DaneMcCloud |
01-05-2010 02:21 AM |
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Originally Posted by billay
(Post 6410729)
Colts Sanders & Gonzalez. Packers lost numerous key players on defense.
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Gonzalez was easily replaced, so that's not an issue.
The Colts were 14-0 so I'd say their injuries weren't an issue.
The Packers defense was massively improved and clearly benefited from rookies BJ Raji and Clay Mathews. Their defense was their Achilles Heel last year.
And that's the point: If a team has an injury but no backup to step up, that team has been hurt. There is no one like Matt Ryan or Michael Turner or Sam Baker in Atlanta (three keys to their success last year) and so on.
If the Colts had lost Manning but went 14-0, you'd have a point.
But, they didn't.
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