09-03-2021, 01:57 PM
"Injuries happen to every team"
Sure they do.
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-data-study-war-adjusted-injuries-lost
Since 2012 the Bengals have had more of them than anyone else on average (or more accurately, they've had injuries to more significant players). We can pooh-pooh the very concept of "making excuses" to feel better about our own moral fortitude or something, but we can't reject off-hand the truth. This doesn't have to reflect anything beyond bad luck, but it's there. I can only hope the trend reverses now. There have been healthy years for the Bengals (e.g. 2015 pre-Dalton finger), but most of them have been bad.
Sure they do.
https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-pff-data-study-war-adjusted-injuries-lost
Since 2012 the Bengals have had more of them than anyone else on average (or more accurately, they've had injuries to more significant players). We can pooh-pooh the very concept of "making excuses" to feel better about our own moral fortitude or something, but we can't reject off-hand the truth. This doesn't have to reflect anything beyond bad luck, but it's there. I can only hope the trend reverses now. There have been healthy years for the Bengals (e.g. 2015 pre-Dalton finger), but most of them have been bad.
