OttoinGrotto
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From Simmons' playoff mailbag on Grantland:
Q: I just spent the past 4 years playing defense for a college team that couldn’t score. It’s a demoralizing experience. You know you are probably only getting 3 plays off. Maybe 6 if you’re lucky. You’re constantly paranoid about having to defend a short field because of an erroneous turnover. You feel that if you can’t protect a 7-0 lead you’re going to lose. So I can understand the psychological toll that playing defense for Ryan freakin Lindley against the Seahawks has on a person. At least when Stanton plays, Arizona believes they can win. With Lindley or Logan Thomas at quarterback, there’s no hope. I don’t want to diminish Seattle’s accomplishment in Week 16, but they did not destroy a great defense; they beat up a progressively mentally defeated defense.
—Jake, Boston
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Q: I just spent the past 4 years playing defense for a college team that couldn’t score. It’s a demoralizing experience. You know you are probably only getting 3 plays off. Maybe 6 if you’re lucky. You’re constantly paranoid about having to defend a short field because of an erroneous turnover. You feel that if you can’t protect a 7-0 lead you’re going to lose. So I can understand the psychological toll that playing defense for Ryan freakin Lindley against the Seahawks has on a person. At least when Stanton plays, Arizona believes they can win. With Lindley or Logan Thomas at quarterback, there’s no hope. I don’t want to diminish Seattle’s accomplishment in Week 16, but they did not destroy a great defense; they beat up a progressively mentally defeated defense.
—Jake, Boston
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
