Because you're siting one example as proof of his overall mentality on the field. This is especially unfair considering players across the NFL don't give 100% on every play, including players on your team.
He's the new guy on your team and you're targeting him as the problem when it's communication breakdowns across the defense that have them playing so lousy.
All I'm trying to point out is that he GAVE UP ON THIS ONE PLAY!! I didn't think that was such a disputable or contestable statement.
I can somewhat respect responses of "this is not normally his style" because honestly I haven't studied him enough. If your disagreement is with me trying to insinuate that I'm blaming Gilmore for the secondary's communication problem then you are mistaken (read through my posts again, I don't try to make that claim).
It was simply meant as.....
OP: We should applaud Butler's effort in playing each play to the end (and then some).
Me: Good point, in fact, here's a play I came across recently of someone inexplicably quitting in the middle of a play despite being in a position to make an attempt.
(instead of a 'ya, that was odd' we have)
Crowd:
You don't know physics.
Would you rather he wait until Monday to berate his teammates?
Stop picking on the new guy.
You're naïve if you think players ever give up on plays.
Don't interpret any other agenda but to point out that he gave up on a play. Has he before or since, I don't know. I feel like I'm in the twilight zone that you people continue to defend his actions on that play despite such overwhelming evidence that he quit on the play. So either you are such huge homers that you defend anything a current Pats player does or has done, or you are trolling.
Let's take a page from "A Time to Kill" and do this..........
Watch that play again, and now, imagine the player is wearing a Cleveland Browns uniform and is not a current or former Pat player, would you STILL feel the same way?
