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Originally Posted by Redskins8588
Like I said before, this the NFL, not HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, to win at this level you have to play the best players you have!!! You talk about a "TEAM" wouldnt you be hurting your team if you put incompentent players on the field while you bench the best player just to teach him a lesson? Sooner or later the players will turn on you!!!
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Generally speaking, you do have to put the best players on the field. However, disciplinary measures (i.e. benching a player) are a necessary evil when a player "acts out." Gibbs benched Taylor for missing a practice in the game against the Packers even though he was certainly our best safety. I think it would be "high school football" to allow a player to miss mandatory practices/camps and not punish him by benching him for a game or two.