The answer to that question is easy, it will become like the basketball version of March Madness. Regular season does not count as long as you win enough to get into the playoffs. Taking a game off to rest your players at the end of the year, sure why not, we are a lock for the playoffs.
Why do you think that? There are a lot more basketball games and by default mean less. There are only 12 or 13 games in football.