illthrill

It was on "Patriots Playbook" today.
He said the ONLY way the Pats lose it if they beat themselves which is VERY unlikely. He emphasized it.
He also said the Pats play week 17 b/c they gonna want to win.

patsox23

The Patriots starters will play in week 17 for two reasons - the chance to make history and, more importantly, because that's what Belichick does. HE DOESN'T sit his starters when there's a BYE WEEK ahead. He only sits them if the Pats have clinched a playoff spot but will be playing the following week - so he gets some semblance of a "BYE."

If he sat the starters with a BYE the following week, that would make it three weeks between contact for our best players. NEVER gonna happen.

BoTown

Doesn't matter what the record is, Belichick will play his guys. Now if the Pats are blowing at the Giants at halftime, maybe we see Cassel and some of the second stringers in there. But Brady and Co. will start like they always do and play it out.

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FrontSeven

I cannot imagine the starters standing around at the beginning of that game.

The other thing is that having three weeks off instead of two could be a bit disruptive to their timing.

I'd play it like pre-season game three but leave them in if they can't bury the Giants.

That game could be meaningless to the Giants too, as they could be solidly in First or Second with nowhere to go, even with tiebreakers. They will have banged up guys too, and perhaps need to rest people.

fair catch fryar

Let's get to 10 -0 first.

tombonneau

Let's not. We are only fans. We should be able to talk about what we want. It's kind of part of being a fan.

TheBaronPatriot

Sitting out or not
The pats rotate players on defense anyway
Let Vrabel rest for a series if we are up and give Woods some PT
They rotate OL/DL as well

Expect to see more rotations once we are up

Brady to Brown

I would like to beat the national press to the punch.

I am going on record saying that if Belichick plays his starters vs the Giants even though he has home field locked up he is disrespecting the Giants and the NFL in general.

The Boston Patriot

Actually I would love for the Pats to be 15-0 and in the Giants game, play
the game with the scrubs thus disrespecting the entire NFL by not going
for it and giving the biggest ever eff-u to those miserable b*****ds who
questioned their integrity. Can you imagine the ******storm that would cause?

C'mon Bill, show them what the tuck (it-to-you) rule is really all about!

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fair catch fryar

By all means, feel free! Feeling like a fan also includes not getting wound up in all the undefeated talk.