Brewhouse Bias – Start 'Em, Sit 'Em, Shut Up

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There sure is a lot of things to be thankful for in the world. Our health, our families, our jobs, our safety and security provided by our armed forces and I could go on and on. See, I’m a “glass half full” guy. Maybe it’s the entrepreneur in me that always sees the good in every situation or “learning potential” in every negative situation. I guess that’s why I get so sick of hearing about “the perfect season” and what “we” should do with our starters at this time of year.

First, the easy part. This isn’t a “we” situation. You aren’t the boss, the owner or the players – you actually have no say in this scenario at all. Sure, we are going to here everyone’s theory from Kravitz to Dungy to Dan Patrick and more. But, as I’m accustomed to telling people, “Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and most of them stink.”

Maybe it is because I used to sit in a dome called “The Hoosier Dome,” as I would drive South on I-69 past “Deer Creek,” to games in the early 90’s where the “fans” were loud on offense and crickets could be heard when we were on defense. Guess we just needed a guy like Manning to wave the crowd down instead of Jeff George flipping them off. I can remember dreadful seasons year after year of not even sniffing the playoffs.

Now, I really hope the fans of Indianapolis truly appreciate greatness while they are living through it. I would even claim to be guilty to not truly appreciate what kind of organization Polian runs, Caldwell coaches and Manning leads down the field. Don’t get me wrong, I love it; but, I will bet in 10 or 20 years I’ll look back and say, “wow, remember when…” Don’t you think people did that in the era of Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan or Joe Montana? Hindsight is always 20/20, isn’t it?

I digress. I guess, the point of my post here today is to simply appreciate what we have… another clinched home field advantage THROUGHOUT the playoffs by week 13. Who cares whether our players sit or suit up? Sure, I would love to take Mercury Morris’ bottle of champagne and crack it over the top of his head after we went undefeated and won the Super Bowl. But, I’d take a Super Bowl win and an imperfect season over a playoff loss, due to a week 15 injury, with a perfect 16-0 record, wouldn’t you? (And, please don’t reply with a comment that we draft so well we can just bring in the next best player to fill an injury… or, I’ll smack you in the face with the argument of “Who is the next best QB to Peyton on our bench?”)

Yes, I have seen what happens when we sit our guys and then try to ramp back up for the playoffs. But, I’m going to leave that decision to the leaders that just got us to 13 and 0. I’m going to assume they know just a little more about what they are doing than this dipshit blogger named Scotty Wise.