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No, it is demonstrably NOT true that all teams overcome ALL kinds of injuries, even good ones.

That's a myth. Worse, it's a slogan without anything real behind it.

When a crucial unit is overcome with multiple injuries teams do NOT overcome it.
Patriots last superbowl....they had several injuries on that oline, 12 games total missed from their starters.

So for example, tell me the Rams should expect the same kind of defensive production if they lost Quinn, Donald, and Hayes for the season. Anyone who then said "good teams overcome that" would just be wrong. Won't tell you that because for a poor team like the RAMS we don't have the backups to cover. So another team may not be able to replace 3 starters like that, but they manage to not fail miserably.

Same with EXTENSIVE, MULTIPLE, SIMULTANEOUS OL injuries...as the Rams have demonstrated year after year, going back to 2007. yep I understand that drum you're banging

If you combine a mutliply injured OL with qb issues, you don't just "overcome that." Over the years I have said that, and continuously ask everyone, name me examples of teams that DID overcome that. There has never been a credible response. From anyone, across years. There's a reason for that.

Heck sometimes you don't even need the qb issues. It's a rare qb who can play effectively with extensively damaged OLs. Guys like Bulger, Flacco, Eli, and even Luck are taken down a peg or 2 or more when their OLs fall apart to that extent.

So remember---it's never just "injuries." It's MULTIPLE EXTENSIVE SIMULTANEOUS INJURIES TO A KEY UNIT, SUCH AS THE OL. That distinction is important.

And you're right, calling that "excuses" is just to evade the real issues.










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