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Phillip Rivers (and most of the other starters) was pulled in tonight's game with about 1/2 of the 4th quarter to play. Qb Billy Volek was brought in to finish up the job as the game was out of hand, S.F was getting blown out. Norv Turner most likely thought it was wise not to risk injury and give his backup QB some time in the game God forbid they may need him at some point.
Let me say I have Phillip Rivers in multiple fantasy leagues. With that said, I thought it was refreshing to see him get pulled with a half a quarter to go. It makes sense to me to pull your QB when the game is out of hand. You don't risk getting your star players hurt and you also don't run up the score. There is more than one way of doing things and there's no right or wrong. However, I have always believed this is how the game should be played.
I don't like it when a team's starters are in the game and throwing passes all over the place when you're up by multipe Td's late in the game. There's obviously no rule that says you can't, it's just a preference on my part.
I thought tonight's game between S.F. and S.D. was a good example of how I like to see games go in terms of if one team has a big lead over another late in the game. Props to Norv Turner for being conservative and knowing how important getting guys healthy is this time of year. When you've been bit by the injury bug as bad as S.D. has been this year, you value your guys when they're healthy that much more.
How do others feel? Do you like the approach we saw by the Chargers tonight, sit your players late in the game with about half a quarter left if the game is in hand or do you like it when a team goes for the everything until the end even with a big lead?
This is a regular season question. If it were the SB, I like to see the starting QB stay on the field till the end, but obviously there's no game after that.
Let me say I have Phillip Rivers in multiple fantasy leagues. With that said, I thought it was refreshing to see him get pulled with a half a quarter to go. It makes sense to me to pull your QB when the game is out of hand. You don't risk getting your star players hurt and you also don't run up the score. There is more than one way of doing things and there's no right or wrong. However, I have always believed this is how the game should be played.
I don't like it when a team's starters are in the game and throwing passes all over the place when you're up by multipe Td's late in the game. There's obviously no rule that says you can't, it's just a preference on my part.
I thought tonight's game between S.F. and S.D. was a good example of how I like to see games go in terms of if one team has a big lead over another late in the game. Props to Norv Turner for being conservative and knowing how important getting guys healthy is this time of year. When you've been bit by the injury bug as bad as S.D. has been this year, you value your guys when they're healthy that much more.
How do others feel? Do you like the approach we saw by the Chargers tonight, sit your players late in the game with about half a quarter left if the game is in hand or do you like it when a team goes for the everything until the end even with a big lead?
This is a regular season question. If it were the SB, I like to see the starting QB stay on the field till the end, but obviously there's no game after that.
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