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Originally Posted by punch it in
Im just not into excuses. Would it help to have your team 100 % healthy all year - uh yeah. Does it ever happen - no. I love Garcon - not sure if he is "great". Same can be said for that whole list. Rak and Carriker are huge but they arent "great". Merriweather was cut and was far from great last year. He had three really good quarters against a rookie qb and a horrible offense. Helu would be a nice change of pace back but im pretty happy with Almo. Jackson is a dope whose off the field problems greatly outweigh his talent. Paulsen has stepped in very nicely although i love Davis. You should go back and read the excerpt from football outsiders i posted - amazing how the last several superbowl teams - winners and losers were decimated with injuries. Whether for a matter of weeks or for the season. I agree with Matty we are not cursed injury wise, far from it. It just seems that way because we are redskins fans. Look around the league rite now at some other teams with major injuries. The Steelers will be playing back to back weeks with Byron Leftwich and friggin Charlie Batch at QB. The grass is always greener on the other side.
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We saw how the Steelers did without Ben... It's not the quantity of the injuries.. It's the quality. It has nothing to do with excuses.. It's facts! That's why there is an injury report. If it didn't have a impact on your team then we wouldn't even need one. Let's just sign the next mug to play the position. You are right in one aspect.. Every team in the NFL gets injuries, but when you get injuries to key positions then it becomes a great influence on your teams performance.
Kerrigan is missing Orakpo right now, and even worse.. He's missing Carriker. The guy who lined up right beside him all year last year and had 6 sacks is gone.
This topic should be dead though.. People are going to argue till their faces turn purple but only the ones who understand the impact certain injuries have will be right.
Everyone saw the impact Merriweather had on our team with him being on the field, and that was just one small piece to the puzzle. If you think not having a 100% Garcon on the field after his first and only performace against the Saints wouldn't make a difference.. You're crazy..
Not to mention Paulsen is filling in nice, but he's not leading our team in receiving yards or reception like Davis was. Take out the pieces of our team in comparison to other teams, and NO TEAM has ever won many games misses the same pieces.. Missing a T, OLB, or a few others? Sure, but..
RT
Pro Bowl LB
DE
Pro Bowl Safety
TE
3RD down back
#1 WR
I mean, we are missing KEY parts.. It's not like we are missing a few players or even key players.. We are basically missing our BEST players! The select few that would be starter quality on other teams.
Injuries are not excuses.. Playing hurt, and then blaming it on the injury is an excuse, but if you can't even be on the field.. That's not an excuse. That's a pure and simple FACT.