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Message: <blockquote data-quote="neilfii" data-source="post: 417919" data-attributes="member: 3821">^^ Yeah, including the first snap of the next game.  Play them.  Keep them sharp, and keep them on an upward/forward positive trajectory.  We should all know by now that it is all about momentum and who gets hot.  We're not going to have the right momentum and we are not going to be "hot" by sitting our starters.  Play them. Momentum is much more important that "playing safe;" which has a tends to create more injuries than it does to prevent them.  You can't control injuries anyway and we proved last year that we can overcome injuries, but you are much more unlikely to overcome momentum when it is "one and done."  I think conditioned, prepared, hard-hitting players are much more likely to not get injured.  That is why IMHO the teams that do the best job of conditioning in training camp experience the fewest injuries in pre/early season games.  It is when you go less than 100% that injuries occur and if you are not physically conditioned you cannot go 100% for as long as the other team.If they are injured already and in need of rest, that is one thing, but I am totally opposed to "resting" them just because we can -- because I don't think (if we want to win in the playoffs) that we can.</blockquote>

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