Forget the Game, what about the F...ing INJURIES?!

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Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

True enough. However, we are not Indy and JC is no Peyton Manning. For a team that relies on it's O-line to pound the rock, losing the starting right side of the line is devastating. Call it an excuse and say that we should have more depth if you like, but I cannot help but think that this team which ran the ball so well in 2005 and 2006 despite the lack of a passing attack is having a lot of woes because of its inability to run the ball behind a patchwork line.

Agreed -- I guess what I am saying is, given that we know we want to be a grind-it-out, smash mouth team, perhaps we have made the personnel mistake of putting most of our eggs into few baskets. Any of those key O-line personnel go out, and suddenly, our entire offense falls into disarray.

The Indy comparison was not meant to be a direct comparison to our team as we are vastly different, however -- it was meant to show how a team can lose people that are really key to their existing gameplan, and they either adapt a new plan and execute it, or other personnel step up and do a great job in relief.