Yet Another Comment on Benching Starters

This is definitely an ongoing theme for me at the end of the NFL season. From Brett Favre:

Any regular-season game, regardless of your situation, to me is important. I look at Denver last year when they played us. They had just beat Indy the week before and sat most of their guys and didn't play all that well. I don't think they gave it much effort and then they went back the next week and got crushed by Indianapolis (in the playoffs).

I just think that the morale is better. I don't see any plusses in not playing the game to win.