Commissioner says his championship opponent MUST start Rams Defense tonight.

My buddy is in his work league finals. He's playing against the league commissioner. Going into Sunday Night football my friend had Burden and the Rams defense with his opponent having Jake Tonges. After the game my friend is up 134 to 131 and he benches the Rams defense guaranteeing he wins. The commissioner approaches him at work and tells him he *has* to start the Rams defense tonight because he's not allowed to not start a full lineup. The chance of losing by having the Rams to give up 35+ with no sacks and takeaways is very unlikely, but that's still an absolutely insane thing to ask from the commish, no?