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Originally Posted by BryanBusby
I think holding players out is ok. Throwing in the towel half way through a competitive effort is where the line gets crossed.
He's not the first this year to do it, but the other guy that clearly shit his pants will be gone soon (also goes by Doug).
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Ya I mean you hold players out when there is a competitive reason to do so IE they’re nicked up and/or need rest going into the playoffs. That’s what the Chiefs and Steelers did and then they both tried to win.
The Eagles had no reason in that sense to play a placeholder everyone knows isn’t the future. His performance wasn’t even respectable which made it all the worse. They stood no shot with him in there and anyone watching or playing the game could see that as well as the fact they were in the game with a real chance with Hurts who actually conceivably could be the future and is worthy of those snaps for the reasons ascribed to why they played the scrub.
This has nothing to do with the Giants or their record. Pederson lost his locker room last night and rightfully so. Guys have pride they want to win games. Same reason the Jets didn’t fold.