Quote:Actually, the odds of a player sticking around this long while being given an increasing amount of playing time each year and still being bad are slim. Bad players are cut, not given increasing opportunity.


The NFL is a league that has zero problem with replacing mediocre aging players with youth. The fact that teams are willing to play him over younger unproven players should tell you he knows what he is doing on the field.


Nothing has been handed to this guy. This is a guy who has had to earn his starting position by hard work and practicing his craft.


Just because you are ignorant of him as a player doesn't mean he is a bad player that somehow lucked into this position.