Football is a naturally tough sport to play, and therefore the conventional logic is to try and get your players as healthy as possible for the playoffs. That usually means trying your best to earn a first-round bye in the playoffs as one of the top two seeds, which the Los Angeles Rams did with a 13-3 regular season record. For star running back Todd Gurley, who sat out the last two games of the year with a knee injury, he’ll be even more rested.
But of course this brings up the age old argument of whether the bye week really does help players with the rest, or if it brings too much rust when the team comes out for the divisional round.