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Did XL Get Benched?


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1 hour ago, Shotgun said:

The real question is why did he ever start? Cant players earn their starting position for this team? The egos of our front office must be really fragile to just pencil in starters because of draft position. Lets try to win for a change.  

Eh. Young was named captain in his 1st year before taking a snap, and some folks around here swore up and down that was the way it was done now in the NFL.

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