Should The Lions Rest Their Starters Vs. 49ers?

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Stoney and Costa debate whether the Lions should rest their starters tonight against the San Francisco 49ers.

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00:00We want to be talking about how tonight locks up the division locks up the one seed instead tonight is largely meaningless

00:06Monday night football against the Niners don't blame us. That's just the reality and now what are the Lions gonna do with that reality?

00:13Yeah, well if you're gonna blame anybody blame Jordan love

00:18and Matt Lafleur

00:21Could they be a little more competitive. I know the final score was close. They got down 20 to 3

00:25Yeah, they're down 28 nothing in the first meeting and if Kim Akers doesn't make that was a nice catch at the end

00:30You're right who knows what would happen get the ball kick a field goal in the game

00:35But they let us down and you know what?

00:37Fine do it our damn self. Yeah, that's how you have to look at the lion way you say we'll do it the hard way

00:44We'll do it our way. We'll earn it ourselves, and we'll do it at Ford Field. We'll do it on Sunday night

00:48We'll do it in front of these fans fine bring it on Stoney right off the gate though out of the gate

00:53We asked the question playing your starters tonight your key players

00:57Deep into this football game. It's what they intend to do right? Yeah, is that reckless a year ago today was the Dallas reckless moment

01:05Is it reckless and you used a different word? Yeah, you said ridiculous. Yeah a texter said unnecessary

01:11I'm necessary is probably the best word yes, it is unnecessary

01:15Yes

01:15But this team is built with the mentality and I tend to side with you most of the time with the rest and risk

01:22Argument, but I really understand where they're coming from I understand it

01:26I think this is about

01:28Who they're playing but also how they're playing and they don't want to let their foot off the gas for a second especially in San Francisco

01:34and if someone gets hurt so be it I

01:37Know that sounds like stupid or ridiculous or reckless or unnecessary, but I really think their mentality is if someone gets hurt

01:46Put them off to the side and the next man will step up and they've kind of been emboldened in this right

01:51They've lost 22 guys and they keep stepping up and it feels like it shouldn't continue

01:56But they continue to do it and I think that is because of the mentality of this football team

02:00Which I don't think they want to throttle down

02:02And then I don't think they should to be honest with look they want to be who they are and I am

02:07Completely understand that I embrace it. I just think in this situation you want to be a little more

02:14cautious

02:15tactical is a good word to a

02:18Vocab this one says biggest wussy station and fan base around DJ at work, okay

02:23Carlton DJ and tell us what you would do. Well. He'd be a real man. Oh, yeah, that's what he would do

02:30Texture says nobody's left. Everybody's hurt. Who's gonna play they can't all sit out get over if someone gets hurt

02:35It wasn't meant to be I understand with look we're talking

02:38I believe you start you play your starters to begin the game

02:42What's the lead that you have that you take that doesn't matter to the lead that score means nothing so when is it?

02:47Then the fourth quarter regardless of the score. I go at the half. I'd start regardless. Yes, regardless

02:53Once the half after the first half it start dwindling my starters out. I right or wrong

03:00I don't think there's any world that happens at halftime

03:03And I think the only world that happens is the fourth quarter up at least three touchdowns

03:08I think if this is a one score fourth quarter game Jerry Goff is under center, and they're trying to score

03:13Yeah, probably and and hopefully they write a roar and win and nobody gets hurt and people will say see

03:20See, I don't want to say see you. I don't want to be right. I understand that

03:26I think we're all on the same page there

03:27So you guys are talking about the downside of the players start tonight and the potential injury I fully agree however

03:32Have you discussed the downside if they don't play?

03:36Okay, what's the downside?

03:38One week off is go all sudden

03:40They're gonna forget how to tackle and block and all that stuff another one says if we bench our guys it could be two to

03:45Three weeks off this team had issues getting started after sitting the preseason

03:48Well, it wouldn't be two to three weeks off. They play week 18 the very next week. We're not sending people out next week

03:54No, and you want to earn the by to get a week off after week 18, but you're playing a key critical

04:00Emotional physical football game in the middle of this right you wouldn't be sitting for two to three weeks here look

04:05I understand there are people out there like, you know, John who and probably TJ to who who actually, you know played

04:15Competitive football at a very high level. I think this is absurd to even have this discussion

04:20Maybe it's just you know people like us who haven't played the game that are too cautious

04:28I'll submit to that. I'm too cautious. Thank you

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