My point is not that I dislike the guy, my point is exactly what I said previously. He is injury prone. My statement about “coughing” was an intentional overstatement on my part to emphasize the fact that he has started 7 games and has 3 significant injuries in the NFL and that’s not even talking about his college days. The guy can’t remain healthy.

My point about you being “overly generous” was made because it seemed to me, at least early in the conversation, that you were trying to explain away his injuries as if he wasn’t injury prone. You’ve since clarified that so I stand corrected, but I’m not trying to tear the guy up I just think he can’t stay healthy.

btw, if it’s any help I think the same thing about my own qb, Aaron Rodgers. I’m terrified that he can’t finish a season either. We’ll have to see what happens.

If you like the guy and hope he succeeds, and your only point is that he’s injury prone, why throw out stuff like “the only thing I’m surprised at is that it was an actual hit that hurt him rather than him just coughing too hard”? And why state that I’m being “overly generous to him” about his injuries, when no one would play through the stuff he’s gone through?

I’ve never said he’s not injury prone… all I’ve said is he sure seems to have a case of bad luck in getting hit and frequently coming up hurt.

You should know better than to assume what I’m implying. I like Brodie. I hope he succeeds. He’s a strong believer from the SEC and so I want to see him do well. I absolutely am not implying that he’s a whining wimp. I am certainly implying that he is injury prone. There’s a huge difference.

I’m a big Ken Griffey Jr. fan. I love watching him play. He’s a tough guy who plays well. Unfortunately, over the past 6 years, I’ve gotten to the point where I expect him to be injured over and over – the same with Mike Sweeney who I also like – and it has nothing to do with them being whiny or a wimp, it’s just a physical reality.

I’ll take your word on the red zone philosophy and I agree that you should be pleased about the showing, but I’m not even close to with you on Brodie.

While today might have been an injury that anyone would have experienced, it was just a matter of time. I’ve been watching Brodie since he was a senior in high school in Rainbow City, AL. He was a pretty heralded guy because of his father and so I followed him and he’s been prone to injuries since then. I think you’re being overly generous to him, but that’s just my opinion.

Of course, behind this offensive line, I’m not sure ANY QB will make it through an entire season. That’s where a running QB like Thigpen makes loads of sense.

In regard to LJ… he’d gone nowhere all day. He got one rush in the goal line situation, and, predictably, got about 1 yard.

Like I said, out of the four plays they called, the first one was the only one where they really gave themselves a chance. It was a nicely thrown jump ball to Dwayne Bowe… hit him in the hands and he dropped it. They should have went back to him three more times… he would have come down with it once for sure. Big mismatch there with the CB… he outsized him by quite a bit.

Oh well… bottom line is no one expected them to even come close to giving New England a game. Can’t be too upset at losing by 7 on the road to a team that’s now won 19 in a row in the regular season.

I’ve got to admit that Croyle getting injured makes me shake my head. The Chiefs really should have expected that. The only thing I’m surprised at is that it was an actual hit that hurt him rather than him just coughing too hard.

The 4 plays at the end zone intrigue me, though. I like that the Chiefs were willing to put it into the air there, but as I understand it (I couldn’t watch since I was at church) they threw 4 straight times. Is that correct? If so, while the throwing is a nice addition after last year, it seems to me that LJ should have at least gotten a look, don’t you think?

All things considered, I’m with you, it was a bit of a surprise to me.