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[QUOTE=Slapstick;563712]I'm saying he wasn't a huge difference maker...Ben still ended up getting hurt...we still went 8-8...[/QUOTE]
by that logic, Pouncey was also not a huge difference maker...?? Ben still ended up getting hurt and we still went 8-8... so, we can let him go, too...
obviously, that's not true, but, my point is that's a weak argument. dude, he came off the street... and STARTED... he may not have been a stud, but, apparently, the guy he replaced was BAD at that time and it wasn't even close (or you don't call Max; you just take your growning pains expecting him to be even or better by year's end).
Simply put -- Each game, there are 22 guys (plus special teams) who each contribute in some way to each win.. his contribution made a difference. maybe not a super bowl difference, but, it made a difference. You're talking about taking an 8-8 team and making them weaker, by [I][B]some [/B][/I]degree...
Let's hope the young guys have grown significantly in one year and are better than him, by a [B][I]bigger [/I][/B]degree....
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[QUOTE=SteelerOfDeVille;563718]by that logic, Pouncey was also not a huge difference maker...?? Ben still ended up getting hurt and we still went 8-8... so, we can let him go, too...
obviously, that's not true, but, my point is that's a weak argument. dude, he came off the street... and STARTED... he may not have been a stud, but, apparently, the guy he replaced was BAD at that time and it wasn't even close (or you don't call Max; you just take your growning pains expecting him to be even or better by year's end).
Simply put -- Each game, there are 22 guys (plus special teams) who each contribute in some way to each win.. his contribution made a difference. maybe not a super bowl difference, but, it made a difference. You're talking about taking an 8-8 team and making them weaker, by [I][B]some [/B][/I]degree...
Let's hope the young guys have grown significantly in one year and are better than him, by a [B][I]bigger [/I][/B]degree....[/QUOTE]
A weak argument? Like, "We could have been 6-10?"
It's all conjecture...
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[QUOTE=Slapstick;563730]A weak argument? Like, "We could have been 6-10?"
It's all conjecture...[/QUOTE]
we would not have been as good is not conjetcure. how much worse is the question.
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[QUOTE=SteelerOfDeVille;563733]we would not have been as good is not conjetcure. how much worse is the question.[/QUOTE]
Mmmmkay....