I'm not for sitting everyone. Imagine if the Jets or Browns did so every time they fell out of play-off concention. No one would come to their late season games ever again.
There's also not a team in the league that would sit a guy like Rodgers. I've never seen Brady, Peyton or Brees being shut down, if it wasn't due to injuries. Even sitting Eli down last year was cause for one heck of an uproar and he wasn't even playing well.
I'd like to see some more rotation, though. Get Kumerow and Moore more involved, see what the rest of the back-side of your roster can do and take absolutely no chances with (playing througwonder] Yeah it would really suck if teams did it on a mass level and I agree with you, normally forcing guys to sit if healthy, is not normal.
Originally Posted by: Rockmolder
I think forcing Eli to sit became an uproar for a couple of other reasons too, it broke his consecutive start stat which the fans had seen as a badge of honor, but also as PFT talked about, the head coach method of doing it was a PR nightmare as far as fans were considered, surprise, with no warning we are going to start the back-up with no hype...
As far as PR goes, it would of been smarter to foreshadow the move... though one can clearly make the case that no football move should be foreshadowed (unless setting up a fake), but a counter, is the starting QB role has become so important for PR stuff.
Speaking of which, one thing the Bears coach seems to do is purposely uses foreshadowing formations and has three options on the play and usually avoids the foreshadowed one and tries to trick by going to the less obvious ones.
Also I'm wondering if Gute not putting Cobb on the IR is a sign of something. Gute has seemed IR happy with most injuries that have popped up... so I'm wondering if Gute is trying to resign Cobb to a cheap deal (he reportedly did try to sign Cobb to an extension at a much lower $ per year value last off-season), or if just those other defensive injuries where most seriously and season enders. But it's good to get Rodgers time with the young WRs, at least if the OL can hold up.