Is this true?

"You're going to like Washington better," Kearns said. "We were so hurt last year we got out brains beat out night after night. If you're trying, they'll stick with you."

And if it is, is that a good thing?

A New Yorker I know always killed me about Washington sports fans being content, not demanding more from their players like they do in New York.

So, is effort enough?

Maybe for a guy like Willie Harris it is. Making the minimum (last year) and clearly not as physically talented.

But even I think with salary comes more than effort points.