Frankly, I can’t imagine the Colts resting Manning — or anyone else, for that matter — in a nationally televised game, but I wouldn’t be so sure what happens after that. They have the Jets here and finish with Buffalo in Buffalo, and if you listen to owner Jim Irsay it sounds as if there might be some selective furloughs coming up.
“You take it a game at a time,” Irsay said. “If guys have an injury you rest them — especially if it’s something that could be a lingering injury where playing could get them hurt. It’s not a question — and [team president] Bill [Polian] and I both believe this — of not being ready or losing momentum. For us, it’s getting them rested.
“We have a smaller team — very athletic guys — and we want them to be in top form. I think we will rest them, but it will be a player-by-player situation, and we’ll take it a game at a time.”
That is their choice. No, it is Jim Caldwell’s choice. If I were to guess, I’d say he rests his starters — or, at least, some of his starters — for the Buffalo game, but Caldwell offers no hints, and fair enough. There should be some mystery left to this year’s Colts.
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