Quote:This is often understated and filed under the excuses category, but it is worth giving some attention. I'd really be interested to see exactly how our injuries measure up against those of other teams factoring in the on-the-field value of the injured player (meaning, starters or key back ups). Someone (I forget who) said that our injury total is right in line with league average and I believe that...but is it really fair to put equal value on, say Julius Thomas for us and a random dime corner in Oakland (just as an example)?

I'm with you. Looking at the guys we have out Jockle, Fowler, Cyp, Marks, Thomas that's five starters right there. Guys like Robison, Evans, and Branch play significant roles. I can't think of any teams right now that is missing that much front line talent.


The Cowboys are missing Romo, Dez and Gregory but that's only one team and still only half of our missing players.

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