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Originally Posted by rypper11

Hate to agree w/ sandtrap but I think this is vastly overlooked by many people. I wouldn't blame Hastings but this is the one area I feel Gibbs has completely failed. Let everyone workout on their own during the offseason? I know the veterans applauded this move and felt that it made Gibbs more of a "players coach". Moss was a big proponent of this and stated that his offseason conditioning program was better and would help him more. How's that working out for him? I guess he'd be really screwed if he followed the team's regimen.
Now, I'm not the idiot that many people here think I am. I know that the injuries to Lloyd, Thrash, Jansen, Thomas, Rogers, Washington and others are not at all affected by conditioning. But the lingering strains, pulls and "tweaks" often are. Of Moss, ARE, Portis, Wade, Smoot and those that seem to have various muscle injuries I believe that at least some of it is an indication of poor conditioning.
Also, the late game swan dives do seem to indicate that other teams are better conditioned and not as physically exhausted in the 4th quarter.

It's worth noting that the year before when the players were required to work out with the team during the offseason we had our share of injuries as well.