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Why is what Philly did worse than Pittsburgh?
The initial reaction to Philly pulling Hurts seems like it has been cries of how much of a "disgrace" it was. For example:
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. |
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NFL obviously gets a lot of mileage out of the division mattering (see 1/3/21). And I like it too. Nothing is better than beating the Cheating ****ing Donko Bitch****s like a drum just to be sure ![]() But nuke the homefield stuff. And maybe it doesn't matter. The year that it matters there aren't fans, so maybe whatever. |
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There should never be a team with a losing record in the playoffs... |
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Do something like if there is a team two games above a division winning team that would miss the playoffs that team woutget in over the division winner.
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There is a major difference between resting your starters in preparation for a playoff run, as Pittsburgh was doing (especially without having a first round bye), and resting your starters to be ready for... September?
Also Sudfeld has been on the Eagles roster for four seasons now and he's obviously not a long term answer at QB... it would make more sense to give a guy like Hurts who is a rookie with more upside as many snaps as possible. |
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That would be awesome. We need a center anyway and you could tell the Eagles players were PISSED.
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It also seems like knowing your game effects playoff seeding you would at least TRY to win. The Eagles 3rd sting QB looked lost as **** and made it look ridiculous. Again I think Peterson was giving Alex a freebie. |
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So many people in this thread are not getting that criticism of this has nothing to do with the Giants. Nobody cares about them. I think most everybody would agree that they were not wronged in any way last night. The criticism is that the Eagles players showed up and were playing hard to win the game, while their coach clearly wasn't interested. It probably didn't help that it was Sunday Night Football and a division rivalry. Throwing in back-up QBs like that is not normal in a competitive game. Hope coach learned what he needed to learn from seeing Sudfeld and it was worth losing the respect of his players.
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Heck the first Philly TD was almost just a gift from the refs to keep the game close after Washington went up 10-0, they essentially just marched them down the field. They still almost blew it. |
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