I'm sorry, but this is bullshit. I hate the whole "macho" thing about making excuses. We're not on the team, so we can look at it objectively and see that it's hard to go into NE and win without a few of your best players.

Mack hit both sides of the line that day, he also had ten other sacks which is one less than Miller's season total. Mack also played the first half of the season with a bad groin.

Mack is a better all around player than Miller for sure. I think he's better than Houston as well.

Every team has injuries.

ROFL

Can someone get a gif of the play where Mack got faked out completely by Alex on that 4th and 1?

Or how about a play from the same game where Maclin ran the jet sweep and was by Mack before he even knew what happened?

Seriously dude, cmon. Mack hasn't done anything yet to suggest he's better than Miller or Houston. Not saying he can't get there, but he's not there yet.

Name one other NFL team that lost their two best players on both sides of the ball this year . I'll wait....

It's ignorant to pretend that didn't make a difference in how our season ended.

Injuries are a convenient excuse.

The Chiefs won 11 straight without their best offensive player and what, like 5 straight without their best defensive player.

The broncos had injuries, the pats had injuries, every team has injuries.

It aucks, but it's why you build depth

You're right. To say Houston, Charles, Maclin, Ware, Gaines, Morse and LDT would've made a 7 point difference is bullshit.

Did the Patriots have any injuries?

Would the game have likely gone different? Sure.

Would the chiefs have won? Dunno.

Are you really that ****ing dumb to try to make every injury equal?

Losing our key guys killed us that game but make no mistake about it, we beat ourselves.

I'm still pissed off at Dee Ford. He could have changed the game from the start.

They would have made a difference, for sure.

I just think it's not as easy as saying had they played we'd have won. It would have increased the likelihood for sure, but again, so would have brady being at 100 percent etc.

Just give us two out of Houston/Charles/Maclin/Ware and we win that game. No doubt in my mind.

As for Brady, I have my doubts about the "ankle sprain" and him and the rest of the team had a week off to heal up. They earned it though, so no complaints there.

not this year

You should really think before you post sometimes. Please reference the 2016 punting statistics. Dustin was better in every single statistical category. Every single one. Higher Average. Higher Net. Higher Number of Punts Inside the 20. Higher Number of Fair Catches. Fewer Number of Returns. Fewer Number of Return Yards. Fewer Out of Bounds. The only thing Britton managed to do better was punt 9 more times.

While true, our players didn't show up. Dee Ford could have changed the game from the beginning but missed a simple sack.