Originally Posted by
jap1
There was some talk that we will start resting our starters for the last 2 games since we would likely be locked in the #5 seed and would have been out of the running for the #1 and 2 seed. That was under the assumption that Denver would win this week. Now that they lost, we are back in contention for the AFC West and the #2 seed (#1 is reachable but only if the pats lose).
Also, since we are a lock for #5 and playing the Colts, there was some talk that we may dumb down our O and D for the game next week since the game wouldn't matter and we'd play them again in 2 weeks when it really mattered (wildcard game).