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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
I'm still here and I'll stick with my view that Barrow is still the starter once healthy.
That being said Pierce is still going to see plenty of playing time with the way Williams rotates players and packages, so being the 'starter' might be nothing more than a title.
Pierce gives us the luxury of letting Barrow get as close to 100% as possible.
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i dunno, Pierce has seemed like such a natural at this challenging position and the coaches all rave about how he should be on the field. short of going 3-4, i think maybe we should take advantage of this unearthed gem and groom Pierce into being the NEXT Mike Barrow by letting him play.
Mike Barrow is 34, how many years did we expect from him? his age and wear and tear has already stopped him this year with this absolute crawling recovery (wasn't he suppposed to play in the 2nd preseason game? thats gonna be five games ago). im starting to think its not tendonitis, but arthritis.
if Pierce steps up again this week like he's been doing every game thus far, and hunts down Tiki and stops the screen, then i think that should be the last step to number one. he'd have earned it and its better for us in the long run. and you know Gibbs doesn't care about big names or contracts, only brains, heart and results. so far Pierce has been serving up all three.