Everyone still on the play every starter bandwagon?

[Adiba1977]

1-2 drives for the offense. D idc can rest major starters.

 

[blueblood70]

no and its not possible with injury and clist players already missing. be smart lets get to the playoffs..

 

[Doomsday101]

I go out there to play to win, In doing so it puts pressure on other NFC teams to play starters or risk losing their seeding. Anyways in my view team needs the live game work.

 

[starfan1]

Last time the Cowboys did that. They came out flat and what looked to be bored. That was in 2016. Against the MM led Green Bay Packers

As opposed to how they looked last week? Got it

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Everyone that can play, should play. We aren’t playoff ready.

 

[CouchCoach]

I would say a lot of that has already been taken out of their hands and I don't think it really matters.

I do not see the Cowboys beating any of the other divisional winners in their stadium.

 

[OriginalNameGuy]

Nope this is their bye week since they didn't get the one seed. Take a knee then go win 4 games

 

[CouchCoach]

Everyone that can play, should play. We aren’t playoff ready.

They need to be playoff ready as a team, not really knowing what the teams will be next weekend.

 

[Risen Star]

Just checking.

Yes

 

[DenCWBY]

Don’t care. Not the same year and majority of those players are gone.

This. You can make a case for going with full starters or rest them. It's really up to the HC to know the chemistry of the team this time of the year and make the call.

 

[Ranched]

Doesn't matter what "everyone" thinks. MM believes in playing the starters & that's final. Move on already.

 

[Jake]

Just checking.

If they're healthy then they should play.

Thinking this team can rest after last week, slide into the playoffs with a 2 game losing streak, then suddenly turn it on for the playoffs is a dream.

 

[EST_1986]

Don’t care. Not the same year and majority of those players are gone.

and these players cant string together 2 straight quarters of good football, they need to play

 

[CATCH17]

and these players cant string together 2 straight quarters of good football, they need to play

They could look amazing vs Washington and come out and be totally inept the next week against AZ.

Why you guys think this matters I do not know. I tell you what would matter, a calf strain, a injured shoulder, a twisted ankle.

 

[EST_1986]

They could look amazing vs Washington and come out and be totally inept the next week against AZ.

Why you guys think this matters I do not know. I tell you what would matter, a calf strain, a injured shoulder, a twisted ankle.

I mean just baby them who cares, teams one and done anyway

 

[CATCH17]

I mean just baby them who cares, teams one and done anyway

Yeah.. If that’s your point of view then yeah just throw them out there and risk everything because we play in an NFL that’s easy to predict and we know who wins these games before they happen. Screw it.

 

[Bullflop]

It just doesn’t matter. Has nothing to do with being a winner or loser. It doesn’t matter.

If we play great and Dak gets hurt the season is over in a game that meant nothing.

17 games is too many games anyways.

Sure, that's the ticket . . . let's get ourselves into a non-competitive state of mind, just before entering into the playoffs. Players get hurt much more easily when they hold back than when they don't. Convincing your players that winning means nothing is the quickest way to ensure losing more than you might otherwise. That's the sort of thinking that encourages what we were last week vs. the Cardinals. This staff will hold out as many players as they'll deem necessary and count on the healthy ones to compete. Those that are battered and slightly injured will be protected. The Eagles will surely do much the same. Entering the playoffs on a high note means something, rather than nothing. There's 2 ways to see it -- that's mine.

 

[CATCH17]

Sure, that's the ticket . . . let's get ourselves into a non-competitive state of mind, just before entering into the playoffs. Players get hurt much more easily when they hold back than when they don't. Convincing your players that winning means nothing is the quickest way to ensure losing more than you might otherwise. That's the sort of thinking that encourages what we were last week vs. the Cardinals. This staff will hold out as many players as they deem necessary and count on the healthy ones to compete. Those that are battered and slightly injured will be protected. The Eagles will surely do much the same. Entering the playoffs on a high note means something, rather than nothing. There's 2 ways to see it -- That's mine.

It does not matter.

If having a week off was a disadvantage everyone wouldn’t be fighting to get the top seed.

 

[Bullflop]

It does not matter.

If having a week off was a disadvantage everyone wouldn’t be fighting to get the top seed.

Having a week off isn't an issue any longer. This Cowboys' team needs to assume a winner's outlook more than anything else.
They've already proven it last week and long before that.

 

[cwbyfan72]

If they're healthy then they should play.

Thinking this team can rest after last week, slide into the playoffs with a 2 game losing streak, then suddenly turn it on for the playoffs is a dream.

Thinking that playing a Philly team in Philly with half your starters out isn’t a recipe for disaster is crazy.
Be competitive, and smart. Rest the folks who could use the rest. Play starters for a series or two.