To say our injuries are par with other teams is rediculous. We're out there last week with Peprah, Shields, Zombo, Francois, Wilson, who essentially have no experience. Add the loss of a very flexible LB group that Capers could manipulate to his advantage and now it's down to virtually zip options.
Now I will say our O should be better than it's been but we lose to the Bears because of 18 penalties and when Pickett and Mathews went out a totally sputtering Washington eaks out some points and no way the Dolphins score squat if we have even just Mathews and Pickett in there.
Now that Mathews and Chillar are back once we see Pickett and Neal along with Harris and Bigby NOW we have something over there Capers can do something with. Until then they need to fight and battle and hopefully we can pull it off against the Vikes and then go from there.
It really sucks we couldn't pull off these two close overtimes with a patched up lineup but I knew any game with all the guys we've had out was going to be a struggle.
I mean how far does the lineup have to get from the one we were all excited about before people realize the cumulative affect has REALLY hurt this team.
It's been very difficult for the D to get off the field and being shorthanded it will hurt them in the 4th quarter as well as not giving the offense the opportunity to get on a roll. When they stand over there watching the opposing team hold the ball for 7 and a half minutes it's a little much to ask the offense to roll out there and march down the field.
Winning 3rd down takes all eleven guys. Unfortunately four or five players we need to get off the field after 3rd down have been over on the sidelines.
"The train is leaving the station."