I think DeShazier nails it

Its just common sense we will GO FOR IT!!!!! Any other reasoning is just insane.

                                      WHODAT!

I think that pretty much tells all, if true. What player would back down from a perfect season?

The reality is, players and coaches would be going against almost every tenet they preach or have been forced to listen to, if they decide playing it safe is the honorable route.

I don’t think this is true. They have been preaching winning the Super Bowl. That has always been the number one goal. When they were in training camp, they weren’t saying “Our main goal is to win every single regular season game.” I guarantee if Payton and Co. had a crystal ball and knew that resting their starters would guarantee them a Super Bowl victory, they would do it.

pulling guys w/ big leads is fine but not starting starters is taking guys away from their comfort level. A Racehorse has to be on its toes to win, not sleep walking to the track.

That’s why we are going to thrash them in the Super Bowl…we are like Gladiators…we cannot consider the possibility of losing, ever….ever….that’s the mindset!

work your ass off every week since July and then all of a sudden………………..Throw an game to be better prepared to make a run at a Super Bowl ?
I do not see how that could possibly help get your mind right to play better football in the post season. Hell, a loss during the regular season does not guarantee a Super Bowl win !! And, winning all your games does not guarantee a Super Bowl win but I feel winning breeds winning and thats the way it is suppose to be. Now, I think if you win out and get the big head (New England, Indianapolis) and get to thinking your better than everybody else is the prime set up to fail. I dont see the Saints getting vain (Yet). I see a team that is focused and playing one game at a time with their focus on wins and the rest will take care of itself

but the question will always be, should the starters try to win or let the 2nd string have a shot? The players will always play as hard as they can to win I believe. So will the coaches. It’s their job to help the team win and if you’re taking games off, you get cut(from the team’s roster not literally like your teammates cut your finger off although that could happen). Dave, I disagree with you to some extent about "Our main goal is to win every single regular season game." I think, in the regular season, it is. The ultimate goal is of course to win a SB but the best way to get there, is winning every single game. So, to some extent, the main goal is to win every game you play, including the regular season. If you never lose a game in a season, you win a SB.

from a will to win……19-0

Being a fierce competitor and watching your team lose a game??!?! I’d have a hard time with that. I guess I could live with it, but… The only thing worse would be to go onto the field being told to throw the game! I’ll betcha, right now, with the Colts and a new coach that Peyton’s beggin’ him. Payoda strikes again, “let the players decide”.

Don’t change a thing.
If a player is hurt, then rest that player.
If we are winning a game in a blowout, take out the starters.
Otherwise keep the mojo flowing and continue the same strategy that got us to 13-0.
We’ve already secured a first round bye to rest players before the playoffs. Let’em chase history—they’ve earned it.
You wouldn’t pull a pitcher in the midst of a perfect game in the 9th inning just because he might injure his arm and the team has already secured a playoff spot. Why stop the Saints from going 19-0?

Play all who are healthy until a winning lead is established. What honor is there in holding back? Is it not better to go down fighting then be beaten while hoding back. General Patton always advocated pushing forward an keeping the pressure on the ememy. He also did not sit back and watch his troops, he led them whenever he could. Do you think that General Brees wants to watch the battle from the sidelines? Or Majors Colston, Henderson and Meachem want to watch. What about Captains Bell, Thomas and Bush… get the point. Allow those who are healthy the opportunity to fulfill their glorious destiny on the field. If they go down, then the go down in action. Who Dat !!