PATSNUTme

Over the past few weeks I've heard people in the media cry about all the injuries their beloved Colt have.

Here are some of their notable players on IR :

Bullit, Gonzalez, Clark. I heard that Collie and Addai have some injuries.

Now here is a list of notable Patriots players on IR:

Warren, Bodden, McGowen,the Ghost, Faulk: Now, Taylor and Neal have been out.

So which other important Colts players are injured do they cannot play? Maybe I missed some. There has to be more to have the media people pull out their crying towels, or does there?

Disco Volante

Bob Sanders, but that's a yearly tradition now.

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xmarkd400x

I never thought he was a good bet for the Colts. Sure, he plays great, but he is ALWAYS hurt. He's too small, and uses his body as a projectile.

Disco Volante

Yeah, he's pretty irrelevant now.

However, he is one of the main reasons they won the SB in 2006.

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PATSNUTme

How long is he out for, he was not on their IR list.

Deus Irae

Injuries happen, and they are expected. However, when they get too numerous, happen to the wrong player (2008), or inordinately strike one area of a team, they can have an enormous impact on a team.

It's not surprising that the Colts would gripe about the injuries, since they are devastating the receiving corps. On the other hand, they've still got Wayne.

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PATSNUTme

What about Garcon?

Deus Irae

I named Wayne because he's an excellent player. I wasn't trying to be all-inclusive. Plus, to be fair to the Colts fans, Garcon has been injured this season.

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Sciz

Garcon also seems to have lost the ability to catch lately...

BradyFTW!

What DI said, pretty much. We've had a lot of injuries, but at least they've been pretty evenly dispersed throughout the team. No one position has been hit too hard. We've taken hits at RB, guard, safety, CB, DE, and now kicker, but guard is the only position where the depth has really been taxed, and Mankins' return is helping out there.

There's also the simple fact that injuries don't really get noticed unless they visibly hurt your team, even to the casual observer. Everyone's harping on the Steelers' OL injuries because of their clear inability to overcome them. Same with the Colts and WRs. To the casual eye, though, none of the Patriots' injuries seem to have slowed them down (we know better than that, of course. Bodden and Warren would take the D to a different level). It's the same reason why the 2004 injury mess went greatly underreported, even though it should have been debilitating.