If BA was really serious about winning in the playoffs, he never would taken back and played Lindley, especially when there were proven journeyman NFL QBs out there like Grossman.
BAspouted off merely because Fisher was selling the hype that his team was better than the fading Cards and that they would beat the Cards after the Rams had played really hard against Seattle and beat a few other ones. Everyone outside the Cards sphere knew how the Rams made the Seahawks struggle and how the Seahawks easily dominated the Cards at UOP this season. as well as how the Cards played soft in the loss to Atlanta That is why so many expected a sub .500 Rams team to beat a struggling and fading Cards team, even with a gaudy winning record.
There were two Cards teams playing last season, the first one played well enough to post a 9-1 record, the second one was a mediocre 2-4 team with a worn out defense which is why the Cards ended up 11-5. At the end with Lindley starting for the Cards, the Cards were a team that no NFL team would fear playing. And Seattle, San Francisco, and Carolina did not. No one did.