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Originally Posted by irish

Those injuries were very key but every team has players get hurt, injuries happen. Unfortunately this team had no players that were able to step in and minimize the impact of those injuries.

But a lot of teams have that problem. Look how injuries hurt the Eagles last year. Look how the Giants' swoon this year coincided with guys getting hurt. Look how the Panthers buried themselves in a hole they are struggling to get out of now when they lost the first two games of the year without Steve Smith.