Indy to rest players next week (1 Viewer)

[gianmarco]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.

Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

 

[pablito]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

There is quite a difference this year. In past years, the Colts have clinched even earlier plus have had a bye going into the playoffs. So instead of multiple weeks of "resting" players, this will amount to, at most, an in-season bye week for a handful of players. I would think that Peyton and many of the skill players will see at least a bit of PT. I do not see this as a problem and think Dungy is making the correct call.

 

[Pots]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

There is quite a difference this year. In past years, the Colts have clinched even earlier plus have had a bye going into the playoffs. So instead of multiple weeks of "resting" players, this will amount to, at most, an in-season bye week for a handful of players. I would think that Peyton and many of the skill players will see at least a bit of PT. I do not see this as a problem and think Dungy is making the correct call.

Peyton will at least start (he still had that streak going) but I'm not sure if resting them is the right idea. They've never looked stellar in the playoffs even when they went 13-3 or 14-2. This year they still haven't looked stellar so maybe this will reverse that notion.

 

[FantasyTrader]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

There is quite a difference this year. In past years, the Colts have clinched even earlier plus have had a bye going into the playoffs. So instead of multiple weeks of "resting" players, this will amount to, at most, an in-season bye week for a handful of players. I would think that Peyton and many of the skill players will see at least a bit of PT. I do not see this as a problem and think Dungy is making the correct call.

Normally, I'd be right there with gianmarco on this point, but this year we're talking a one week layoff with no first round bye for a team that's suffered through various states of health all year. I'm on board with Dungy resting them this year (From a Peyton/Wayne owner that could have really used them).

 

[zed2283]

If these idiots (NFL coaches) didn't learn anything from the Giants last year, then they never will. The Giants didn't have any reason to play in week 17 either, except for pride. They played a great game and, even though they lost to the Pats, it kick-started their playoff run and they rode that momentum all the way to a Super Bowl championship.

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

You think NYG players won't sit out the last game this year?

 

[zed2283]

If these idiots (NFL coaches) didn't learn anything from the Giants last year, then they never will. The Giants didn't have any reason to play in week 17 either, except for pride. They played a great game and, even though they lost to the Pats, it kick-started their playoff run and they rode that momentum all the way to a Super Bowl championship.

I don't know. I'm just telling you what happened last year and what coaches (Coughlin included) should have learned from it.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

The idea that any of you know what is better for Dungy's team than Dungy is simply laughable.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

If these idiots (NFL coaches) didn't learn anything from the Giants last year, then they never will. The Giants didn't have any reason to play in week 17 either, except for pride. They played a great game and, even though they lost to the Pats, it kick-started their playoff run and they rode that momentum all the way to a Super Bowl championship.

I don't know. I'm just telling you what happened last year and what coaches (Coughlin included) should have learned from it.

You're right. Clearly if it happened once, it will happen every year. After all, every single team that has played their starters in week 17 has won the SB and zero teams that rested them have

 

[Chicago Hooligan]

If you "ease up" you will probably lose, but keeping key players out of harm's way in the last game doesn't necessarily cause that.

 

[zed2283]

The idea that any of you know what is better for Dungy's team than Dungy is simply laughable.

Hey, sometimes it takes an outside pair of eyes.

 

[zed2283]

If these idiots (NFL coaches) didn't learn anything from the Giants last year, then they never will. The Giants didn't have any reason to play in week 17 either, except for pride. They played a great game and, even though they lost to the Pats, it kick-started their playoff run and they rode that momentum all the way to a Super Bowl championship.

I don't know. I'm just telling you what happened last year and what coaches (Coughlin included) should have learned from it.

You're right. Clearly if it happened once, it will happen every year. After all, every single team that has played their starters in week 17 has won the SB and zero teams that rested them have

Clearly you want your team running at peak performance heading into the playoffs. If not, you will lose. Dungy should know that better than anyone.I agree that resting players won't necessarily cause you to "sputter" but teams should be careful. Dungy already coming out and more or less saying they were going to shut it down if they won this week doesn't seem like a smart move to me.

 

[djcolts]

The Colts are too banged up to not rest next week. It isn't like 2005 or 2007 when they rested and have a bye week. Resting is the right call this season IMO.

Plus - while everyone remembers 2005 and 2007 (and, at least in 2007 - they didn't lose because of rest - they started that game very well - they lost because they had NO pass rush because of no Freeney) - no one remembers 1999, when the Colts played a meaningless game at Buffalo, and lost Cornelius Bennett to injury. The division game against the Titans, Eddie George ran all over a Colts team without by far their best LB that year.

