Patrick Duffy Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said: If we win Saturday everybody plays. If we lose Saturday everybody sits. Pretty Simple Yup, that's pretty much where I'm at. If the Bills lose to the Pats then there is no need to risk injury when you're locked in the 5 in a meaningless game with playoffs looming around the corner. Edited December 19, 2019 by Patrick_Duffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Just beat the Cheats at the Razor. Then week 17 is for all the marbles. In Fitzbeardy We Trust! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Obviously we are playing them if we beat NE on Saturday and are still playing for the division but say we come out of New England with a loss, do you play it safe and rest the starters for our last game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I think some of the key ones should sit if we’re locked into the 5th spot. Or at least be on a snap count. it also depends on how the game goes this weekend. If Josh has a down day against the pats, maybe give him the first half to get right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrober38 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) Yes. If we lose to New England and are locked into the #5 seed, give the guys a week off to rest up. Also, giving the Jets a win they don't want and a much worse draft pick would be great!!! Edited December 19, 2019 by jrober38 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Hard to say - only guys who might be inactive would be maybe singletary, brown, morse? Everyone else you just play starters for a bit then ease in backups. Barkley probably gets some heavy usage and its a gore/yeldon/perry game. More foster and maybe duke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 No, because we WILL win this weekend and then Fitzmagic will take care of the Pats the following week and...oulia! We are the AFCE champs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 1 minute ago, whatdrought said: I think some of the key ones should sit if we’re locked into the 5th spot. Or at least be on a snap count. it also depends on how the game goes this weekend. If Josh has a down day against the pats, maybe give him the first half to get right. Yeah i agree - use it to get some valuable reps. I'd probably avoid scrambling too much and be prepared to throw it away a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 after thought. maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea given risk of injury. but it wouldn't hurt to have as much game experience as well as momentum going in to the post season. barkley did beat the jets so it wouldn't be too bad for the home crowd if he and the team were still able to get the win. I like the look of 12-4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrober38 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, TroutDog said: No, because we WILL win this weekend and then Fitzmagic will take care of the Pats the following week and...oulia! We are the AFCE champs. If we beat the Pats it's a no brainer. Obviously you play everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Billzgobowlin said: This is a weird feeling to rest starters not to get a better draft pick but to rest them for the playoffs. Since there is no bye in that scenario you absolutely rest them week 17. If they do win both games against the Pats & Jets they win the division if the Pats lose to the fins (GO FITZ) then doesn't that mean they will get to sit the following week . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 If it doesn’t matter, yes, rest everyone. 1) Gives our guys rest and avoid injury 2) If the Jets win, they sabotage their own draft position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockinon Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: Obviously we are playing them if we beat NE on Saturday and are still playing for the division but say we come out of New England with a loss, do you play it safe and rest the starters for our last game? Not going to happen. This is just crazy talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLTbills Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 29 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: Obviously we are playing them if we beat NE on Saturday and are still playing for the division but say we come out of New England with a loss, do you play it safe and rest the starters for our last game? I would probably rest much of the defense. Offensively, I would think you'd want them to continue to play together to get better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Yes. If we lose to NE our starters should get maybe 1qtr of play, then sit. Protect them from injury, and hand the Jets a meaningless win to mess up their draft position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemma Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Still only 46 are active, so I think the idea of 'rest' is always a bit overstated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Call_Of_Ktulu Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I would rest every defensive starter. Singletary, Brown, Morse, Allen on offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7975 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I replied this way in another thread created on the same topic... if the division is still in play then absolutely not. If it isn’t I would treat it like a preseason game and let the starters play a few series. They could use the rest but also don’t want them going into the playoffs stone cold. I will add that I’d like to see The Duke get some action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dablitzkrieg Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Do playoff active lists get expanded from 46? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StHustle Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Just treat it like the 2nd preseason game....well, the old way you'd treat a 2nd preseason game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLEN1QB Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Without a doubt rest as many as possible. It's not too often a wild card team can do that the last game of the season without hurting their standing. Would be a definite advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 21 hours ago, eball said: Seriously. Do people really give the Dolphins behind a motivated Fitzy NO chance in Foxboro the following week? I think it's a 20/80 proposition. Motivated for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billzgobowlin Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 2 hours ago, T master said: If they do win both games against the Pats & Jets they win the division if the Pats lose to the fins (GO FITZ) then doesn't that mean they will get to sit the following week . The scenario would be losing to the Patriots. If we lost there would be no bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorkScrewHill Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 23 hours ago, eball said: Seriously. Do people really give the Dolphins behind a motivated Fitzy NO chance in Foxboro the following week? I think it's a 20/80 proposition. Right ... the line for the Bengals at the ravens week 17 in 2017 had the Ravens at home favored by 8 .. and I think we all know how that turned out. If we beat the patriots we go all in vs the Jets .. and if we lose to the Pats we rest for the play-off game is the logical stratagy. I would also assume they would have someone watching the Pats / Dolphins game and would adjust if it becomes clear in the 4th quarter the pats were going to win .. in which case we may elect to start pulling the starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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