Do the Browns rest or play their top talent in the remaining games of the regular season? Spencer German and Anthony Moelgin give their thoughts.
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00:00 continuing to react to the
00:15 Browns thirty seven twenty win
00:16 over the Jets as they block up
00:17 a playoff berth for the second
00:19 time in four years and
00:21 position themselves in the
00:22 postseason with a chance to
00:23 even earn the one seat
00:25 potentially next week which
00:26 leads us into our next
00:27 conversation I think it's a
00:28 pretty interesting one Anthony
00:29 obviously a lot that could
00:30 still be at stake next week
00:32 when they take the field
00:33 against the Bengals if the
00:34 Ravens lose on Sunday there's a
00:36 chance to win the one seed if
00:39 even if that doesn't happen
00:40 there's still the debate over
00:41 whether or not you should rest
00:42 players going into the playoffs
00:44 give them some time off I think
00:46 it's it's it's also particularly
00:48 interesting with this Browns
00:49 team this year because of the
00:50 sheer number of injuries that
00:53 they sustain this season where
00:54 do you stand on the topic of
00:56 whether or not they should rest
00:57 guys next week or play them in
00:59 the postseason. I think it's a
01:01 it's a not maybe maybe
01:03 meaningless game depending on
01:04 what happens the Ravens but
01:06 even if it isn't a game that
01:07 maybe or it could or couldn't
01:09 impact where you sort of fit in
01:11 the A. C. playoff picture yeah
01:13 let's have the discussion like
01:14 the Ravens one they beat Miami
01:16 and they're out right there
01:18 they're the one seed and yeah
01:19 we're gonna be the five. You
01:20 know it where I fall on this is
01:22 like right down the center- you
01:24 know I think it's a really
01:25 scary it's a really scary
01:27 proposition yeah right I'm
01:28 like I think it's a really
01:29 scary proposition with
01:30 especially with the way that
01:31 this year has gone like even
01:33 the last the second to last
01:34 play the game you got to
01:35 various Smith down on the
01:36 field you're like oh my
01:38 goodness like we cannot win a
01:40 football game without somebody
01:41 getting hurt you know so it's
01:42 like hey we don't want to put
01:43 these guys at risk but at the
01:45 same token. You're playing with
01:47 an offense has been together
01:48 for five weeks you know so it's
01:50 like okay there's going to be
01:51 certain guys like I don't think
01:53 you'll see a larger more
01:54 obviously you know you hope
01:56 that he's okay that was an
01:57 offensive so get him rested up
01:58 you know you want to mark Cooper
02:00 if he's a hundred percent. Let
02:02 him get out there play a quarter
02:03 play a half maybe but if he's
02:05 not I think you rest him let him
02:07 get healed up- you know and I
02:09 think that if there's a if
02:10 there are guys that are banged
02:11 up you know I think it's
02:12 important to try to get them
02:13 healthy- prior to. The the
02:16 playoffs whoever our opponents
02:18 going to be now I think Joe
02:19 Flacco needs to play I think he
02:20 is going to continue to- to see
02:22 the reps to see the field- and
02:24 some of your key guys on
02:25 offense and on defense I think
02:26 you're going to see a lot of
02:27 guys that are going to still
02:28 play but I don't think you're
02:29 going to see the whole brigade-
02:31 out there- as there are some
02:32 guys that need to get that get
02:34 rested up. So I want to
02:35 preface this by saying that
02:37 normally I am team. Joe rest
02:41 guys or I'm not team just play
02:42 guys even for a little bit of
02:44 time because- I do think we
02:47 tend to see. That even the
02:49 teams that had the advantage of
02:51 Hey we locked up a playoff
02:52 first super early or we locked
02:54 up the one seat super earlier
02:55 and then we got a playoff
02:57 second. And then we got a
