[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by DaFace

The initial reaction to Philly pulling Hurts seems like it has been cries of how much of a "disgrace" it was. For example:

This is the most negative barrage of comments I have received about a game’s lack of integrity and that’s not even counting Giants-related bias.
Consensus from those in NFL and who have been associated with it: Disgrace.
That’s not the fault of the Washington Football Team.

— Chris Mortensen (@mortreport) January 4, 2021

But how is that any worse than other teams resting their starters? Our game didn't matter, but Pittsburgh rested a few guys which almost certainly helped Cleveland get into the playoffs and forced the Dolphins to sit at home.

Just curious if there's some reason I'm missing that the former situation is so egregious while the latter is just normal.

Pittsburgh was resting some starters for a more than reasonable reason. But they were trying to win with who they wanted to be available to play.

Philly flat out tanked this. They get NOTHING out of seeing sudfeld, a 27 year old journeyman. Why wouldn't you give an extra quarter to see what you have in hurts? The only logical explanation is pederson was sticking it to someone or wanting a tiny improvement in draft position. The look on Jason kelces face said it all. They weren't expecting it and resented it.