It used to be a top-of-the-line machine. Now, as my wife will tell you, it is old, and beat-up, expensive to maintain. But, I reply, it still gets the job done.
His chrome is pitted. His lights are dim. Not everything works right, if it works at all. But he's still too valuable for the junkyard.
In a business predicated on being first with news and views, I planned to be the first writer to bury JP. The team had collapsed against the Panthers. His performance at left tackle had been a big part of the problem — hadn't it?