A John Ross story ... take it for what it's worth and no twisting.
Near the end of the Illinois game, Ross was visibly limping on the sidelines. After the game, my buddies and our women were at our RV rager in the E-1 lot and Ross, Mickens and Kevin King walked right by us through the lot. I paid particular attention to Ross because I wanted to see if he was still gimpy.
He walked through the lot in flip-flops and shorts with no visible limp or any sign of injury ... at all. He was moving fine, which surprised me because of how he looked on the sidelines during the game.
That Monday, there were rumors that Ross wasn't practicing because he was dinged up in the Illinois game. That sure as shit didn't make sense to me based upon what I saw when he walked through the lot. (Maybe he took the needle post-game so that he could party it up that night, and that's why he was moving so well when I saw him?)
I don't know if Pete's "dudes need to toughen the fuck up" message was directed at Ross and Daniels, but it sure sounds like it could have been.