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The seeding and matchups don't bother me. The playing on the road doesn't either. The only bad part to me is that we're pretty beat up. Really could use the week off to get some guy's healthier; Vollmer, Mankins, AHern, Gronk, Welker, Spikes, Dennard and Talib. That's quite a few key players nicked up.
If Houston wins at 1p. I'd rest everybody. KC isn't going to win at Denver. Play Brady a quarter or so. Let him get his td pass to extend his streak. Then, get him out of there so we can take a look at Mallett. If Houston loses at 1p, play this like a must-win.
The seedings and matchups do bother me. I don't want to play in Denver in January. But that's not why I'm replying to your post.
According to how the record is kept, if Brady misses a game for any reason, it does not stop the streak; the record is for TD's thrown in "consecutive games started." Unitas missed several games and Brees missed at least one during their streaks. In fact, if Belichick decides that the game is meaningless, he might be better off not starting Brady at all rather than have to keep him in until garbage time if he hasn't thrown a TD yet.