FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -With a playoff berth clinched, several Patriots players say they still want to play in the regular-season finale Sunday at Houston.
Coach Bill Belichick hasn’t disclosed what he’ll do, but guard Logan Mankins said if Belichick rests his starters and New England loses, ending the playoff chances of other teams, those teams put themselves in that position.
That’s what happened to the Patriots last season when they went 11-5 but needed help to make the playoffs. They didn’t get it and were home for the postseason for the first time since 2002.
But now they’re 10-5 after clinching the AFC East for the sixth time in seven years.
Seven teams, including Houston (8-7), are battling for the two AFC wild-card playoff spots.
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