I agree that he is. He believes it is more important to have everyone as healthy as possible for January, rather than risk players that aren't quite right for teams we should beat regardless.I agree with most of this. But I do think he's being conservative, probably because he has more faith in his defense now and doesn't mind winning 20-13 instead of 45-13. Having said that, they reported on the broadcast that the trainer cleared Achane to return. We were in a one score game but yet Achane didn't return. I hope it's because Mike believes we don't need to be at full strength to beat some of these teams and he wants to be at full strength in week 16 and on. I don't have a problem with it. I think that's a good thing that he thinks his team is so good. But, bottom line is he is being conservative with some of these returns. Nobody will be able to convince me otherwise.
Is there a risk of losing a game over it? Sure.
Is that risk worth the possible reward? To him it apparently is, and I'm fine with it. He surely has a better handle on it than do I.