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Originally Posted by Pam Oliver's Forehead
I wouldn't say the talent is down, but there's a changing of the guard. A few teams are on the decline while others are struggling to come up.
I have no idea what happened to Houston and Atlanta.
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Atlanta has been absolutely decimated by injuries. They lost one of their pass rushers (Biermann) early on and have been starting two rookies UDFA LBers because of injuries to Dent and Weatherspoon.
Roddy White has been slowed by injury since camp and Jackson has missed most of the year (and now Jones is gone for the years). They lost their FB early on and are now starting ex-Chief Patrick DiMarco and can't run the ball at all. Their O-line has been in flux all year.
Despite all that, they have been in every game and have just come up short at the end.
It seems like injuries are up everywhere this year. I'm wondering if the new CBA's limitation on hitting and practice is to blame.