09-02-2021, 04:41 PM
Are you quite finished?
Anyway, there was an article released earlier this year (I cannot recall where, and I wish I could) that reviewed the last decade for the number of games/starts teams have theoretically lost to injury during that span. The Bengals were smack dab at the top: #1 overall in injury misfortune. If I recall correctly they were worst in a "per year" sense, but not necessarily in terms of reaching the worst injury peak. I could be misspeaking here, but the gist was that Cincinnati injury problems are pervasive and have been happening for a while.
I doubt that's anything other than bad luck, but regardless of the cause I suspect it has become ingrained into our psyche as fans. We anticipate injury at a ridiculous clip, especially in condensed forms to single position groups, and it colors our perceptions of the roster, of depth, and of performance. We're as depth-obsessed as any fanbase can be, because any season in which we don't lose a critical starter for a long duration is an anomaly.
Sucks to be us.
Anyway, there was an article released earlier this year (I cannot recall where, and I wish I could) that reviewed the last decade for the number of games/starts teams have theoretically lost to injury during that span. The Bengals were smack dab at the top: #1 overall in injury misfortune. If I recall correctly they were worst in a "per year" sense, but not necessarily in terms of reaching the worst injury peak. I could be misspeaking here, but the gist was that Cincinnati injury problems are pervasive and have been happening for a while.
I doubt that's anything other than bad luck, but regardless of the cause I suspect it has become ingrained into our psyche as fans. We anticipate injury at a ridiculous clip, especially in condensed forms to single position groups, and it colors our perceptions of the roster, of depth, and of performance. We're as depth-obsessed as any fanbase can be, because any season in which we don't lose a critical starter for a long duration is an anomaly.
Sucks to be us.
