injuries

[WillH]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

We must be leading the body count out of all teams in the NFL right now.

According to this we are tied with Miami for the most injuries with 19
NFL Football Injuries - CBSSports.com

We also had a total of 6 out, or get knocked out, during the game last night (which is another one of the highest figures league wide, but no one else has played this week yet) . I'd also be willing to bet that if you looked at it more thoroughly than I did, you'd find that we had more "key" players injured, but that's subjective and open to interpretation. This is definitely a factor.

That said, our O-line has stayed relatively healthy, and that is one of our weakest areas. We haven't lost either of our "starting safeties" or ILBs, and they are getting beat in the middle every freaking time the opposing team is in the Redzone. Our WR's are pretty healthy, and we have a little depth, but when the ball is thrown to the other team I guess that does little good. Our D-line + Orakpo are pretty banged up, but aren't we supposedly really deep in this area?

Injuries have been bad this year, and we were seriously flawed in some areas to begin with. Gruden has been given a really shitty hand for his first year as Head Coach. Let's see how well he can keep this shit together through a rough year, let's see if anyone makes any progress this year, and let's see if we address our glaring needs in the offseason (and no I don't mean QB, although . . .).