Recent History of Resting Starters: 2002-2006

[percyhoward]

The bye week has no relevence on Conference Championship games or Super Bowls, so these stats are misleading. Only one team failed to reach the CC Game, so after that, it is in the players hands.

Saying that only one of the teams that basically gave its starters two weeks off failed to reach the CC game isn't saying much, for a #1 or #2 seed. It means that team won one playoff game. And forget how far each team got, just look at how it performed in the divisional round.

If Indy never failed that year, no one would ever question resting their starters.

As the saying goes, if my aunt had juevos, she'd be my uncle. It's hard to see how no one would question resting starters based on that one game, since the four teams that did NOT rest their starters went 4-for-4 in their next game. I wouldn't just assume that it was a coincidence.

 

[Paniolo22]

So resting starters affects your play for 3 consecutive weeks Pray Wade doesn't let anyone heal their injuries.

 

[percyhoward]

So resting starters affects your play for 3 consecutive weeks

You must have missed, "And forget how far each team got, just look at how it performed in the divisional round."