At what point is the "injury excuse" a perfectly valid one?

[rustyhilger]

- When your top 2 receivers are either out or severely hindered because of injury?

- When both your starting Guards are either out or hindered due to coming back from injury?

- When you're relying on practice squad players, rookies and guys coming off injured reserve at receiver, CB and Safety?


I get the disappointment, but can this last game just be chalked up to bad luck?

[Blaming Brad]

I notice you don't even mention Swift. I know you're not a fan but the bottom line is he changes the offense more than any other player on the roster. But it's unfortunate he doesn't seem built for the NFL.

[goldenlions]

That sequence after Saivion Smith's injury where like 4 or 5 guys on defense went down for at least some period of time was really strange. Felt like it all happened in 2 drives.

[rustyhilger]

Oct 11, 2022 21:14:07 GMT -6 Blaming Brad said:

I notice you don't even mention Swift. I know you're not a fan but the bottom line is he changes the offense more than any other player on the roster. But it's unfortunate he doesn't seem built for the NFL.

Oh, that's not it.

I just consider RBs getting injured to be normal.

[snowpiercer]

At what point is the-injury-excuse-perfectly-valid? Probably right after you get fired. I guess you could use it then as an excuse for being fired.

[Blaming Brad]

Has everyone seen the NFL injury report for this week? And it's only Friday. Lions don't have it any worse than most other teams on the injury front. Difference is when you have limited talent and especially limited depth, injuries are more impactful. Poor coaching doesn't help either.

[rustyhilger]

Oct 14, 2022 14:18:49 GMT -6 Blaming Brad said:

Has everyone seen the NFL injury report for this week? And it's only Friday. Lions don't have it any worse than most other teams on the injury front. Difference is when you have limited talent and especially limited depth, injuries are more impactful. Poor coaching doesn't help either.

So there's a lot of other teams down to three practice squad players and zero reserves at d-back? 

Interesting.

[Felix]

I would find it more of an excuse if the same thing didnt happen last year, but with much better results. At least on defense...

[Blaming Brad]

Oct 14, 2022 14:53:36 GMT -6 rustyhilger said:

Oct 14, 2022 14:18:49 GMT -6 Blaming Brad said:

Has everyone seen the NFL injury report for this week? And it's only Friday. Lions don't have it any worse than most other teams on the injury front. Difference is when you have limited talent and especially limited depth, injuries are more impactful. Poor coaching doesn't help either.

So there's a lot of other teams down to three practice squad players and zero reserves at d-back? 

Interesting.

Just look at this week's NFL injury report. Pretty brutal. Particularly the Steelers, Saints, Colts, Rams, Broncos, 49ers. The 49ers have 6 of their 11 defensive starters out. And this is without mentioning the Pats, Dolphins and Panthers who are starting not their backup QB, but the backup to the backup. The Rams O-line is decimated. I think at one point they were on a 4th string center.