dgack
10-20-2007, 01:46 AM
I think the idea that Lloyd is a great (or even better than mediocre) receiver who we're simply letting languish on our bench because he's offended Joe's Puritan sense of decency is maybe one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard.
But, even if it were true, I think it takes guts and the kind of stature that Gibbs has to take that stand and keep that guy firmly in the doghouse until he puts his team first, sending a message to all the other knuckleheads in the lockerroom what has to happen if you want to be a starting Redskin.
Not doing this, and letting the inmates run the asylum, is how a team can turn into, say, the Cincinnati Bengals. And this, from a guy I totally respect in Marvin Lewis, which makes it twice as painful. On the flip side, even though it cost them games, and even though I hate them as a team, I totally respect the Eagles for cutting TO loose at a time when they needed his skills most.
But, really, arguing in favor of Brandon Lloyd at this point is kind of like arguing that dogshit doesn't really taste as bad as you might think. You might be right, but you sure as hell aren't going to get me to come over to your way of thinking, and most people intuitively recognize that you're dead wrong.
But, even if it were true, I think it takes guts and the kind of stature that Gibbs has to take that stand and keep that guy firmly in the doghouse until he puts his team first, sending a message to all the other knuckleheads in the lockerroom what has to happen if you want to be a starting Redskin.
Not doing this, and letting the inmates run the asylum, is how a team can turn into, say, the Cincinnati Bengals. And this, from a guy I totally respect in Marvin Lewis, which makes it twice as painful. On the flip side, even though it cost them games, and even though I hate them as a team, I totally respect the Eagles for cutting TO loose at a time when they needed his skills most.
But, really, arguing in favor of Brandon Lloyd at this point is kind of like arguing that dogshit doesn't really taste as bad as you might think. You might be right, but you sure as hell aren't going to get me to come over to your way of thinking, and most people intuitively recognize that you're dead wrong.