Can We PLEASE Stop Referencing One Score Losses?

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(12-11-2020, 02:05 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Every team has injuries.  For some of those games you're magically turning into wins, where we get out injured players back, are you giving the opponent their injured players back as well?  Because, if that's the case, you can't objectively say anything.  It's a complete unknown.

It's really easy to look at a game like the Eagles, and say "Man, if we had so and so back we probably win that game."  You're just magically insert Reader and Atkins, Trae Waynes, XSF and think that that's make us better.  And it does, no doubt.  But here's what you're not thinking about or doing...

The Eagles were down Alshon Jeffrey, Desean Jackson, Jalen Reagor, and Dallas Goedert.  That's 4 of their top 5 weapons, and all 3 of the starting receivers.  That not enough?  They were also out 3 of the starting offensive lineman.  Not to mention, 2 defensive starters.

So really, if you're going to play this game, be fair.  If we're actually trying to look at games and how they would be played without injuries, account for both teams.  Otherwise, what you're essentially saying is that if our team is 100% healthy we can beat another team who is clearly not.  What does that tell us?  A:) Not much.

You want to talk injuries?  Look at the 49'ers.  They had multiple games this season where they were down there QB1, WR1, TE1, RB1, and their all Pro DL Bosa. 

Garrapolo has missed 6 games.  Mosert has missed 6 games. Kittle has missed 6 games.  Deebo Samuel has missed 6 games.  Nick Bosa has missed 10 games!!!!

Their record?  5-6.  Do we really want to ***** about inuries when you look at a situation like that?

Look at the Patriots.  They had 8 players opt on this season.  8!!!  Two of their best defenders in Hightower and Chung, and one of their only proven receiving threats outside of Edleman in Marquis Lee.

Edleman has gone on to miss 50% of the season and hasn't played in months.  All 3 of their running backs have missed time, and their other decent one opted out.

This has all happen in what everyone expected to be a rebuilding year with a new, washed up QB serving as a placeholder, and with them right up againt the cap, with no money to spend.

Their record?  6-7.  They beat a team last week 42-0.

Nothing gets overstated on here more than our injuries.  Every year I hear the same thing, that we're cursed because we have players injured.  "Oh my God, we can never win without AJ Green and Jonah Williams!!!"  Meanwhile, a team like the Eagles loses an MVP front runner in Carson Wentz at the end of the year, adn wins a Superbowl with their backup QB.  But here we act like being down 1 single DT in the first 3 weeks, and a CB1 explains away all of our problems.

Balgona.  It's like some of you don't pay attention to any other teams outside of this one.  Every team deals with this.

Yep. EVERY Team has injuries.

The Giants beat us and Seattle without Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley. Good coaches figure out ways to get it done.

Bad coaches and teams...well use injuries as an excuse.

And last year the excuse was we lost AJ Green and Jonah Williams. Well those 2 have played this year...and we have 2.5 wins. ie It DIDN'T make us better!


We added Burrow, Green, Jonah, Reader, Spain, Vonn Bell, Tee Higgins, Wilson, and Bynes...and didn't improve. Ponder that.