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 . . .).

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by WillH

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

Pretty sure the Giants either tied or set a record last year with 40 different starters though the season .

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Pretty sure the Giants either tied or set a record last year with 40 different starters though the season .

well, theres injuries and there is sucking, in the giants case. But the last superbowl run the packers made, those guys were truly decimated by injuries during the season, including during the time we played them. They overcame it. This team apparently cant.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

But the last superbowl run the packers made, those guys were truly decimated by injuries during the season, including during the time we played them. They overcame it. This team apparently cant.

..... what year was that ?

[Lotus]

Not having DHall really hurts. Our pressure defense, when working properly, limits offenses to short-medium throws and gets sacks. But this requires pass defenders who can cover those routes. Without such defenders, offenses can throw high percentage passes at will and thus take Kerrigan and Rak out of the game. And, unfortunately, Amerson seems to be the only pass defender who can make it work, and even he struggled against the G-men.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by Giantone

..... what year was that ?

2010 season

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

Originally Posted by giantone

..... What year was that ?

2010, but they also had Aaron Rodgers, we don't have him.