This graphic is frightening. I know every team has a long list of injuries every season but I can't believe any playoff team has withstood this much roster uncertainty and resultant churn. With all of that being said, I have to believe that we should be in for a relatively healthy season, just from the law of averages.
Let's hope I'm right.
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That's a really good rundown. For 2022, I think you can largely disregard it because most of the red players are less important or even unimportant. But when you look at 2023, especially the second half of the season, its pretty clear that it was a huge part of why the team fell off from where they had been earlier, and blew what was at one point considered a 99% chance of winning the division when they were 9-3 and Buffalo was 6-6. (We got extremely unlucky with what the Bills did as well) And then last year of course speaks for itself in the same way. Attempting to win games with that many guys out or hobbled is just unrealistic.
IMO, it cannot simply just be "bad luck", because this has been going on before McDaniel was hired. Our own players rate the doctors and training staff as one of the best in the NFL, but if they're that good, why are our players injured so frequently? And how are some other teams able to go year after year not dealing with the same issues? For example, Buffalo had nine starters play all 17 games on offense in 2023.resnor and OwesOwn614 like this. -
Losing JP and Holland in the Black Friday game was a crazy turn of events. Both were playing like beasts and having one of their best games of the season. We weren't the same after that.resnor and Unlucky 13 like this.
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The team will have the mentality of the coach. He needs to be better.djphinfan and OwesOwn614 like this.
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It's all fun and games until the fun and games result in no fun in the actual games that matter. We need to see trench warfare continue all the way up to the whistle. Maybe the hot seat and hearing former players complain about playing for a soft team will result in a more aggressive approach. I'm sure Weaver would love a team that punches back if it's not throwing the first punch.resnor likes this.