04-08-2019, 02:33 PM
(04-08-2019, 02:19 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Then there's always examples of the player (Thorton) going to the coaches and telling them to play the other guy, he's better (Pat Sims).
One example from over ten years ago and people still don't remember the real story. Thornton did not tell Marvin to bench him. Thornton was just getting more snaps at DE because one of our starters was injured. He told Marvin that sims could handle some more snaps inside at DT when he was playing DE.
(04-08-2019, 02:19 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: I don't think anyone is saying xx should be given the starting job over someone else,
Uh, yeah, that is EXACTLY what a ton of people here are saying all the time. Christian Westerman has never played more than 60% of the snaps in a Bengals game in his entire career yet there is a huge crowd that will tell you that he should be starting even though 2 different O-line coaches have said differently. Somehow it is "obvious" to everyone even though they have never even seen him play a full game.