 

[Slider]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

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[zed2283]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

 

[Yitbos69]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

worst post ever......and to say it was a good posting clearly shows you have very little knowledge of football......HTH

 

[Ghost Rider]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

 

[Slider]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

worst post ever......and to say it was a good posting clearly shows you have very little knowledge of football......HTH

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

If these idiots (NFL coaches) didn't learn anything from the Giants last year, then they never will. The Giants didn't have any reason to play in week 17 either, except for pride. They played a great game and, even though they lost to the Pats, it kick-started their playoff run and they rode that momentum all the way to a Super Bowl championship.

Terrible comparison imo. The Giants were an unimpressive team that needed a confidence-booster against a team looking to go 16-0 for the first time in NFL history. Keeping it close helped them believe they could compete with anyone, and when they faced the patriots again it gave them the feeling they could beat them...and they did.The Colts have an eight-game win streak. They already believe they can beat anyone in the conference and that group has already won a Super Bowl in the past. They don't lack confidence. They need a bye more than they need to prove anything to themselves.

 

[zed2283]

If these idiots (NFL coaches) didn't learn anything from the Giants last year, then they never will. The Giants didn't have any reason to play in week 17 either, except for pride. They played a great game and, even though they lost to the Pats, it kick-started their playoff run and they rode that momentum all the way to a Super Bowl championship.

Terrible comparison imo. The Giants were an unimpressive team that needed a confidence-booster against a team looking to go 16-0 for the first time in NFL history. Keeping it close helped them believe they could compete with anyone, and when they faced the patriots again it gave them the feeling they could beat them...and they did.The Colts have an eight-game win streak. They already believe they can beat anyone in the conference and that group has already won a Super Bowl in the past. They don't lack confidence. They need a bye more than they need to prove anything to themselves.

Well, I can accept that argument on both sides (Giants and Colts). And I will concede that the Colts might be better off resting some players since they don't have a bye.Can someone explain to me why the Colts can't catch the Titans for the division and a bye? If the Titans lose this week and the Colts beat them next week, they'll both be 12-4, will have split games, same divison record, and the Colts would have a better conference record. What's the tiebreak procedure?

 

[Yitbos69]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

worst post ever......and to say it was a good posting clearly shows you have very little knowledge of football......HTH

you are just wrong........but when people like you post things like this.......you make it obvious to everyone.....

 

[MNTom]

Can someone explain to me why the Colts can't catch the Titans for the division and a bye? If the Titans lose this week and the Colts beat them next week, they'll both be 12-4, will have split games, same divison record, and the Colts would have a better conference record. What's the tiebreak procedure?

1) Head to head2) Division3) Record against common opponents4) Conference recordThe number 3 tiebreaker is where the Titans get the advantage. If they lose to Pittsburgh this week they would be 10-2 against common opponents and the Colts are 9-3.

 

[ffball-novice]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.

Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

We've launched the 23 post thread with a claim that doesn't match the media interview Dungy held on Friday. What I heard on local TV was we'll rest the players who are injured etc. then just spotted this article.

From Scout .com site premium feature can view if you are a member.

http://ind.scout.com/2/823285.html

On his plan for the Tennessee game on Dec. 28:

“I don’t know exactly yet, but I don’t think we’ll scale back too much. The one thing we will do is we’ll protect the guys who are a little bit nicked up, so the guys who are iffy probably won’t play, but we definitely want to win. We’d like to get to 12 (wins). We’d like to not have our division teams think they can beat us. In that regard, it’ll be a big game. We’ll see how it goes as the week progresses, but we’d like to play to win and get ourselves ready for the following week.”

 

[zed2283]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.

Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

We've launched the 23 post thread with a claim that doesn't match the media interview Dungy held on Friday. What I heard on local TV was we'll rest the players who are injured etc. then just spotted this article.

From Scout .com site premium feature can view if you are a member.

http://ind.scout.com/2/823285.html

On his plan for the Tennessee game on Dec. 28:

“I don’t know exactly yet, but I don’t think we’ll scale back too much. The one thing we will do is we’ll protect the guys who are a little bit nicked up, so the guys who are iffy probably won’t play, but we definitely want to win. We’d like to get to 12 (wins). We’d like to not have our division teams think they can beat us. In that regard, it’ll be a big game. We’ll see how it goes as the week progresses, but we’d like to play to win and get ourselves ready for the following week.”

