A win Thursday and a Pats loss at Pittsburgh would clinch HFA for us. If that happens, the question is how long do we rest the starters.
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Out of what running at 8-5?
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Here's a Theodore-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_McKnight
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I say they play just a half against Seattle since that’s going to be a very motivated and desperate team. Then against the Raiders they play for however long it takes to put the game away.
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Id sit everyone for the Seattle game. Play them a quarter at home against the Faid and thats it. We arr beat up and need the rest.
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THIS. Especially since Seattle may be doing the same thing. If they beat SF Sunday, they'll have clinched a WC spot, and with it their highest seeding possible (5th).
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I was told they've righted their ship defensively and played very well yesterday. If this is true, Buttons better get out his carbon steel ass-protector and figure out how to make a fucking defense work, I tell U wahwt.
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Reid has rested all the starters in these types of games before, and it will be interesting to see what he does with two free weeks and a bye week ahead. I’m for resting Watkins, Hill, Ware, Kelce and any other starter that have been banged up. I’d like to see Benjamin get some playing time with Mahomes, but I wouldn’t blame Reid if we rest everyone against a Seattle defense that’s known for being pretty physical.
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So, a Chiefs win and Pats loss seals up the 1 seed for sure?
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Yes. The Pats will have 5 losses and won’t be able to tie us. Houston could finish with the same record, but we will have the tiebreaker over them if we beat San Diego. Houston has 2 more conference losses than us and we only have one more conference game left after Thursday.
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Yeah

Knowing that, it might be smart to treat @ Seattle like a bye week.
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The issue there is that you already are going to have one bye week, so you can't give them a month off.

I'd probably treat those games like a preseason game
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Seattle looked like shit versus the Vikings, at home no less. I believe we win the next two and have HFA locked up by Raider week. Which is good, because I foresee some cheap shots.
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The worst thing you can do is have your team sit for several weeks without playing. You don’t want to lose rhythm.

I don’t agree with sitting these guys vs Seattle. I’d rotate young guys in though.
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I’m saying treat Seattle as a bye, then play them vs. Oakland before another bye in the playoffs.

But idk probably wouldn’t happen.
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