solman

Uh...

There's a difference between replacing Bruschi with Seau and replacing Cato June with somebody who has never started an NFL game.

sebman2112

Hope he recovers well.

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jman924

OK... I'll play.

You go find me a link where 1 (and you only have to find 1 ) Pats fan was singing the praise of Monty Biesel in 2005.

When Seau went down last year, everyone here was worried about how the defense would do. It ended up being a fatal flaw in the play-offs last year. BB took a gamble on Eric Alexander in the middle, and Peyton made him pay.

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Woo-hoo! Second Team baby!

solman

The Colts have been doing AMAZING with their replacements thus far. I don't know whether the credit goes to Dungy or Polian or both.

If I had to make a wager, I'd bet that injuries (especially to all those fast but small defensive players) will ultimately doom their season. But if the Colts can actually reach the AFC championship game with this team of relative newbies, it will be an historic accomplishment, and I'll have to give Dungy and Polian their props.

BelichickFan

I think most of us realized their new starters were likely fine as they mostly played last year but that they had thin depth behind them . . . now we'll start to see.

Oswlek

Which they did this year with Keiaho replacing June. And frankly, Keiaho looks better.

Remember, Indy is the antithesis of NE. They have tremendous top 10-15 talent and then a bunch of fillers. I don't see why the loss of a couple of the filler guys seems like such a big deal.

Take away Manning or Freeney or Harrison? Big deal. Take away Mike Doss or Aaron Morehead? No big deal.

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patsox23

Great point. Oswlek having a great day...

Bertil

He just went down, unblocked from what I saw. It's not like he was cut (ala Bryan Cox). Hope he recovers fully. I hate to see guys lose a year of their FB life and quite possibly damage their career.

If Polian went down in a heap, well, that's another matter!

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ATippett56

Couldn't have happened to a "nicer" GM!

makoute

Is it me, or does there seem to be a huge jump in injuries in NFL this season?