MWil23 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, LETSGOBROWNIES said: Once bye weeks stop then Thursday games need to stop as well imo. Besides the absurdity from a player health perspective, it’s absolutely a competitive balance issue imo. I guess the upside is we get a couple extra days to prep for Cincy in what may be an enormous game. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/cleveland-browns-nfl-playoff-picture.html Worth some clicking around. If we beat either Houston or NYJ, it’s about a 95% chance of playoffs. If we win both, it’s a lock basically, and if our seed is set, that sounds like a great opportunity to bench basically everyone and use it as a bye. Edited December 18, 2023 by MWil23 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, MWil23 said: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/cleveland-browns-nfl-playoff-picture.html Worth some clocking around. If we beat either Houston or NYJ, it’s about a 95% chance of playoffs. If we win both, it’s a lock basically, and if our seed is set, that sounds like a great opportunity to bench basically everyone and use it as a bye. Strategically it would almost be beneficial to sit guys on Sunday in preparation of the home game against the Jets on Thursday. They won’t and shouldn’t do it, but that’s when the rest would likely be most beneficial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Just now, LETSGOBROWNIES said: Strategically it would almost be beneficial to sit guys on Sunday in preparation of the home game against the Jets on Thursday. They won’t and shouldn’t do it, but that’s when the rest would likely be most beneficial. Probably so but with Houston in the thick of the race it does impact things. I would personally argue that if they win Sunday it actually makes the most sense to strategically sit guy’s Thursday night vs the Jets, but that’s also a home game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, MWil23 said: Probably so but with Houston in the thick of the race it does impact things. I would personally argue that if they win Sunday it actually makes the most sense to strategically sit guy’s Thursday night vs the Jets, but that’s also a home game. If we win on Sunday I think that has to be on the table depending on how the other games play out. And maybe (definitely) not all of our key guys, but maybe guys like Myles, Bitonio (if he’s back), Cooper, etc who’ve been dealing with lingering issues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronsWitness Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, MWil23 said: Probably so but with Houston in the thick of the race it does impact things. I would personally argue that if they win Sunday it actually makes the most sense to strategically sit guy’s Thursday night vs the Jets, but that’s also a home game. Its a bit of crazy talk, but the Ravens play the 49ers/Dolphins their next two games. The Browns play the Texans/Jets. If the Ravens fall to both of those teams the Browns win two very winnable games (especially if Stroud is out), we are still playing for the division Baltimore is going through the hardest part of their schedule that the Browns went through week 1-5, anything can happen so IDK about resting guys until the division is officially out of reach Edited December 18, 2023 by AkronsWitness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWil23 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, AkronsWitness said: Its a bit of crazy talk, but the Ravens play the 49ers/Dolphins their next two games. The Browns play the Texans/Jets. If the Ravens fall to both of those teams the Browns win two very winnable games (especially if Stroud is out), we are still playing for the division Baltimore is going through the hardest part of their schedule that the Browns went through week 1-5, anything can happen so IDK about resting guys until the division is officially out of reach They definitely won’t nor should they. But if Baltimore wins Sunday then it should be under consideration if the Browns beat Houston. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, MWil23 said: They definitely won’t nor should they. But if Baltimore wins Sunday then it should be under consideration if the Browns beat Houston. I don’t think there’s a way we lock up a spot this week though which is unfortunate. We can more or less do so, but not officially and there’s no way they can sit guys without that spot locked up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateDawg Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I would like to win on Sunday and then sit everyone on Thursday just to make a mockery of them having these Thursday night games with the current schedule set up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawgdish Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Do what we've got to do over the next 2 weeks to have a spot locked and be able to rest most key dudes for Cincy would be optimal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDD Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I hate to say it. I don’t hate the Thursday game if we lock up the 5th playoff spot after a W. Then they get extra rest and can have rest vs Cinci The problem is, I think you need to really practice or stay in sync since I could see the extra time off hurting this offense with the minimal reps Flacco has had in game situations with this team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETSGOBROWNIES Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 6 minutes ago, JDD said: I hate to say it. I don’t hate the Thursday game if we lock up the 5th playoff spot after a W. Then they get extra rest and can have rest vs Cinci The problem is, I think you need to really practice or stay in sync since I could see the extra time off hurting this offense with the minimal reps Flacco has had in game situations with this team. They can keep practicing hard and getting reps while avoiding the contact and letting guys get right. I know there’s always a debate about keeping the pedal mashed to the floor vs rest late in the year but with our bye being week 5 and these guys having played 3 months straight combined with the injuries I think it’s an easy decision personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDD Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 21 minutes ago, LETSGOBROWNIES said: They can keep practicing hard and getting reps while avoiding the contact and letting guys get right. I know there’s always a debate about keeping the pedal mashed to the floor vs rest late in the year but with our bye being week 5 and these guys having played 3 months straight combined with the injuries I think it’s an easy decision personally. I get it, it would be great to have off Friday 12/29-1/8 for most starters With the way injuries have been happening at practice and during walk through who knows what is the right move. I do know this team has played better than anyone could expect with these injuries and the schedule. One of the hardest SOS and SOV in the NFL. It’s not like we play in the NFCS and no one is above .500 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrawkcab321 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Another Joe Flacco fact. He is tied with Brady at 7 for the most road playoff wins in history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 This kid is so freaking good already 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 This is the type of good thing that happens when you give maximum energy and effort. Don’t give up on a play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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