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<blockquote data-quote="Squints" data-source="post: 826089" data-attributes="member: 822"><p>Dude you have no idea what you're talking about. Drew Bledsoe was not out for the year after the Mo Lewis hit. He was medically cleared to play less then two months after the injury (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011114024046/http://www.nfl.com/ce/feature/0,3783,4518621,00.html" target="_blank">Source</a>) and played in the AFC Championship game that year when Brady got hurt. <a href="https://www.footballdb.com/games/boxscore/new-england-patriots-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-2002012701" target="_blank">Here's the box score.</a></p><p></p><p>Here's a quote from Bledsoe himself from an <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/bledsoe-took-while-to-wear-36-ring" target="_blank">SI article</a> about the whole thing. Emphasis mine:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Are you going to sit here and tell me Bill Belichick isn't a coach worth his salt? Give me a break.</p><p></p><p>If you want another example how about Jim Harbaugh keeping Colin Kaepernick as the starting QB when Alex Smith had recovered from his concussion in 2012. They only went to the Super Bowl that year. Or Justin Herbert taking over for Tyrod Taylor after his lung puncture by the Chargers' team doctor and never giving the job back. How about Matt Nagy refusing to comment if Andy Dalton will remain the starting QB once his knee is healed if Justin Fields plays well during his absence. This is all from the top of my head. It happens. All. The. Time.</p><p></p><p><strong>EDIT:</strong> Just thought of another one. Tyrod Taylor again. Gets hurt and Baker Mayfield takes over. He starts for the rest of the season even after Tyrod Taylor is healthy.</p><p></p><p>Imagine how many times its happened to positions that don't have the media spotlight on them and you had no idea. Hell, Raheem Mostert only got starting getting carries on the 49ers because three guys ahead of him on the depth chart got hurt. By the time the end of the year came around two of those guys were healthy and Mostert was still the starting running back and they were on the bench. I don't recall hearing anyone bringing up issues losing your job to injury at the time. Weird.</p><p></p><p>So on one hand we've got a bunch of fans on message boards/social media who most likely topped out playing high school ball and some sports media talking heads. And on the other we've got the actions of coaches at the highest level of the sport and a guy who this actually happened to. Yea I know who I'm going with. It's lip service. If those who cite the cliche were being honest they'd say the last part that's typically omitted: "You don't lose your job to injury, <strong>unless you're losing it to someone better than you.</strong>"</p><p></p><p>And for the record, I did play team sports growing up. I'm just not naive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Squints, post: 826089, member: 822"] Dude you have no idea what you're talking about. Drew Bledsoe was not out for the year after the Mo Lewis hit. He was medically cleared to play less then two months after the injury ([URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20011114024046/http://www.nfl.com/ce/feature/0,3783,4518621,00.html']Source[/URL]) and played in the AFC Championship game that year when Brady got hurt. [URL='https://www.footballdb.com/games/boxscore/new-england-patriots-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-2002012701']Here's the box score.[/URL] Here's a quote from Bledsoe himself from an [URL='https://www.si.com/nfl/patriots/news/bledsoe-took-while-to-wear-36-ring']SI article[/URL] about the whole thing. Emphasis mine: Are you going to sit here and tell me Bill Belichick isn't a coach worth his salt? Give me a break. If you want another example how about Jim Harbaugh keeping Colin Kaepernick as the starting QB when Alex Smith had recovered from his concussion in 2012. They only went to the Super Bowl that year. Or Justin Herbert taking over for Tyrod Taylor after his lung puncture by the Chargers' team doctor and never giving the job back. How about Matt Nagy refusing to comment if Andy Dalton will remain the starting QB once his knee is healed if Justin Fields plays well during his absence. This is all from the top of my head. It happens. All. The. Time. [B]EDIT:[/B] Just thought of another one. Tyrod Taylor again. Gets hurt and Baker Mayfield takes over. He starts for the rest of the season even after Tyrod Taylor is healthy. Imagine how many times its happened to positions that don't have the media spotlight on them and you had no idea. Hell, Raheem Mostert only got starting getting carries on the 49ers because three guys ahead of him on the depth chart got hurt. By the time the end of the year came around two of those guys were healthy and Mostert was still the starting running back and they were on the bench. I don't recall hearing anyone bringing up issues losing your job to injury at the time. Weird. So on one hand we've got a bunch of fans on message boards/social media who most likely topped out playing high school ball and some sports media talking heads. And on the other we've got the actions of coaches at the highest level of the sport and a guy who this actually happened to. Yea I know who I'm going with. It's lip service. If those who cite the cliche were being honest they'd say the last part that's typically omitted: "You don't lose your job to injury, [B]unless you're losing it to someone better than you.[/B]" And for the record, I did play team sports growing up. I'm just not naive. [/QUOTE]
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