re: Anybody else think Key should be benched?

I understand Arden got hurt. had surgery, and needed time to recover - but that doesn't explain his lackluster demeanor...or the fact that he's allowed himself to get so out of shape that he's a liability to his team.

For all the time he was recovering and missing practice, was any of O's staff assigned to keep in touch or keep at least one eye on Arden? Your 2017 marquee player on defense comes back, after missing all offseason, overweight and under motivated to ball out? How could such an extreme disconnect occur?

Just my opinion, and I haven't said anything up to now because I've been hoping I'm wrong, but I feel like certain players have a very long rope with O, and other players have a very short rope with O.

And if I can see it, I'm pretty damn sure the rest of the team can see it better than even I can.

Should Arden be benched? Yes.

But the long rope says he gets to participate, at his own pace, all season long.