Don Banks urges Colts to play

Not after the beating they took today, dude.  There were body parts strewn everywhere…

Don’t do it, Colts. Don’t back off now that you’ve set the NFL record for consecutive wins with 22, locked up the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs, set the league mark for wins in a decade (114), and tied the franchise’s best start ever at 13-0 (also in 2005).

Four weeks is an eternity to keep your edge in the NFL, and trying to rest players and maintain momentum through three more meaningless games and then a bye week is a losing proposition. Indy only has to look at its one-and-done playoff flameouts of 2005, 2007 and 2008 to know that easing off the gas isn’t the right call. The one recent year Indy didn’t rest any players late in the season was 2006, and we know how things turned out for the Colts in that case.