Resting players **merged**

[Galian Beast]

Having essentially locked up the division and home field through the playoffs, the question will soon become when do we start resting players particularly Zeke, Dak, but also Witten, Bryant, Smith, Scandrick.

When do you put Claiborne back into action? With a week 1 bye, you could sit him for the next 5 weeks.

Do you rest Sean Lee?

Where do you balance rust versus fresh legs? With 10 days between the last game and the next, you could give significant rest time to quite a few players. Nearly 6 and a half weeks.

 

[jrumann59]

Having essentially locked up the division and home field through the playoffs, the question will soon become when do we start resting players particularly Zeke, Dak, but also Witten, Bryant, Smith, Scandrick.

When do you put Claiborne back into action? With a week 1 bye, you could sit him for the next 5 weeks.

Do you rest Sean Lee?

Where do you balance rust versus fresh legs? With 10 days between the last game and the next, you could give significant rest time to quite a few players. Nearly 6 and a half weeks.

Next three weeks starters play until not needed and week 17 starters play 1 half. I would even say because of rust let Romo start 2 games if seeding is all cinched up.

 

[windjc]

Having essentially locked up the division and home field through the playoffs, the question will soon become when do we start resting players particularly Zeke, Dak, but also Witten, Bryant, Smith, Scandrick.

When do you put Claiborne back into action? With a week 1 bye, you could sit him for the next 5 weeks.

Do you rest Sean Lee?

Where do you balance rust versus fresh legs? With 10 days between the last game and the next, you could give significant rest time to quite a few players. Nearly 6 and a half weeks.

There will be no rest. You already know this. Why start these silly threads?

 

[Galian Beast]

There will be no rest. You already know this. Why start these silly threads?

Given our record, I don't see any reason to run the tires of Elliott. Him being fresh in the playoffs would make a huge difference.

 

[percyhoward]

We didn't rest anybody until well into the 2nd half of the last game in 2014, and we didn't even have a bye.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

You only rest the players that have injuries. The rest play. We have something special going on. It's all steam ahead.

 

[Setackin]

I'd say rest the key players in the 2nd half of week 17. I would take lee out the 2nd half of week 16, still afraid Mr. Glass is going to break lol.

 

[Walker]

If we dont have a bye then bench them all for the last game. Assuming we get a bye, I would play the starters in the 1st half and have Romo run the entire game game or only the 2nd half to get him some ingame warm ups and up to speed level. We should be set to rock n roll.

 

[thisiscowboyscountry]

I think you have to rest players in week 17 playing a division foe. Let them play the first quarter at most.

 

[Rob-G]

No need to rest without injury when you have a bye week.

 

[JJHLH1]

Decrease the number of Zeke's carries, and tell Dak to be even more selective about when he runs with the ball. We need to keep those 2 guys healthy.

 

[conner01]

After we beat the giants I really cut back on zeke carries and week 17 may sit him out whole game
I wouldn't rush mo back but he will need reps before the playoffs
I would sit lee that last game and if green can get healthy I start him a game, he needs reps
Dak needs the reps but that last game I get Tony some reps for the playoffs

 

[KJJ]

Way too early to start thinking about resting players. We still have four games left and need to maintain our edge heading into the playoffs. The last thing we want to be doing is looking ahead to the playoffs. We can rest players in the season finale but not before. If we finish 3-1 we'll set a franchise record with 14 wins.

 

[haleyrules]

Resting healthy players is a good way to break momentum and create injuries. Don't fool with a winning formula. Lower Elliotts carries..use Morris more....don't change what got the club this far. That would be worse than the prevent Defense!

 

[willia451]

You try to win every game you play. Anyone that is injured, sits. Everybody else......including all starters........plays. At full speed. And to win.

If you don't do that, things start falling apart very quickly.

 

[The Quest for Six]

Dallas can rest players after they win a Superbowl

 

[fairviewfarmer]

1) DO NOT TAKE THE FOOT OFF THE GAS!!!! 2)What kind of football player wants to rest and not play? 3)Some of these players that would be resting would possibly giving up contract incentives($$$$$$). 4) Its too early to be talking about any of this.

 

[Texas_Pete]

Red should only rest truly banged up players. The ones that if they get an extra week of rest/recovery, they'll be really close to 100%. That's advantageous because no teams are truly healthy this late in the year.

Most Cowboy fans don't like that we didn't leave Zeke in the game full-time all season. I disagree. DM29 tailed off a bit in the 2nd half of the season in 2014. Had a good playoff, but wasn't fresh. I fully expect 21 year old Zeke to be terrorizing defenses in the playoffs due to us basically pacing him all year.

 

[dogunwo]

I think if everything is locked up, you put some different players on the 46, and rest small injury guys. For example, play Darius Jackson, rest Dunbar.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

I sure it will get its own thread (or two hundred) but a very good chance home field could be secured over next week or so - at that point, play a half with Dak to keep ready but finish non-consequential games with Romo? Odd thought/reality