No one ever said the entire team quit as a whole. That is a FACT Ric. A few players had quit and those are players who either didn't play or had their snaps greatly reduced. There are a lot of different ways to quit one of which is simply not putting out 100% effort when needed. Today was a study in who they were and who hadn't given up and did give 100% and more.
Maybe for the first time in three years Focks stopped micro managing his team and stopped playing not to lose because his fate had already been sealed. Today those guy played for Fangio and Loggains and we could all see the difference. Focks gave them no hope but their coordinators played their games today and it made a huge difference. That would seem to be a FACT as well.
I have to believe that a young kid trying to make it as a career in the NFL, is not going to quit. He has everything at stake, every time he plays. If the team he is playing on is bad, well that doesn't affect HIS effort. There may be some players who do quit (I don't doubt that), but most of these men are not so good that they are guaranteed a job in the NFL if they look like crap in games. So I expected the team to not quit. They didn't.
I have to believe that a young kid trying to make it as a career in the NFL, is not going to quit. He has everything at stake, every time he plays. If the team he is playing on is bad, well that doesn't affect HIS effort. There may be some players who do quit (I don't doubt that), but most of these men are not so good that they are guaranteed a job in the NFL if they look like crap in games. So I expected the team to not quit. They didn't.
Same w/the older players who need good tape for the next team. Same w/the OL and DL who if they aren't giving 100% are likely to get hurt(heard that from Olin and Big Cat in the post game show)