One injury away from possible disaster

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You know your team is not deep when you’re already discussing WD-40, bailing wire, and duct tape solutions before the season even starts. This seems to me to be a Front Office issue which has persisted for decades. Other teams seem to “get“ this so why can’t Cincinnati?

How many times, for example, do we see a player from Pittsburgh or New England go down for injury and their backup comes in and plays nearly as well? Lots, and I am sick of it, but the Steelers have this down to a science. “Coming in for the injured David DeCastro is Guardy Noname from the Billings Junior College for Girls where he majored in basket weaving and played one season.” What happens? Guardy Noname pancakes Geno Atkins on the next play and LeVeon Bell blows through the hole for yet another first down.