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JoePats · 11-21-2007, 01:31 PM

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SVN · 11-21-2007, 01:41 PM

madden says BB will rest his players once they clinch everything. i guess he didnt see the titans game last yr at the end of the season/

FrontSeven · 11-21-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SVN

madden says BB will rest his players once they clinch everything. i guess he didnt see the titans game last yr at the end of the season/

The word "rest" will have a different meaning for this team. They'll sit guys here and there, but nobody's going to get the game off.

I can't see letting guys go stale. It seemed to backfire on the Colts two years ago. I don't call that "proof" that it will always backfire, but then again came the Colorado Rockies. Maybe they were just outgunned.

I do like the idea of giving guys like Eckyl and Chad Jackson long looks though. Why not? Hell, they can score too. If they can't, let's find out now.

rhodeislandpatsfan · 11-21-2007, 09:13 PM

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madden says BB will rest his players once they clinch everything. i guess he didnt see the titans game last yr at the end of the season/

He also said that if he were the coach he would play for overtime against the Rams

hambone1818 · 11-21-2007, 09:22 PM

60 minutes...that's been a theme this entire season for the Patriots and I don't see that changing down the stretch. Add in the fact that Brady and Co. have played in exactly one close game this season, and I couldn't imagine that Belichick would want to see the backups in before the beginning of the fourth in any game this season.