01-03-2022, 05:36 PM
(01-03-2022, 05:04 PM)jason Wrote: John Kitna started our final game of the 2005 season... Took a 30 point ass whoopin', and we all know what happened the following week.
(01-03-2022, 05:09 PM)Nately120 Wrote: And in 09 we let the Jets in and they beat us the next week when it counted for both teams. Steelers let the Browns in last year and they lost to them, and I lived in Chicago when the Bears let the Packers into the playoffs via resting their starters and the Packers came back to Chicago to beat them in the NFC Championship game.
Maybe my memory is biased, but still.
And this is why all Marvin playoff games should be thrown out as evidence. The guy lost in all scenarios. Kitna was probably the best backup in the league. Come back player of the year in '03 with 3600 yards and 26 TDs.
Came out on fire in relief of Carson and led is to a 17-14 halftime lead. Then Marv makes his media jargon and we get outscored 17-0 in the 2nd half.
We play our starters for a bit in week 17 of 2009 and it didn't matter. Carson Dalton has a 58.3 rating in the playoff game, yet we kept throwing despite being a running team all year.
If we want evidence of whether we should start or sit our guys, we should look at other teams/coaches.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
