What do people really expect out of Lindley or Thomas? If anything, this move back to Lindley tells me Arians just isn't looking to get the playoffs started, and be damned what seed we are. He still wants to win in the case StL can beat Seattle or if Detroit can beat GB too.
I really don't get this whole attitude with fans around here. We are down to 4th string QB. 3rd string RB. Half the defense is injured. No matter what happens (and I haven't given up on winning it all), I will be proud and amazed as to the coaching job Arians did. And the way Kiem handled getting players in here this year. The sad fact is, its just out of our hands as to the injuries we got this year..
I like this post, but I don't think people expected more out of Lindley (or Thomas). I think he did exactly what many of us expected and that's the problem.
When Stanton went down--and frankly even before then--there were a lot of posts, not even asking whether we should bring a vet in, but who that vet would be.
It was merely assumed BA and Keim would bring in someone more competent. To bring in Lindley, my God Lindley, and to roll with Logan after that, just seems like a serious mistake given the nature and importance of the Seattle game, and frankly every remaining game.
That Seattle game was the biggest, most important, game we've had here in years. To roll with Ryan Lindley in a game of that magnitude was a serious mistake. And it's not even a mistake in hindsight, people knew it was a bad decision ahead of time.
And yes, perhaps you don't acquire a new QB the week before the game, but longtime football fans expected us to get another QB the minute Palmer went down, so at least you acclimate them to the team, just in case Stanton went down, which is what happened.
Nobody's hating on the team, nobody is hating on BA. But he's human and so is Keim and to a lot of people that was a grave mistake.
I also believe there's a large part of this that is just playoff related in BA's mind. He knows more about football than everyone on this forum combined, so it's difficult to second guess. Won't stop me though, that's why we're here.
