Step away from the purple drank. Saturday was key in our regular season because....he was replaced by Evan Dietrich-Smith halfway through the year because he was ineffective and overpowered as a pass blocker and non-existent as a run blocker? Charles Woodson, injured for a huge chunk of the year, who overplayed balls and gave up big plays consistently when in the line up, missing tackles and blowing coverages he made as recently as last season? Greg Jennings, who was sidelined for a huge chunk of the year with groin issues, who flashed big a couple of games but was clearly no longer the mailcarrier in this offense when he was healthy?
Collectively, those guys' huge salaries are off the books, and we have players behind them who equal or exceed their production at a better price tag, and not just on paper- all three of them were replaced by the same or better play by the next guy up on our roster for extended (at least half the season) chunks of time.
If we fall to 5-11, it's because ARod misses extended time. Only reason...