Ok, first let's be honest.
It's hard to think of a time when the All Blacks have been further ahead of the rest of the world than they are at this very moment.
In another point of honesty, we are so far ahead of the pack that we could literally send an All Black D side to Europe on the End of Year Tour with basically a whole new team and still wipe the floor clean with the 'Northern Raiders'.
So… Along the same line of thinking that has seen us dominate the rest of the world for so long, why don't we send an experimental side north for the end of year tour?
Should we wrap up the tier 1 world record on Saturday against the Wallabies at Eden Park (and all signs point to an overwhelming affirmative on that front), there is no point sending a full strength team to North America and Europe to take on the rugby powerhouses of Ireland, France and Italy.
I've been of the view for a very long time that there is nothing to gain by sending a full strength All Black side to the Northern Hemisphere for a month-long tour after a very long season that stretches back to the end of February.
If we were coming against the more challenging nations of Wales and England (loosely used expression there) then I could possibly see a point.
Whether starting or on the bench, TJ Perenara has become a vital part of this All Blacks side (Getty)
However, there's a lot more to gain if we sent a shell consisting of the likes of Owen Franks, the Saveas, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett and Malakai Fekitoa and filled the rest of the side with fringe players or 'bolters'.
I'd really be intrigued to see how fringe players like Nathan Harris, Kane Hames, Ofa Tuungafasi, Patrick Tuipolotu, Elliot Dixon, Liam Squire, Seta Tamanivalu and Damian McKenzie would cope with the workload of a month straight of international rugby and the stress of a tour.
Similarly, it would be interesting to see more than just one or two bolters chosen for the tour and at the end of the day; it would be just reward for those form players from the domestic tournament.
Such players from the Mitre 10 Cup could include Augustine Pulu, Tom Franklin, Ash Dixon, Jordie Barrett, Rieko Ioane and Michael Little.
We'd not only get a gauge of how these players would perform in the black jersey but expose them to the pressures of international rugby early in their careers, making it a lot easier if they became first choice All Blacks in the future.
Jordie Barrett has been very impressive for Canterbury in the Mitre 10 Cup (Getty)
If you consider how much rugby the players that will be lining up against the Wallabies on Saturday have played this year then the idea of introducing a number of bolters into the side makes even more sense.
The likes of Dane Coles, Brodie Retallick, Jerome Kaino, Kieran Read, Aaron and Ben Smith have either suffered niggling injuries during the season or played a lot of rugby.
And after sealing the World Cup, clean sweeping Wales in June and playing a perfect Rugby Championship, there doesn't seem to be a better time to rest our best.
When it came to managing player workload so that players with plenty of game time would still be fresh for their Northern Hemisphere End of Year Tour, All Blacks Coach Steve Hansen said it was an attitude factor more than anything else.
"The key thing is that you don't start talking about fatigue, you actually start talking about getting excited," he said from the team hotel in Auckland.
"We get this test and if we can do that right we've got something really exciting to look forward to, going to Chicago and our Northern Hemisphere Tour".
Perhaps it's not for a journalist to suggest what the World's best rugby (if not general sports) team should consider moving forward. However it would be fascinating to see how some of our All Black third or fourth team players would match up against a selection of the Northern Hemisphere teams.
And with an average score line of 42-14 against opponents since August 2015, the All Blacks could do with a challenge.
Proposed EOYT squad
Michael Alaalatoa, Charlie Faumuina, Owen Franks, Reggie Goodes, Kane Hames, Ofa Tuungafasi, Ash Dixon, Nathan Harris, Cody Taylor, Michael Fatialofa, Tom Franklin, Patrick Tuipolotu, Sam Cane, Elliot Dixon, Ardie Savea, Brad Shields, Liam Squire, TJ Perenara, Augustine Pulu, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Cruden, Lima Sopoaga, Jordie Barrett, Ryan Crotty, Anton Lienert Brown, Malakia Fekitoa, Michael Little, Israel Dagg, Rieko Ioane, Damian McKenzie, Waisake Naholo, Julian Savea,
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