Injury Problem -- Management Needs to Fix

I read graphs as part of my job. That graph is more suggestive that we are better utilizing replacement players to win/maintain division lead rather than an indictment of an institutional problem. It could very well most strongly represent that we rest players appropriately and yet still win.

I don't disagree that the total number of games missed is worrisome for some unidentified factor that needs correcting. And it seems we are losing out KEY players more than other teams. But we're winning and winning the division. Now that it is December i is time for key players to perform whether dinged up or not. If we return everybody full strength for the playoffs and they all play well, then this graph is basically meaningless.

 

I'm not saying it means we're good, just we're dong whatever it takes to rest players for later without really sacrificing much. We are never going to get home field throughout the playoffs with this personnel group. So basically, nothing matters unless our division lead is threatened. Just need our best players in their best health come playoffs. Maybe a game sooner to knock off any rust.

 

I agree that Vrabel seems to be a magician at getting the team to perform pretty well with just about any plug and play player.

But this year it’s catching up to us. We have the benefit of playing in one of the weakest divisions in football. We probably end up with 6 of our wins in our division. Any other division and we probably have a losing record. So far we’ve only beat one team with a winning record.

And last year, we were the healthiest we had been all year for the playoff game against the Bengals. That didn’t work out so good. Some how were able to beat good teams last year while fielding a record number of players. This year, that’s not the case. I think when we play with a revolving door of fill ins, the core group never gets to build any continuity.

 

I've relegated my decision of us being a good team to a bad team. Yes injuries play apart, but this is the 2nd straight year of said injuries, we've got injury prone players or coaches working them too hard.

Bad teams can still have good elements in their game I.e lions scoring like 30 points a game but have a Swiss cheese of a defence. We are the polar opposite.
Vrabel great coach of football, management of staff I'm not so convinced.
This trying to run an offense out of Henry isn't working either, the o line is piss poor changes are needed.

 

We lose this weekend, there's a real possibility that we lose the division. Chargers and Dallas are almost for sure loses. Texans is the only likely win.

 

It is definitely not a coincidence. There is something going on there.