10-02-2015, 11:18 AM
(10-02-2015, 12:58 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Ravens and Steelers had less than 100 hours to recover from their games on Sunday before they played tonight. I can't believe the players union allows this. I guess everyone agrees because they get a little more money.
And then they have to go into overtime. Those two teams beat hard on each other. This game may have a toll on them beyond this next week.
It is like a pitcher in baseball. A good starter can throw 100 pitches every 5 days all summer long. But if you push him past a certain threshold in just one game, even if it is only by 20 or 30 pitches, it can mess him up for weeks. Same thing if you try to use him on just 2 or 3 days rest. It can throw him off for a while.
Lets hope both teams still have dead legs in their next games.
TNF is one of the dumbest things in sports.
Most logical solution would be to use teams coming off a bye week to play, but then the league would lose 8 weeks, so no way in Hell that's ever happening.
