If most of us are being honest here, we'd take Brown and the potential W that comes along with that over KC last night.
How many of you are seriously saying, "we might suck balls without pain-in-the-*** AB, but at least there's a better locker room atmosphere."
I noted previously that one significant reason why teams win in today's NFL is the level of effort and desire by players. The talent difference is simply not that huge for a ton of guys in the league. Jeez, teams don't have guys who look like Wilbur Wood (an awesome lefty pitcher from the 1970's) on the roster. Most teams have at least 20 guys drafted in the first 3 rounds.
So what's the difference? Teams that win have players that hate losing more than anything in the world and refuse to give up for a play. Look at TJ Watt - you can see sometimes he is exhausted, but he continues, taking on double teams, overcoming obvious holding. Same for Harris - badly injured elbow, he is in the game, one-handed catch, not backing down.
A TON of other players just don't care that much. Let me ask - you played sports, I presume. How were you within the first 10 minutes after losing a game?
Me? I hated post-game handshakes if I had lost. ******* HATED them. I wanted to kill the guys on the other team. I hated losing so much that I cannot put it into words. I would do ANYTHING in my power to win.
Teams that place value on that facet win a lot more than teams that focus on 40 times. AB is the classic hard worker who is obsessed not with winning, but with HIS STATS. He went 8-118 for 2 TD's and the Steelers lost 38-35? He was smiling and clapping backs after the game. He went 3-32 and 0 TD's and Steelers won 21-17? He was miserable.