ode Excellent point! I did think the same earlier. What happens if you let in a better team? Do you not want the weakest in the playoffs that you are in? If you let the better team of those 'looking to get in', in, then you got no one to blame if they come back and knock you out, but yourself. And that same team is in your own division, perhaps, as Denver is for KC.
I just find it amusing that the only defense anyone can come up with, for resting/saving starters for the playoffs, is so they do not get hurt.
How many games did they sit out, of the 16 so far, so they could play the next game????? In order to get to the playoffs. Every game counts for something, even if not for your own team.