No. You can't. There are so many variables that factor into how tired someone gets. For instance, I am a runner. I usually run 20+ miles per week. My body is used to the schedule I keep it on. Monday is a 3 mile tempo run, Tuesday is 3-5 mile intervals, Friday is a 10+ mile distance run, ans Saturday is a recovery run of around 3 miles. I rest on Wed, Thu, and Sun. (And some Saturdays during football season) The other day I varied my schedule and ran a 2 mile tempo run on a Wed after missing the Tuesday run. 2 miles is a short run for me, and you would think with Thursday off I would have been fine. But I sucked wind all day Friday on my run and had to cut it short. It's not always the time you put in, but how hard you play the time you put in. We can keep saying they "shouldn't have" been tired, but we weren't on that field. Either way, it's still too early in the season to really gauge the D just yet. Even Pitt might not be a true test. But we'll know for sure by mid Oct where we stand.
