So Bill Simmons has been touting the Chargers pretty heavily this year going so far as to pick them to represent and possibly win the Superbowl. And while I truly appreciate the support, I can not condone what he had to say regarding Marty Schottenheimer's handling of last week's game in Baltimore. Read the whole article here, but this is the Marty take:
"Anyway, I'd love to pile on Marty this week; nobody has coached more games when they resembled a Ken doll anatomically. But he did the right thing this time: Rivers wasn't quite ready for a game like that, and they couldn't kill his confidence this early in the season. So Marty kept it close to the vest and tried to protect the lead with his D (and it almost worked). I'm not killing him on that one."
Oh, please! Enough of that bullshit about Rivers not being ready. And are we supposed to believe that a loss in Baltimore would kill the career of a third year player that the organization is constantly touting as being strong, smart and resilient? Why do we assume he loses that game if we unleash him? In protecting Rivers from a potential "soul-crushing" loss, Schottenheimer could just as easily have been denying Rivers a career defining victory.
This team can win now, but not unless the coach and his staff are willing to take a risk. And is it really a risk to incorporate you second biggest playmaker more often? Where is Antonio Gates? 10 receptions in three games? He should have closer to twenty. Did Schotty not see the amazing first down effort in the first quarter? First Down makes things happen, so let's see some of that.
The blinders have to come off this Sunday night. Everybody knows the Steelers are just going to try and hang around until the end. The knife must be twisted, removed, reinserted, and twisted again early and often, damn it! Go Bolts!!!
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