Would you rather win a or be a player without a ring?
It's not exactly a fair question -- or a legitimate choice -- but it is a fascinating way to examine what we value in sports. LaDainian Tomlinson when asked what he valued more on NBC SportsTalk on Monday:
Wyche: Summer subplots
We've reached the dog days of summer, but Steve Wyche has five tantalizing storylines to follow into training camp.
" player without a ring, because you've got to sacrifice so much individually just to be good," Tomlinson said . "They draft you individually and you've got to back them up and make them right. I think at the end of the day, even though I didn't win a ring, I felt like I backed them up for drafting me. I backed up the San Diego Chargers for picking me with the fifth pick."
We can imagine a lot of fans will find fault with LT2's answer. When we first saw the headline, we also thought it sounded typical of a player that didn't win a title.
But it's the right answer. Ramses Barden, David Carr, Jernal Jernigan, Jimmy Kennedy and Tony Ugoh were among the New York Giants to win a title in February. Are they somehow more "clutch" or true "winners" because they got lucky?
Tomlinson was an all-time great who did everything possible to put his team in position to win. It didn't happen. He couldn't control winning a title, but he made sure that he's headed for the .