Well there you go. Maybe Dungy DID learn something.

 

[brutha]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

worst post ever......and to say it was a good posting clearly shows you have very little knowledge of football......HTH

A case could easily be made either way."worst post ever" clearly shows this must be the first thread you have ever read........WTF

 

[gianmarco]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.

Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

We've launched the 23 post thread with a claim that doesn't match the media interview Dungy held on Friday. What I heard on local TV was we'll rest the players who are injured etc. then just spotted this article.

From Scout .com site premium feature can view if you are a member.

http://ind.scout.com/2/823285.html

On his plan for the Tennessee game on Dec. 28:

“I don’t know exactly yet, but I don’t think we’ll scale back too much. The one thing we will do is we’ll protect the guys who are a little bit nicked up, so the guys who are iffy probably won’t play, but we definitely want to win. We’d like to get to 12 (wins). We’d like to not have our division teams think they can beat us. In that regard, it’ll be a big game. We’ll see how it goes as the week progresses, but we’d like to play to win and get ourselves ready for the following week.”

Well there you go. Maybe Dungy DID learn something.

Glad to see Dungy saying that and I think it makes the most sense.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.

Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

We've launched the 23 post thread with a claim that doesn't match the media interview Dungy held on Friday. What I heard on local TV was we'll rest the players who are injured etc. then just spotted this article.

From Scout .com site premium feature can view if you are a member.

http://ind.scout.com/2/823285.html

On his plan for the Tennessee game on Dec. 28:

“I don’t know exactly yet, but I don’t think we’ll scale back too much. The one thing we will do is we’ll protect the guys who are a little bit nicked up, so the guys who are iffy probably won’t play, but we definitely want to win. We’d like to get to 12 (wins). We’d like to not have our division teams think they can beat us. In that regard, it’ll be a big game. We’ll see how it goes as the week progresses, but we’d like to play to win and get ourselves ready for the following week.”

Well there you go. Maybe Dungy DID learn something.

Glad to see Dungy saying that and I think it makes the most sense.

I see this as a huge trap. I don't think Manning, Wayne, Addai or Clark see the second half. People starting them better hope they pour it on very, very early.

 

[FantasyTrader]

Seems to me a lot has been made of this in the past. Colts had been rolling and then eased up at the end when playoffs and byes were locked up. This resulted in some poor offseason showings and discussion that resting their guys may have contributed to it.

Here we are again and it seems they are doing the exact same thing but not much being talked about. Thing is, this year, they started off very slowly and have since heated up (the opposite of years past). With the momentum they have going, is it a good idea to kill it by resting their guys for 1 week?

We've launched the 23 post thread with a claim that doesn't match the media interview Dungy held on Friday. What I heard on local TV was we'll rest the players who are injured etc. then just spotted this article.

From Scout .com site premium feature can view if you are a member.

http://ind.scout.com/2/823285.html

On his plan for the Tennessee game on Dec. 28:

“I don’t know exactly yet, but I don’t think we’ll scale back too much. The one thing we will do is we’ll protect the guys who are a little bit nicked up, so the guys who are iffy probably won’t play, but we definitely want to win. We’d like to get to 12 (wins). We’d like to not have our division teams think they can beat us. In that regard, it’ll be a big game. We’ll see how it goes as the week progresses, but we’d like to play to win and get ourselves ready for the following week.”

Well there you go. Maybe Dungy DID learn something.

Glad to see Dungy saying that and I think it makes the most sense.

I see this as a huge trap. I don't think Manning, Wayne, Addai or Clark see the second half. People starting them better hope they pour it on very, very early.

I agree. As a Peyton/Wayne owner, I'm actually not encouraged by Dungy's quote at all. "...but we'd like to play to win." Well, that's fabulous. I'd like you to play to win too. I think this is coachspeak. I would be surprised if Peyton and the starters get more than a series in the 2nd half and then they shut in down.

 

[Yitbos69]

Dungy may be the luckiest coach alive. He has Kiffin's D in Tampa and Manning/Moore running the O in Indy. What is he good at? Perhaps leadership but his football smarts is questionable at best.

worst post ever......and to say it was a good posting clearly shows you have very little knowledge of football......HTH

A case could easily be made either way."worst post ever" clearly shows this must be the first thread you have ever read........WTF

love the ............not sure how having Kiffin in Tampa and Manning/Moore in Indy put Dungy's Football smarts in question? Please explain how one has anything to do with the other?