunts!

LOL
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:41:17
#8
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If we lose the bye, I'd rather have the 4 seed than the 3, because I think we have a much better chance @GB than @NO. But we'll clinch no worse than the #3 seed as soon as Dallas loses again.
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:43:59
#9
Because beating the Saints is easier here than there
Dec 12, 2011 at 20:48:07
#10
Originally posted by LundyLove:
Because beating the Saints is easier here than there

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Dec 12, 2011 at 20:58:27
#11
Because we are playing for the highest ranked seed in the NFC now
Dec 12, 2011 at 21:00:58
#12
Originally posted by LundyLove:
Because beating the Saints is easier here than there

Let me rephrase that; Beating the saints is a lot less difficult in Candlestick than in NOLA.

Let's face it, the way we played yesterday, we're not beating them in NOLA. SF. Or on a neutral field.
Dec 12, 2011 at 22:32:08
#13
In addition to home field advantage and one fewer chance to be eliminated, there's also the issue of wanting to enter the playoffs on a hot streak. Think about the Cardinals' Super Bowl winning season, when they gelled and got hot at exactly the right time; or the fiasco surrounding the Colts' decision to rest players when they had the opportunity to go undefeated.
Dec 13, 2011 at 00:09:21
#14
If Julio Jones stays healthy in ATL I would be worried about them coming down the stretch, they are flat out dangerous with him at 100 percent
Dec 13, 2011 at 00:23:57
#15
We dont want a whole month off. Playing the Saints in their house is not an option.
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