Perhaps you'd like to point out where I said that?
I've looked at a few threads... turns out you didn't actually say it anywhere... in fact, other than some criticism of Collins, you seem pretty optimistic, so an appology is in order...
In my defense, when I said:
OK, OK... nice thread... Great post... but, I'm telling you, dude... you're going to need a whole forum for the bodies falling from the bus
you responded:
So should we kick Gibbs off the bandwagon, too? On TV Gibbs called the game "awful", so I'm inclined to go with what he says. Yes, it's preseason, and no, it doesn't count for jack, but it could've been better; that's all anyone is saying.
That certainly looks like a defense of the Chicken Little faction, to me. The fact is, your assertion that "it could've been better" is all anyone is saying is just not true. A quick scan of the posts on Monday reveals no shortage of "OMG THE WORLD IS ENDING" posts.
The truth is that this is just another preseason game that we "lost", as happens far more often than not under JG. He's going to play "vanilla", knowing that most other coaches will actually try to win. If he can win playing "vanilla", then great... if not... oh well.
Gibbs was surely disappointed that none of the backup O-linemen stepped up to the plate. It is surely disappointed that K Carter was lost, and C Clemmons will be out for a while. He is surely worried that he really won't know how Portis is until he sees him stuff a blitzing backer (where his shoulder injury would most affect his play...) like he did on the same play where he was injured (that was an awesome block)
OTOH, I suspect he is equally pleased that Brandon Lloyd does, indeed, have hands coated with glue, that Jason Campbell is coming along nicely, that Mike Espy appears to be a real receiver, that the investment in Robert "the body" McCune appears to be paying off, and that Rocky McIntosh was the right call in the second round.
But, Gibbs is a paranoid poker player. You will never see his hand until the games count. BH correcly notes that JG can accurately be called "the biggest sandbagger on the planet". That's why there is a thread on this board questioning the legitimacy of Portis' injury.
