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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha
No, but Marcus Washington and Sean Taylor are Pro Bowlers and losing Rogers for the season certainly didn't help. Injuries are not an excuse, they are one of the reasons why slightly below average and slighty above average teams win or lose games. We are a pretty good team when healthy, and an average team when riddled with injuries. Great teams can overcome significant injuries, but (as we all probably agree) we are not a great team.
To ignore injuries to Washington, Taylor, Rogers, Moss, Jansen, Thomas (3 of whom are Pro Bowlers) is a little unreasonable IMO.
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Or maybe great teams don't keep players who get hurt alot. Of those you mention two have been constantly hurt for two full years (Washington and Moss). Jansen has struggled to stay healthy the last two years. Starters who consistently get owies and disrupt the team's effectiveness are a liability.
But I'm kind of sick of the injury excuse like a lot of other folks around here. Dallas hasn't had it's secondary healthy until today and when has their defense collapsed? The bills have faced at least as bad an injury situation, and they have less talent, but we're basically on the same level. I'd say they overachieved, Gibbs' Skins have badly underachieved.