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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
Obviously if you have a lot of injuries, it impacts your record to some extent. But the Denver injury excuse (for what seems like the last 5 years now) has a few problems.
1) The team hasn't looked good BEFORE the injuries amassed. Their biggest problems have been at areas that haven't been majorly affected by injuries (namely, QB and head coach).
2) Even if Denver actually DID have a great roster that was playoff-bound when healthy....so what? You don't stay healthy. Clearly there is a training/conditioning problem that isn't going to magically disappear. On top of having a number of injury-prone players.
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Their OL has been a consistent problem. But, losing guys like Patrick before things start and J Williams early on certainly do not help. Those were 2 key offensive starters that only accounted for 4 games, all Williams. I won't go through the other names that missed stretches of games because that happens on most teams.
Injuries have been a consistent problem for sure and yes, they need to address and enhance their conditioning and other programs. Starts with coaching and they have not had a good one for some time.