Injuries Schminjuries

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(08-17-2016, 10:58 PM)Beaker Wrote: Case in point, Andy's thumb last year. If that had happened in week 3 instead of week 14, we would have been in a much stronger position during the playoffs.

Or we could have missed the playoffs if we lost Dalton from week 3 until week "who knows when he'd be back."  I suppose what concerns me about this whole thing (other than the fact that I'm just a miserable pessimist) is that there is no maximum number of injuries a team gets per season.  Starting off the season with a slew of injuries doesn't mean we're magically going to avoid injury the rest of the way because we got them out of the way in the preseason or before the bye week.

The silver lining is that none of our crucial players are battling injuries yet.

(08-18-2016, 12:36 AM)Rotobeast Wrote: Having injuries lessens expectations.
Lessened expectations make you the underdog.
Being the underdog makes you hungry.
Being hungry makes you unpredictable.
Being unpredictable creates fear.
Fear causes your opponents to make frequent mistakes.

I like our chances.

Pffft!  The Browns have zero expectations and they are the underdoggiest underdogs always and forever.  My lord, they must be starving!  Are we scared yet?