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Deadpool
The Vikings are out their:
Starting LT and RT (and that RT is actually the backup but Loadholt retired)
Starting QB
Starting All World RB
#1 WR in Diggs
Thats 5/11 of their starting offense and I don't here Zimmer or Ole Norv use that as a reason why they didn't win... oh...wait a minute, they are undefeated.
Nevermind.
But they made a major trade and have a new starting qb. For a defense-oriented team. And of course they had depth at RB, and didn't reduce to one receiver. So if you asked, would you say that's a reason if they lost their starting qb, I would say, well is the backup Warner or Bulger or did they trade for a starting caliber qb? In a lot of important ways, the Vikes aren't depleted...they still have resources.
The pertinent question is then, can a team lost 3 top DL and find equivalent replacements on the bench? For all of them? Maybe not even one of them.
No coach ever uses injuries as a reason they don't win.
Doesn't mean neutral analyst has to buy into that. We can know better. A coach has to act like he doesn't know better.
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