Stick A Fork In Them! Westbrook and LT Are Done!

First up, we have LaDainian Tomlinson. TBO and discussed before the 2009 football season, LT was done. And what did he do- he put up career low numbers. Don't get me wrong, LT is a HOF player right now. But also at this exact moment, is a below league average player. His YPC has steadily declined from 5.2 in 2006, to a meager 3.3 in 2009. And logically his yards from scrimmage has declined steadily- not even reaching 900 this year. Sure, his TD totals have not declined, but as I've proven (as have many others), TD's are not a sign of a player's talent- they are just a sign of how good the team is at getting towards the red zone to begin with.

This decline should be no surprise. LT has just been a beast throughout his entire career and throughout most it, he's had not had a very good offensive line. This constant abuse on a RBs body just takes a toll. While I'm sure LT still has the same vision of which hole to hit and whatnot, he doesn't have the physical ability to use his speed to hit the hole like he used to. For anyone that has watched LT this year, they can tell you that he just looks slow and he looks washed up as well.

Next, we have Brian Westbrook. Westbrook is done for a different reason. He's not done because he can't produce anymore- he's done because he is so injury riddled. Westbrook has never played in 16 games in a season. Last year, he only played in 8. Most of those injuries was due to the two concussions- in the same week. Ask any doctor, or med student, or anyone who's seen SportsCenter during Westbrook' s injury- you know that having two concussions that close in a row probably means that Westbrook will develop early onset dementia. I'm not trying to be a jerk or insensitive, but the link between football players with a lot of concussions and diseases like early onset dementia and Alzheimer's are just staggering.

Westbrook could probably still play well if he's healthy and on the field. He still has a 4.5 YPC this year and still had 25 catches in 8 games (which falls right along with his career numbers). But the reason I say Westbrook is done, because for the sake of his long term health- he should retire.

With that being said I will leave you with a FJM-esque closing about what I heard two kids talking about at the gym yesterday

Dude, Matt Forte sucks. We need to have a veteran leadership in the locker room. We need to have a guy like LT to take the load off of Forte. I bet the Chargers just cut LT to make cap room and LT is still good and he just needs a change of scenery.

Even Steve Phillips have never made me angrier than this comment. Literally every single word was just wrong or utterly stupid.
1) Forte doesn't suck- his offensive line is bad (but I can see why people believe this after the season Forte had so I'll let this one slide)
2) Veteran leadership? Really? No, what the Bears really need are grinders and guy who wants to win!
3) Why do the Bears did a guy to take the load off of Forte? With that awful offensive line, is giving another RB- probably one inferior to Forte really going to help anything?
4) Even if you do believe in a two RB set (even though it's completely unnecessary- see last year: Tennessee, Jacksonville, Green Bay, Minnesota), having an old guy with no speed in front of an awful offensive line will not take the load off of Forte- it'll just be another player who gets two yards on a bubble screen
5) Yes the Chargers did cut LT to make cap room, because WHY PAY FOR A PLAYER WHO SUCKS!
6) As mentioned in point 4- LT does not need a change of scenery. He either needs to retire to keep his dignity in tact- or sign with a team like Indy or New England in hopes to get a ring sitting on the bench a la Adam Morrison.