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Originally Posted by mr. tegu
What I mean is that, just like for Indy, it will be a vanilla game for the Chiefs, assuming they can't change their seeding and are almost locked into playing the Colts again. There is really no point in making any type of complex game plan or really showing how you intend to play them if you know you will have a much bigger game in two weeks with them. Will they try to win from an effort standpoint? Sure, but I doubt they try very hard from a scheme and gameplan standpoint.
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Oh, I get it and don't really disagree with the notion, but I just think it fails when teams do that... do what you need to do to win and then change things the next time around. Sometimes coaches can get too cute with the over-thinking... just focus on winning, don't get too elaborate, but win the game and give the other team something to think about if the rematch happens.
I do think the morale thing has a lot of importance though. You don't want to head into the playoffs with losses against all the winning teams. You want the players believing they can beat anyone, losing to a depleted IND team at home to close out would be a blow I think. Could be wrong.