After beating the Ninnies and the Giants the next two weeks

[Tech Worlds]

What do we do then? We will have everything sewn up and nothing else to play for except pride.

Does Pete rest the guys? Call off the dogs for 2 weeks plus a bye? We want to avoid injury but we also want to keep the edge.

I have seen in the past where too much rest has messed up teams. I dont envy Pete's decision. Especially if he plays the important guys and someone gets hurt in a meaningless game. :shock:

I am sure they will do something like preseason with just playing starters for a half or so.

 

[jamsomatic]

we can't afford to look that far ahead lol

 

[Joey13091]

I don't want to lose a game at home either though and ruin that streak.

 

[PlinytheCenter]

We need to keep our unbeaten streak at home alive. We have a ways to go before setting the record

 

[Tech Worlds]

I don't want to lose a game at home either though and ruin that streak.

I dont want to either but most likely that last game against the Rams will be meaningless.

I expect Pete to play our starters for a bit then pull them. Just cant risk getting them hurt in a meaningless game. I see us losing that one unfortunately.

 

[Joey13091]

I don't want to lose a game at home either though and ruin that streak.

I dont want to either but most likely that last game against the Rams will be meaningless.

I expect Pete to play our starters for a bit then pull them. Just cant risk getting them hurt in a meaningless game. I see us losing that one unfortunately.

I can see that happening to. Oh well. As long as we win the super bowl I don't really care.

 

[jamsomatic]

I don't want to lose a game at home either though and ruin that streak.

I expect Pete to play our starters for a bit then pull them. I see us losing that one unfortunately.

Next Man Up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarvaris_Jackson

 

[KitsapHawk]

we can't afford to look that far ahead lol

Yeah im running out of money...

:17:

 

[Sac]

No. There will be no "resting players" until the games are decided. If anything, you'll see the Cards and Rams get blown so far out of the building that the starters get rested early. But that's it.

Pete has invested too much time into the "always compete", "next man up", and "win forever" to suddenly go to "this game doesn't matter". It would be too far of a departure from the established culture on this team.

 

[OkieHawk]

No. There will be no "resting players" until the games are decided. If anything, you'll see the Cards and Rams get blown so far out of the building that the starters get rested early. But that's it.

Pete has invested too much time into the "always compete", "next man up", and "win forever" to suddenly go to "this game doesn't matter". It would be too far of a departure from the established culture on this team.

This. It would derail his coaching strategy as well as his reputation with the team IMO.

 

[Tech Worlds]

No. There will be no "resting players" until the games are decided. If anything, you'll see the Cards and Rams get blown so far out of the building that the starters get rested early. But that's it.

Pete has invested too much time into the "always compete", "next man up", and "win forever" to suddenly go to "this game doesn't matter". It would be too far of a departure from the established culture on this team.

Fair enough.

Let's revisit this when there is nothing to play for. The questions will be asked to Pete that week.

 

[hawksfanohio]

If TJ can get rid of the ball against the Rams defensive ends then I think it's a win. Our backups are better than their starters.

 

[-The Glove-]

The starters better not sit out the Rams. I want a W for my birthday

 

[12thManHawkFan]

Post season health matters more to me than a regular season streak. I'm sure the starters will play some, maybe as much as a preseason game. But could you imagine the reaction if somebody important getting hurt on a week 17 game that is completely meaningless?

 

[dontbelikethat]

I recall Pete saying he wish there wasn't a bye week when we had it because he doesn't like to mess with the flow and rhythm that we had week in and week out but since there was a bye week they would obviously use it to rest up. If his philosophy is still the same, I think he would at the least play our starters a majority of the snaps then let the 2's and 3's in if not just let them play the entire time unless we're dominating the other team. I don't know if you really want to give your starters almost an entire month off before they play an actual game assuming we clinch first round bye by beating the Giants.

 

[onanygivensunday]

"1-0 every week"... isn't that the current mantra?

I'm betting Pete plays the starters in each of the remaining games as long as the outcome is in question.

 

[Scottemojo]

No. There will be no "resting players" until the games are decided. If anything, you'll see the Cards and Rams get blown so far out of the building that the starters get rested early. But that's it.

Pete has invested too much time into the "always compete", "next man up", and "win forever" to suddenly go to "this game doesn't matter". It would be too far of a departure from the established culture on this team.

Fair enough.

Let's revisit this when there is nothing to play for. The questions will be asked to Pete that week.

Last year there was nothing to gain from the week 17 game. Pete directly said it was a violation of comPete to rest the starters. But he did get some other guys in for parts of a tightly played game and used that game to showcase some less used players like McCoy.

SO, if we end up with nothing to play for in the last two home games, I expect the same, but maybe with even more focus on backups.

 

[drdiags]

That is always a tough question **if** a team clinches early. With a likely 1st round bye, it becomes how do you maintain an edge without getting your starters hurt in games that cannot affect playoff seeding. Sit starters most of the final 2 games and lose in the divisional round, all hell is going to be paid. Get a starter hurt in this scenario's final 2 games and Pete will be called the biggest idiot in the world (besides the biggest Cheat).

You probably play the Rams game like the 3rd game of the pre-season. You hope you can play the Cardinals game with starters coming out early in the 4th quarter.

Would be an interesting problem to have so I am sure it will be revisited in two weeks or 3, depending on the next 2 games.

 

[droop828]

The starters will most certainly play the whole game vs the Cards. I wouldn't be surprised to see Jackson get most of the time vs the Rams if it is meaningless. The one player we can't lose is Wilson. I could see him get a couple of series vs the Rams and sit. The starting O-Line should play the rest of the season up until the last quarter of the Rams games. We need those guys to continue to gel since they haven't played together much at all. I could probably see Lynch getting rest a lot of rest in the Card and Rams games if we win both of these next two since he takes such a punishment. I just don't think it's good to rest too much with a bye week coming up after the Rams games, assuming we clinch a bye. You have to keep that edge.

 

[Sarlacc83]

I think the players want to play in every game, and Pete will listen to them. Certainly he's going to want to get them out of harm's way as soon as possible, but they also want to remain tuned for the playoff run. The bye week is when the Seahawks can rest; not the season. Plus, Wilson has a 14-0 to protect and a 22 win record to extend.