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Originally Posted by Schneed10
For a decent team whose margin for error was already pretty slim, injuries to your top players will sink the ship. It's not the number of injuries, it's who's injured. We're built around Trent and Scherff's spectacular abilities to block in space. If we don't have them we're in trouble.
It's unfortunate, but this is enough to take a team that could have been 9-7 or 10-6 and go 6-10 instead.
Not to mention a little unlucky with the schedule. We had a 3rd place schedule, yet the two non-common opponents who placed 3rd in their divisions last year just happen to be the division leaders this year (Minnesota, New Orleans).
When we were at full strength, we got the Raiders and the Chiefs. Now we're going to get Seattle, Minnesota and New Orleans with nobody healthy. On one hand you could say our destiny is in our own hands, playing all of these playoff contenders. If we met them when we were at full strength I would have said we'd have a shot. But not now.
We're a decent team but not great, and the margin for error is just too small for teams like us. Hope we don't do something stupid like clean house. Health and a few more moves, and I like us for next season. Until then, get ready for a bumpy ride.
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And free Sundays! I used to carry the badge of never missing a Skins game, now I rarely ever watch.
Honestly the only thing that really keeps me tied to the Skins and the NFL is this web site.
If some year we have a SB run I will get back into but I am done burning Sundays on the Redskins.