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A "Between FA and Draft" Silly Season thread.
If anyone had the time or inclination to do so, the only way we could say "officially" that the Pats are "totally injury-prone" would be to go back over the last ten seasons and compare the games played and missed by starters, team by team, during the regular season and into the playoffs and then rank and compare the teams. Until then, we're all entitled to our opinions based on the useless anecdotal evidence available.
My own, completely useless anecdotal evidence says that many teams, like the Steelers and Packers, have played without key starters in recent years and that the Pats are, in general, no better or worse than the average in this regard. But, I have no way of supporting that with stats, so the OP is entitled to put forward his own anecdotal evidence; I just don't have to buy it.
When's the goddam Draft?
If anyone had the time or inclination to do so, the only way we could say "officially" that the Pats are "totally injury-prone" would be to go back over the last ten seasons and compare the games played and missed by starters, team by team, during the regular season and into the playoffs and then rank and compare the teams. Until then, we're all entitled to our opinions based on the useless anecdotal evidence available.
My own, completely useless anecdotal evidence says that many teams, like the Steelers and Packers, have played without key starters in recent years and that the Pats are, in general, no better or worse than the average in this regard. But, I have no way of supporting that with stats, so the OP is entitled to put forward his own anecdotal evidence; I just don't have to buy it.
When's the goddam Draft?
