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Originally Posted by dgack
Hey, can you change your title from Brunell Hater to Betts Hater so we can get it out of our system? Seeing as how Mark isn't here to scapegoat the losses on anymore, it's the least you can do...
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Seriously...I'm skeptical of Betts. I don't know why he doesn't get any of the blame after he blew a chance to win a football game. Yeah, the D did too, how many times do I have to say that? But let's get real, you have 2 minutes on the clock, you're driving into the opponents territory, you break a run that Clinton would have scored on because he has breakaway speed, but you get run down and then proceed to put it on the ground. Was it a nice punch at the ball? Yeah. However, should you have expected it? Yeah, you probably should have. That fumble ties you for third in the league. (yup I was wrong yesterday, but I was the only one saying about stats, too) Do I think he should get cut? No. Do I think he shouldn't play? No. Is he best option the Skins have right now? Yes. If Clinton fumbled that ball would I have said that Clinton fumbled the game away? You're damn right I would have. I'm one of the few consistent people on this board. So because I think that Betts fumbling contributed to the loss (which it did) I all of a sudden Betts? No, I hate everyone's infatuation with him and the thought that the Skins are somehow better off with Ladell Betts at running back. Do I think the Skins win with Clinton in there yesterday? I don't have a clue, but I don't think he fumbles that ball.
So, all in all, shotty defense did lose that game, but I'm giving a big assist to Ladell Betts. He had a lot of yards and a couple TD's: very nice, but I'm not playing fantasy football, I wanna win games. You know when plays are made to win games? In the fourth quarter, not the early third. The Skins can't rely on that defense to hold any lead, especially not one against an offense like the Rams who can score TD's from any part of the field. Am I happy Betts fumbled? Not by any stretch of the imagination. I wish he had taken it to the house and they had crushed the Rams. However, he didn't and he did fumble the ball. That directly contributed to the loss of the football game. Does the loss hang solely on him? No. I've said that one million times. However, his stats, while pretty, seem pretty useless considering the biggest mistake of that game was made by him...