Quitting - There's No Quitting In Football!

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I recently found myself rather engaged in a discussion on some recent events in the NFL. As most of you know, in week 16, Indianapolis decided to take a knee and sit there starters after a few moments of playing time. The problem? Well they were 14-0 and working their way towards immortality (in the NFL at least), joining the 1972 Dolphins as the only truly undefeated team in NFL history (Gotta win them all New England); when their rookie coach made the following decision.

Jim Caldwell took it upon himself to take his starting lineup out of the game. He has been criticized every way possible. How could you possibly ruin your chance at such a tremendous season? I even heard one ESPN broadcaster say that the Indianapolis Colts taught every child in that stadium that day how to QUIT. Are you serious? Ok people before I rant let me make some key points here. Indianapolis had already sealed up the #1 seed in the AFC. Quitting is not what the Colts did, Quitting is what the Detroit Lions did...oh about 7 seasons ago. It was never the goal of the Colts to have an undefeated season, but it was their goal to win the super bowl. You see the Colts have not quit, but in fact have set their self’s up to be rested and in good health for their upcoming game against the Ravens.

Quitting is based off of not completing a task that an individual or group has set out to accomplish. Since this undefeated season was not the goal, the Colts have not quit, nor have they showed others how to quit. In fact they have showed others how to be rewarded for working hard. Because of their accomplishments the Colts were given the opportunity to play to stay sharp and then rest for upcoming games. Yes, Yes I realize that some timing or momentum could be lost due to this time off, but don't kid yourself these 30'something year old men need rest. Have you seen the toll Football takes on the body?

How quickly does it take to get injured? Ask Carson Palmer, Tom Brady, Chad Pennington, Troy Aikman, or even Wes Welker to name a few. In the Colts situation, what would they do without Peyton Manning? Now that is not the purpose of this post, so I will let that one slide.

This was not quitting, don't even let your mind go there. This wasn’t even a remotely stupid coaching decision. Let the `72 Dolphins cheers, because let’s be honest the only thing that matters in the NFL is winning that trophy, and that decision very well could have helped.

~T
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