From a lead, product manager position yes. When I know what is coming down the pipe I can push the rework backlog items in a prior sprint, so that things don't

From a lead, product manager position yes. When I know what is coming down the pipe I can push the rework backlog items in a prior sprint, so that things don't get difficult for the following sprints feature set. It does work assuming my pipeline is consistent and not at a tail chasing stage.