slaket
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15 years ago
I say no. Although I will get accused of living in "fantasyland" I don't think injuries hit the Packers much harder than most teams in the NFL. I also would say the Packers lucked out on some injuries, like the Grant hamstring and Rodgers shoulder. A few teams got hit harder than the Packers and still had better records.

I think a sane fan understands injuries are part of the game and you need to overcome them.

So there it is. My "fantasyland" opinion of not making excuses. Which I also use in real life and so should everyone
It is was it is
joym13
15 years ago
They played a part - just because we got hit so hard on one side of the ball. The fact that we did not overcome the injuries showed that our defense was average at best before the injuries. If our defense had played average most of the year - we would have had a better record because our offense was good. So they definately played a part - but it just shows that we need to upgrade defense so that injuries don't kill us in the future - because as you said - they are part of the game.
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Zero2Cool
15 years ago
if you have $100 bucks and spend five here, ten there, another ten here, another five there, ten more here, etc... it all adds up.

If you're intelligent, you can figure out what I'm saying. Or, I'm just nuts.
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slaket
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15 years ago

if you have $100 bucks and spend five here, ten there, another ten here, another five there, ten more here, etc... it all adds up.

If you're intelligent, you can figure out what I'm saying. Or, I'm just nuts.

"Zero2Cool" wrote:



It's a part of life in the NFL. Injuries this for the Packers were relatively modest or right on par with other teams in the NFL. So when I hear people trying to use that as an excuse for a bad season I can't help laugh.

I'm not saying injuries don't affect a team. But what I am saying is that every team deals with it. Injuries were NOT the reason for this teams problems this year.
It is was it is
Stevetarded
15 years ago
there is no "the reason" for the teams problems this year.
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Rockmolder
15 years ago
I think that biggest problems is that all the injuries are on the defensive side, like Joy said.

We lost playmakers at all positions, Barnett, who wasn't playing amazing, but still is one of the leaders and quite a stopper in the middle.

Jenkins is a strong run stopper that can also make quite a push towards the QB, while our DTs are pretty much innerchangable, we don't have any RE like Jenkins.

That pretty much killed the defense, and we're not even talking about the DBs. We could take on injury, but when Rouse had to play SS, his lack of experience shined (At least, I hope it is his lack of experience) when trying to make tackles and sometimes ballhawking to much.
4PackGirl
15 years ago
all i know is we had 19 players on the injury list at one time...19!!! if you think that has no impact whatsoever or shouldn't have any impact on a team, i think you're kidding yourself...not that there's anything wrong with that.
go.pack.go.
15 years ago
Sure....injuries certainly didn't help this season, but they're not an excuse.
Although, like 4PackGirl said, when you have 19 players on your injury list, theres a huge disadvantage.
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Nonstopdrivel
15 years ago
Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, 4PackGirl, the Lions currently have 17 players on injured reserve. By comparison, the Packers' injury woes are modest.

On the other hand, the Lions are 0-16 -- which goes to prove your point. 😉
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4PackGirl
15 years ago
so uh how's that devil's advocate thing workin for ya? 😉
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