02:58 playoff third and then we got
02:59 a playoff fourth and then we
03:01 got a playoff fifth and then
03:02 we got a playoff sixth and
03:03 then we got a playoff
03:03 seventh and then we got a
03:04 playoff eighth and then we got
03:05 a playoff ninth and then we
03:07 got a playoff tenth and then
03:08 we got a playoff twelfth and
03:09 then we got a playoff
03:10 eleventh and then we got a
03:11 playoff twelfth and then we
03:12 got a playoff twelfth and
03:13 then we got a playoff
03:13 eleventh and then we got a
03:14 playoff twelfth and then we
03:15 got a playoff twelfth and
03:16 then we got a playoff
03:17 eleventh and then we got a
03:18 playoff twelfth and then we
03:19 got a playoff twelfth and
03:20 then we got a playoff
03:21 eleventh and then we got a
03:22 playoff twelfth and then we
03:23 got a playoff twelfth and
03:24 then we got a playoff
03:25 eleventh and then we got a
03:26 playoff twelfth and then we
03:27 got a playoff eleventh and
03:28 then we got a playoff
03:29 twelfth and then we got a
03:30 playoff eleventh and then
03:31 we got a playoff
03:32 eleventh and then we got a
03:33 playoff twelfth and then we
03:34 got a playoff eleventh and
03:35 then we got a playoff
03:36 eleventh and then we got a
03:37 playoff eleventh and then
03:38 we got a playoff eleventh
03:39 and then we got a playoff
03:40 eleventh and then we got a
03:41 playoff eleventh and then
03:42 we got a playoff eleventh
03:43 and then we got a playoff
03:44 eleventh and then we got a
03:45 playoff eleventh and then
03:46 we got a playoff eleventh
03:47 and then we got a playoff
03:48 eleventh and then we got a
03:49 playoff eleventh and then
03:50 we got a playoff eleventh
03:51 and then we got a playoff
03:52 eleventh and then we got a
03:53 playoff eleventh and then
03:54 we got a playoff eleventh
03:55 and then we got a playoff
03:56 eleventh and then we got a
03:57 playoff eleventh and then
03:58 we got a playoff eleventh
03:59 and then we got a playoff
04:00 eleventh and then we got a
04:01 playoff eleventh and then
04:02 we got a playoff eleventh
04:03 and then we got a playoff
04:04 eleventh and then we got a
04:05 playoff eleventh and then
04:06 we got a playoff eleventh
04:07 and then we got a playoff
04:08 eleventh and then we got a
04:10 if you want to make any
04:11 kind of splash in the
04:12 playoffs, you're Joe
04:13 Flacco's who listen,
04:14 you're on your fourth
04:15 quarterback. You don't
04:16 want to be on your fifth
04:17 like these are certain
04:18 guys. I think I wouldn't
04:19 play. Yeah. No, you make
04:20 you make good points and
04:21 I'm sure that's going to
04:22 be the discussion. It's
04:23 not going to be tonight.
04:24 These guys are exhausted
04:25 coming off of that Houston
04:26 trip into a short week.
04:29 They got the job done. So
04:30 I'm sure this weekend
04:31 probably after Sunday,
04:32 they're going to be like,
04:33 alright, who's playing and
04:34 who's not because Peyton
04:35 Manning always used to say
04:36 that he preferred to to
04:38 play, you know, and
04:39 obviously if he would
04:40 got hurt, you know, the
04:41 cold seasons would be
04:42 done with, you know, so
04:43 it's like you got to you
04:44 got to walk that line
04:45 finally and maybe into
04:46 like I'm talking like
04:47 hey, that game reps are
04:48 the most important. No,
04:49 you can still get quality
04:50 reps in practice. So
04:51 making sure that those
04:52 guys run through a week
04:53 of practice and run
04:54 through warm-ups and
04:55 then take the game off
04:56 could be another option
04:57 that they go with but
04:58 you know at this point
04:59 at this point dude,
05:00 whatever whatever
05:01 Stefanski wants to do.
05:02 I'm right. I'm cool with
05:03 it like that'll work for
05:04 me. Well, you say that
05:05 now and then miles Garrett
05:06 gets hurt and then you're
05:07 like man, you should
05:08 then we're sitting here
05:09 like take away the coach
05:10 of the year. He
05:11 shouldn't even fire.
