Dungy: Colts will go for 16-0, but not play starters all game - Dan Patrick.com
NBC's Tony Dungy joined the show to talk about the 14-0 Indianapolis Colts.
"I think Jim Caldwell is going to try to win the games, but i don't think he's going to play everyone all the way through," Dungy said.
Dungy said that he wouldn't have taken the same strategy.
"I would have rested the guys this week," Dungy said. "Let 'em have the long 10-day period. And then play everyboyd in the Jets game [in Week 16]."
Dungy said the Colts did a great job of protecting Peyton Manning last night against the Jags. But still, people in that organization remember players getting hurt in meaningless games in the past. For example, Dungy said GM Bill Polian lost Cornelius Bennett in a meaningless game in Buffalo and it hurt them in the Bills in the playoffs that year.
"It is the first round of the playoffs that is more important than how you finish the regular season," Dungy said.
Dungy did make one thing clear, it's not up to Peyton and the other players. They always want to play. "That decision is going to be made by Jim Irsay, Bill Polian and Jim Caldwell," Dungy said.
Dungy said Indianapolis faces only one real threat in the AFC. "I don't think anyone other than San Diego can beat the Colts," Dungy said.