It takes an NBA or NHL team 16 wins in the playoffs to win their respective titles. Those are exciting playoffs. The NFL season is 16 games. Week 1 in NFL is already crunch time. Every game counts in the NFL. Playoff implications right from the get go.
Every game counts in NBA and such too⊠some say they donât but they honestly do. First you have to make it to the playoffs. But yes, once you get into the playoffs, the regular season doesnât matter to those trying to beat the others in the playoffs.
I know for NBA teams, sometimes it takes a half a season for a team to really mesh and play well together, especially for the new additions after some departed. So yeah, every game counts, itâs all a building process to win it all.
If every game counted in the NBA, then Popovich would not have set the trend of benching several star/key players in order to save them for the playoffs. And there would not be talk about reducing the 82 game NBA regular season schedule. M2c. Yes, technically they all âcountâ, but its not a top of list priority to win every game, where as in the NFL, the number one priority is to win every game, no matter the cost. You will never see a NFL player ârestedâ for a week in the middle of the season. Every game truly matters in the NFL.
Well, if they know theyâre already in the playoffs, this is part of the overall strategy to rest his best players. So yes, having more games makes coaches flexible in how they play their best players. If Popovich was a game behind the 8th seed with just a few games before the playoffs, you bet your ass heâs not benching his best players.
And letâs not compare NFL vs NBA. NFLâers get almost a week off between all games, so they get their rest. Iâm willing to bet most of those NFLâers couldnât last a quarter in back to back games in the NBA or the weeks they have 4 to 5 games in such a short stretch. 
NBA is almost constant running for 48 minutes when theyâre on the court. They donât get minute long breaks between plays. Two totally different sports, canât really compare them against one another in terms of how theyâre played and how players are rested, etc.
Also consider, NBA doesnât change out the players when they swap between offense and defense. Players in NBA play bothâŠ
That was my point. Those resting stars, get rested even early in the season when no one has made the playoffs. Most stars dont play back to back games, even early in the season. Eg. Raptors and Kawhi, last season. Kawhi sat out, for rest, on Oct.20, Oct.29 of last season. There was no way the Raptors knew they would be in the playoffs only a few weeks into the season. And Kawhi is not the only star to employ this resting strategy, that Pop introduced to the league 10-15 years ago.
Itâs all strategy though. If NBA played one game a week, no one would get resteds. Still canât use that as argument in my opinion. If itâs a game they think they can win without their star player or if they know they might already lose, might as well rest your best for the bigger games that do matter more. But yes, 82 games gives them more flexibility but the regular season games still count, theyâre just allowed to lose a few more or work strategies around opponents, etc.
Fair enough. I can see your point when it pertains to an overall strategy. Sometimes you do have to lose the battle in order to win the war.
ExactlyâŠ
However, lol, the strategy of losing the âbattleâ does not exist in the NFL. Every game is a must win mentality (with the odd exception of a team being able to rest players in the last game of the season, only if that game has no playoff standings implications, which is quite rare. And even in those rare cases, the stars still may play the first half, to stay in step). Cheers, Poyo.
Yup. I was just trying to bring up the argument when people claim the regular season doesnât count (not the NFL but other sports), because it does. Without a good regular season in the NBA or MLB, they wonât even make it to the playoffs or if they do, they wonât get far. NFL being such a small amount of games, every game does count (unless like you said, perhaps theyâre guaranteed top seed going into the playoffs and can potentially lose a game by resting their best players).
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Think the spoiled brat becomes a Redskin or Patriot by 4PM? If heâs off the Raiders by 4PM his guaranteed money is gone. (Not sure which time zone the 4PM deadline applies to)
Heâs a free agent now free to sign with another team at 4:01 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Itâs a one-year deal worth up to $15 million with a $9 million signing bonus.
FML. Bradys receiving corp is AB, Josh Gordon, DT and Edelman. Jesus murphy. And now NE has the Raiders playbook. Not that that matters. Its not easy being a RAIDERS fan. 
Redskins Week 1 Inactive List:
RB Adrian Peterson
TE Jordan Reed
QB Colt McCoy
CB Fabian Moreau
OL Ross Pierschbacher
OL Wes Martin
DL Treyvon Hester
Fire Gruden right now!!! If he canât figure out something as simple as a run heavy attack featuring two tremendous backs then he needs to go. Looks like weâre well on our way to 6-10. I can see AP wanting his release next week!!!
Problem with the Redskins goes beyond the coaching. Getting a new owner is the only way to make the Redskins relevant once again.
Today and yesterday itâs ALL coaching. He just told the Eagles they donât have to worry about a healthy fresh and motivated AP appearing in the game late in the 3rd quarter or early 4th to spell the 2nd year rookie playing his first game that hasnât had more than a halves snaps the entire preseason.
If this isnât a huge offensive blowout win heâs going to look like a complete idiot!!! How do you not put together a run first attack behind this line expecting 50-60 touches a game?
GO GIANTS!..in about two yearsâŠmaybe three.
Scary Terry for 70 yard touchdown!!!
Grudenâs winning me back with a 17-0 start. 