Dec 22 2006
Lovie Smith Isn’t Resting Anyone
You gotta hand it to Bears head coach Lovie Smith. After watching the Colts rest their starters for weeks after clinching that first-round bye, Smith knows a losing strategy when he sees one. He’s keeping his starters in the game the rest of the way. He’s going to make sure they’re on top of their game going into the playoffs.
Too many coaches in Lovie’s position get concerned that players will get hurt before the playoffs start. It’s football, people. Players can get hurt at any time, and it’s inevitable that some will. That doesn’t make these games meaningless. You should want to make sure your engines are tuned up and ready to go for the games that really matter. You don’t want players that have to shake off weeks of rust coming into games cold. That’s what happened to Indianapolis last year, and the fact that they still have to compete to keep their first-round bye might actually help them in the playoffs this year.
I applaud Lovie Smith for this decision, and that has nothing to do with the fact that I’m starting Muhsin Muhammad, Bernard Berrian and Robbie Gould on my fantasy team this week. Nothing at all.
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