Do We Strategically Lose To The Eagles in December with the aim of conquest in January?

Hell, why not just advocate tanking for a better draft pick? The dumb is strong in this one.
 
Nix had an interesting night- I think Daniels took a step up on him though.
 
So the more I think about this, the more I see the logic.

Take, for example, Detroit and Atlanta vs the Redskins in '91. Both played dead in the regular season, then brought their A games in the playoffs. The result? 14 and 22 point swings in their favour.

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There may be GMs who advocate for this kind of stuff, but I don't think Adam Peters ever would - and I think the whole idea of it is anathema to NFL coaches whose jobs are so tenuous to begin with that they are always trying to win.
 
I still say that this year is fundamentally about the future. It's amazing that we have a good chance to get to the playoffs, too, but what we are instilling now is what and how we want this team to compete moving forward. That said, I want the mindset of winning foremost in their minds and attitudes. I don't want them to lose because they're afraid of a certain match up. It doesn't ultimately make sense to me because chances are you'd just face that better team a game later anyway.

Now, if we had a cushion game and got a chance to rest injured players and give the backups more experience that's a different story, but this season, to me, is a teaching season. The winning is a bonus. It's free cash. So, let's have fun with it. Fun is winning. Worry about tomorrow when it comes.
 
We had no plans to dominate the trenches and stop Barkley in November - if the Master Plan is revealed in December - what's going to stop Barkley for rushing for over 100 on us and them dominating time of possession again after they adjust?
 
Blaze Thunderball said:
So the more I think about this, the more I see the logic.

Take, for example, Detroit and Atlanta vs the Redskins in '91. Both played dead in the regular season, then brought their A games in the playoffs. The result? 14 and 22 point swings in their favour.

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That 1991 team was a juggernaut. Probably one of the top 5 teams in NFL history.
 
StoicSkins said:
We had no plans to dominate the trenches and stop Barkley in November - if the Master Plan is revealed in December - what's going to stop Barkley for rushing for over 100 on us and them dominating time of possession again after they adjust?
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He had around 18 for 70 yards rushing with 3 minutes left in the 3rd (and they had only 6 on the board at that point), we just fell apart in the 4th. He did have the one long catch and run mid-way through the 3rd, but that was a broken play - ie a fault in execution, not game planning. In some ways I actually think Gainwell was the bigger problem. Our D seemed completely off guard when he subbed in.

I’m not too optimistic about the rematch, though I’m hopeful Lattimore makes a difference.
 
Commander Wraith said:
He had around 18 for 70 yards rushing with 3 minutes left in the 3rd (and they had only 6 on the board at that point), we just fell apart in the 4th. He did have the one long catch and run mid-way through the 3rd, but that was a broken play - ie a fault in execution, not game planning. In some ways I actually think Gainwell was the bigger problem. Our D seemed completely off guard when he subbed in.

I’m not too optimistic about the rematch, though I’m hopeful Lattimore makes a difference.
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I was very concerned with our lack of strength and conditioning in the 4th
 
If there is one immutable truth out there it is that the New York Jets will be taking a quarterback in the top 10 of next year’s draft yet AGAIN.

Woody Johnson is contending with Tepper for the throne of NFL court jester vacated by the departure of Snyder.
 
It all makes sense now. They benched Mathis to save him for Philly and Barkley. Brilliant! Genius!
 
Sorry but that's a stupid question
 
If we are still on this subject, not much is happening.
 
The 1983 Los Angeles Raiders sandbagged twice against the Seattle Seahawks in the regular season, then BLEW THEM OUT with a strategic attack in the playoffs. They sandbagged us too as we beat them regular season then got blown out in the Super Bowl by a vastly inferior team.

Gotta use strategy to take out better teams in sneak attacks.
 
In 1983 the Raiders did not sandbag the Redskins in the regular season. They were missing several key players that day due to injury and it still took a massive effort by the Redskins to come from behind and win that game late.

Quit trying to rewrite history,pick up a book and read.
 
Didn’t Sun Tzu write about this in the Art of War? 😉
 
StoicSkins said:
I was very concerned with our lack of strength and conditioning in the 4th
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I wasn't overly concerned. I think you have to remember that we hadn't had a Bye week yet, Philly had. That we were coming off a brutal stretch after the tough Pittsburgh game on a short week and we were already beaten up.
I think the team was running on fumes before the game even started. Frankly, in some ways, it's a miracle that game was competitive for as long as it was.

I suspect we may see a different team playing them in a couple of weeks. We'll be rested(ish), won't be coming off a short week, hopefully our team (including JDs ribs) will be in a healthier place, PLUS we should have Lattimore to bolster the defense.
It should be a whole different kettle of fish on the rematch.
 
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