BTW, YC, I totally agree with your summation. He became the ultimate teammate Saturday, Coaches often say that there is a difference between playing hurt, and playing injured. In November, everybody is hurt at least a little. You have to suck it up. We don't expect you to play injured.
Saturday, Xavier played injured. I don't think we'd have won without him. His statistical contribution seemed pretty paltry. But he wa the only running back we had. He more that gutted it out. If we survive this weekend and make the playoffs, with the rest he'll get to heal up, we'll be a totally different football team.