David Newton: Rivera will not rest starters

[KendrickPanther]

I would absolutely get Wheger and CAP playing time. Not just to rest Stewie but because they are rookies with like 3 touches between them.

[KendrickPanther]

5 minutes ago, Snake said:

I think they have yet to grasp the full system. It's my only guess why they don't spell him. 

Yeah and if Stew goes down in the playoffs like many Carolina Running Backs before him, we are screwed. Get the kids some PT.

[UpstatePanther]

We need to have the pedal to the metal every game, go up big and go up big early in each game. That way by the beginning of the 4th quarter, we can rest the starters and turn each game into an intense, scrimmage-like practice.

[TheCandyMan]

I think as we get closer we ought to approach playing time like a 3rd pre-season game if/when we get a comfortable lead. We can keep the chemistry and rhythm, while adding rest a reducing the potential for injury.  It just seems more times than not the teams who rest starters at the end of the season get burned by it. 

 

[aussiePanther]

I don't think we should rest starters but like people are talking about the backups at RB I think we should get more reps into the backups across the team. Get them real game time experience when the consequences for failure aren't as costly as normal.

As well as the RBs, Klein at MLB, Shaq in for TD in on some two LB packages, the younger DEs. (not all at the same time obviously).

This has just underscored for me how young we are playing across the board... The future looks GOOD if we can hold on to our core players through contract negotiations!

[stankowalski]

Agreed with not resting players unless they need it (injuries).  There's a lot to be said about momentum, continuity, and chemistry.  Those are intangibles that can be fuged up if you take the foot off the gas.  Now if we're up big going into the 4th quarter I don't see any reason not to sit some players, but they should be playing every week IMO.

[Peppers90 NC]

Absolutely agree. Unless a player is hurt and needs rest, you keep up the tempo. There will already be a bye week, no need for 2 or 3.

[pantherj]

Rivera is under no obligation to reveal our future strategies and plans. Hence HE IS NOT GOING TO DO SO. Ah there got that off my chest. We may or may not rest starters.

[KB_fan]

Agree about rotating younger guys (CAP & Wegher esp) in to give them more game experience, but who do you make inactive?

There's the rub...

[Snake]

On 11/29/2015, 6:15:05, KendrickPanther said:

Yeah and if Stew goes down in the playoffs like many Carolina Running Backs before him, we are screwed. Get the kids some PT.

Forgot about fozzy 

[Jangler]

Fisher is an asshole, selling out his team. Rivera is a class act and us proving to be one of the better coaches in the league. 

You can sleep when you're dead, or champion. Which ever comes first.

[GoobyPls]

I'm just hoping for no injuries.  Wegher will not got any touches, Fozzy still ahead of both him and CAP

[CoastalCat]

On 11/29/2015, 4:49:02, Mr. Scot said:

 

 

All signs point to Carolina completing a 16-0 regular season

 

Agree or disagree?

(and do you trust the source?)

First: This sucker is prime poll material. 

2: Don't really trust the source.

C: He has plenty of time to change his mind.

Fourth: Completely disagree, but only if the #1 seed is eventually locked up. Still haven't clinched a playoff berth yet, so might be a few weeks before a potential 1-seed lockup. However, if week 16 and 17 could be played preseason style, with the starters only playing a quarter or a half, I'm all for sitting fools. If someone important got hurt in the 3rd quarter of a meaningless Bucs game, I'd lose it.

The whole "they'll lose their edge" argument is a conspiracy, perpetrated by the networks to prevent teams from fielding backups in week 17. I'm pretty sure that they are also behind the social expectation of diamond engagement rings, constipation, and your single missing sock from the dryer. 

[pantherclaw]

Agreed. If we don't play good football this month, the playoffs won't matter.