I’m coming around on my original theory on the decision to sit bulger/ start green. I thought it was to rekindle the relationship between green and saunders, but watching parts of the first half today, I think it was much more about trying to artificially create a sense of ‘urgency’ in the clubhouse. there were a lot of moves made this week to shake up the clubhouse, but only half of them were what could be called ‘football moves.’ the rest are more ‘motivational moves,’ i think.

motivational moves, knocking down a prominent veteran in order to put the fear of losing in the back of everyone’s mind:
- sitting bulger for green
- cutting fakhir brown after only one game

football moves:
- start avery, sit hall
- start ryan, sit glover (though this might be another example of knocking down a vet to wake up a squad)
- start adeyanju, sit hall
- start draft, sit culbertson

perhaps the most astounding football move was feeding jackson as many touches as we did, even after his public tirade. credit linehan or saunders for not being petty and removing the only credible shot we had at actually winning the game.

so, if linehan is gone, his ‘message’ move goes with him. i’d expect bulger back.