Battle for Seeding or Rest Battered Starters?

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Nobody in this thread wants the Bengals to not go undefeated the rest of the year. The question was more risk v. reward. For instance, Trey Hendrickson is planning to play with a broken wrist. I'm no doctor but I do know a fracture heals best through calcification and trauma to the fracture site could cancel any healing already started.

We shut him down for the rest of the season and the bone has had 5 weeks to heal (6 if the boys continue to roll.) These guys do not forget how to play football because they miss a couple of games. Ja'Marr came back from time out and hasn't missed a beat. Mixon returned and went for 98 yards at 6.9 YPC, Reader has been all-world since his return.

Is the risk of Try reinjuring his wrist, Hubbard/Hurst tweaking to calf worth hosting The Chargers as opposed to traveling to Tenn/Jax. The Tampa game should have showed us this is a New Dey and our fanbase travels well.