THE DRAFT

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(Yesterday, 10:17 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: It's always interesting to me when injuries are used as an excuse for poor seasons.

Last year, Burrow was healthy all season and played at an mvp level. Yep 9-8. We literally did things never seen in the NFL. When the offense is that good, you make the playoffs. Yet the defense was worse than the offense was good.

If anything, on defense the injuries kind of helped us in that they forced the coaches to play other players.

And every team has injuries.

Last year, we found ways to lose. 1 game against the Ravens we were rolling them and Chase Brown fumbled and the Ravens dominated us the rest of the way. Some games it was a missed fg. Some games the defense was terrible. Some games it was a key fumble. Against NE it was the offense that didn't show up.

We're not some elite team. We're a mediocre team with a hof qb and wr...and we can't even make the playoffs with that. We find ways to lose. Then, when it's near impossible to make the playoffs and the pressure is off...we beat some bad teams.

Well, sometimes it is what it is, and injuries stacking up costs you games. Joe wasn't healthy all season, he was nursing that wrist first few games to see how it was going to respond. And when every almost Defensive Tackle on the team is injured at the same time, that makes a difference in stopping the run. When you're kicked is playing through injury and you're losing games by a field goal, that makes a difference in close games. And while playing the young guys will definitely help us this year since they now have game experience, it wasn't helpful to have to play them last season.