You don’t get any Lombardis for beating a team at full strength during the regular season.
The whole point of this thing is getting the best playoff seeding, then winning all your playoff games including the SB.
We had a cupcake schedule in 1999 when we won our only SB. Nobody cares who we played during the regular season or if the were at full strength when we played them.
We play enough tough games this year, why add more stress to the schedule?
~ max ~
“The consciousness of good intentions disdains ambiguity.” - Alexander Hamilton