Whoo, as they say, hoo! Not only is an Indy community favorite showing up in more and better places, but he continues to make sense as he does! The best part about seeing Oehser on Foxsports.com is that it means there’s a wider forum for a thoughtful quality voice. Good on you, John.
Polian several weeks ago said of injuries that you can only stretch the rubber band so far, and on Sunday, he said the issue of resting or not resting is really quite simple.
“It’s only about who’s healthy,” he said. “Today was the most important game from the standpoint of this year’s race — that’s over. Today was the most important game if you want to talk about history, because it achieved two historic milestones. That’s it. What more is there to do?
“You do what you think is best, but I think that’s moot. I don’t think it goes beyond who’s healthy.”
And with that, you pretty much knew what the Colts will do moving forward. They’ll play some players, and perhaps they’ll go all-out Thursday against Jacksonville. But if anyone is on the borderline between playing and not playing, they won’t play, not for the pursuit of 16-0, and certainly not to maintain momentum.
The way the Colts see it, that’s what they earned on Sunday — not any added pressure to go unbeaten, but rather, the right to choose. And to those running the Colts, the choice is rest. If not complete rest, enough to make winning three more in the regular season tough. Very tough.
To those running the Colts, the choice really isn’t much of a choice at all.
And they own the vote that counts.
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