Undefeated

With both the Saints and the Colts opening their seasons 13-0 and threatening to go undefeated there has been quite a discussion as to whether the teams should go for every win or pull back their players and just focus on being healthy for the playoffs. Add to this, the annual discussion of whether resting players for the last few weeks of the year leads to sloppy playoff performances and you get quite the range of opinion.
My take? If you can have a perfect season I think you have to go for it. Not to the point of risking players who really aren't healthy enough to play or anything like that but absent extreme health risks, you play hard throughout. You simply owe it to your players to be a part of history.
You probably owe it to the fans, too. Imagine being a Saints fan. Your team has had some small success at times but never a break out year. This year they have a chance at being historic. They will always remember a 16-0 team, 13-3 or 14-2, not so much. With everything that the New Orleans has been through and all the doubt on the future of the team, they need to be as special as they can be.
The Colts are in a different boat but I think it leads to the same place. They've been the winningest team of the 00's and won the Super Bowl just a couple of years back. It's been a good time for them. If you were a Colts fan wouldn't you want them to go for 19-0? Man, I would.

(Note, I'm a fantasy football player and this is playoff time for us but it's unlikely that either teams decisions would effect me very much.)