At this time, all we've been exposed to with respect to C-MIke is that, according to Linehan and Garrett, he's acquitting himself impressively in practice. Realistically, practice is just practice, whereas live games are really another animal altogether. It's nice to hear how good he looks in practice but it means little or nothing now.
If he's doing that well, you'd think the staff would be willing to allow him to prove it when and where it really matters. It might be fairly satisfying to see how much actual progress he's made if given the opportunity to demonstrate as much. Could it be we're merely being fed what the staff perceives we'd like to hear?
Let's hope JG and Linehan will see fit to offer some measure of proof of their credibility and afford Michael the benefit of the doubt that he's really what they claim. This offense sorely needs to stay on the field a reasonable amount of time. The defense can't be allowed to stay on the field for the number of minutes they did last week. Otherwise, we can expect them to be exposed to being worn down to a frazzle, like they were last Sunday.
Note to Garrett and Linehan -- let's show some boldness and while you're at it, you might dare to go downfield in the passing game every now and then, if for no other reason than to keep opposing defenses honest.
