I just heard Dan Quinn's presser from yesterday. He basically foot-stomped the point where Coleman was not scratched due to injury, it was due to play. Here is the exact quote:
On if he’s surprised G Brandon Coleman hasn’t solidified a starting role: “Well, I think one thing I do know about Brandon and Nick and these guys, man, they're going to put in the work. And so that's the good piece to say he's going to dig in, go for it and battle for it and let's see what the weeks ahead bring because this guy's made of the right stuff, he wants to dig in and go for it. But that's why I was kind of pretty strong about yesterday. This is where we are today, and we'll see what the next space looks like and where we're going. But that is one thing I've learned about him over a year and a half, he's going to put the work in to go and as we're heading into our game four, we'll see what this week looks like. Honestly, nothing's out of the question in terms of the matchups and how we want to go play it. It'll sort itself out, it just still needs some time to get there.”
Nowhere in there did he even hint at an excuse for Coleman. Nothing injury related, nothing at all except, he will put int he work and get better and we'll see.
He could have EASILY used an injury excuse and given Coleman an out. However, in doing that, he wouldn't have been giving enough credit to Paul, who seems to have just taken the job from him, so I'm glad he didn't do that.
Anyway, it will sort itself out. I'm happy Paul is getting an opportunity to play. From my understanding, his run-blocking "in a phonebooth" has never been in question. His athletic ability to get out and run and get to the second level was the issue, as well as his ability to handle the better interior pass rushers.
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