Heck yeah it is. This team is better when Bob plays.
He is an impact, game-changing, franchise-defining, season-shaping, capable of not only playing at a Hall of Fame level, but of raising the level of performance of individuals around him and the entire defensive unit. Colts President Bill Polian has said often in recent months there has been no inclination to part ways with Sanders, and while Polian’s stance that there is little reason Sanders can’t contribute extensively next season is one reason, the above traits are another. Polian and the Colts know players with the potential to make the impact Sanders can make are exceedingly rare. If he’s not a once-in-a-generation talent, he’s not far off, and you don’t part ways with such players unless the reasons are overwhelming.
Thus far, with Sanders, that’s not the case.
Yes, he has been injured more often than he, the Colts or anyone else wants, but he’s a solid character guy and his work ethic, determination and desire to play are unquestioned.
Also, as Polian often has pointed out, there is little medically to suggest Sanders can’t contribute in the future. While he has been injured often, his injuries don’t seem to of the sort that completely debilitate a player. He has struggled with knees, and ankles, but last year for example, when he returned from a knee injury that kept him out much of 2008 and the first five games of 2009, it wasn’t another injury to that area that forced him to miss the final nine games of the regular season. It was a biceps injury. As frustrating as the injury may have been to Sanders, the Colts and to fans, there’s every reason to believe the biceps injury was a as much misfortune as a sign that Sanders can no longer physically endure the NFL.
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