05:12 What is he doing? Yeah
05:13 fire. Kevin's a bit. No
05:15 and I do want to be I
05:17 want to get do justice
05:19 here by saying like you
05:20 bring up the game reps.
05:21 I do think to for an
05:22 offense that's only
05:23 really been together with
05:24 Joe Flacco for five weeks
05:26 now, it probably makes
05:27 sense to get him more
05:28 game reps. I think
05:29 that's probably fair like
05:30 yeah, they're playing
05:31 really well, but there's
05:32 always room to kind of
05:33 get on the same page
05:34 with guys and keep
05:35 improving. So I'm not
05:36 saying that stuff's not
05:37 important. I just think
05:38 if the Ravens win this
05:39 weekend, you can't
05:40 possibly risk these guys
05:42 playing in a meeting
05:44 this game and I said I
05:45 normally against that I
05:46 normally say play him
05:47 anyway, but in this
05:48 instance, I'm not I think
05:49 there's maybe even a case
05:50 you made that if you have
05:51 a chance to win the one
05:52 seed, maybe you don't
05:53 play them, but I don't
05:54 think that would ever be
05:55 a possibility because if
05:56 there's a chance to win
05:57 the one seed, you know
05:58 these guys are going to
05:59 want to go for it and
06:00 you know that they're
06:01 going to go out there
06:02 and try to give it their
06:03 all to to make that
06:04 happen. That's just not
06:05 the mentality of a
06:06 football player. You're
06:07 not going to if there's
06:08 a chance to win
06:09 something else or earn
06:10 something else. You're
06:11 not going to sit it out.
06:12 So I get that. Yeah, no
06:13 question. If there is a
06:14 chance at the one seat.
06:15 I say let's ride because
06:16 we know is that that
06:17 that grass country.
06:18 That's right. We know
06:19 one thing for sure that
06:20 grass you're standing on
06:21 is we have a legit
06:22 home field advantage
06:23 there. And if there's
06:24 any chance to have the
06:25 AFC or even a couple
06:26 playoff games go through
06:27 Cleveland Brown Stadium.
06:28 I think you sell out
06:29 your chips in the middle
06:30 man because that's
06:31 what you're going to
06:32 get. You're going to
06:33 get a lot of money
06:34 from the home field
06:35 advantage. I think you
06:36 sell out your chips in
06:37 the middle man because
06:38 that's that's what you
06:39 need. But we'll see.
06:40 We'll see what Kevin
06:41 has to say. I think I
06:42 my answer is horrible
06:43 right down the middle
06:44 play. Don't play some
06:45 but you know it's a
06:46 it's going to be a
06:47 conversation and
06:48 thankfully we don't get
06:49 paid enough to make that
06:50 decision. So that's why
06:51 Kevin gets the big
06:52 bucks. Well, to your
06:53 point that that idea
06:54 of home field
06:55 advantage sounds really
06:56 really nice for
06:57 Bronstein. That's
06:58 played so well at
06:59 home. I also think
07:00 too. If the if the
07:01 Ravens do lose to the
07:02 to the Dolphins this
07:03 season, I know that
07:04 the Steelers seem to
07:05 play really well
07:06 against the Baltimore
07:07 Ravens and a twist of
07:08 and a weird twist of
07:09 faith. Browns fans will
07:10 have to be Steelers fans
07:11 for that last week of
07:12 the season as well.
07:13 But yeah, I think
07:14 because of some of that
07:15 history there, you'd
07:16 feel pretty good about
07:17 the idea that maybe the
07:18 one seed the possibility
07:19 if that were to play
07:20 out. So we'll see what
07:21 Sunday brings, but at
07:22 least you know the
07:23 Browns are in the
07:24 playoffs as at least
07:25 the five seed the top
07:26 wildcard spot in the
07:27 AFC. Some of the
07:28 things that could still
07:29 happen, but that's out
07:30 of the Browns hands at
07:31 this point. In the
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