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It's like Mark Schlereth said after Taylor's death (and Boswell repeated in his column yesterday), people would jump in front of trucks for Gibbs. The guys on his NASCAR team that I talk to all say the same thing as well. That he's the best motivator they've ever been around. He knows what to say and when to say it to each and every person.

But it's not just him. The whole team has stepped up in a big way. And it goes back to what a lot of us had been saying for months, if not years. The players are taking responsibility for their actions, and are playing with more of a purpose than we've seen in a long time.

No team has ever had to face what the Redskins did this year, and I hope no team will ever have to again. The way everyone from Snyder all the way down to Torrence has handled it has been remarkable.

And yes I realize Torrence is pretty awful, but he's been put in a position he probably never should have been in this year anyway.