Basis4day":az063i4e said:
A good a reminder as any to state this:
When we use terms like "I hope he is 100%" or "when he gets healthy" we are using complete misnomers.
All football players are injured and playing through pain. It's only a matter of degree. There is no such thing as a healthy football player.
Another thing I keep seeing is people saying, "oh, we were hit really hard with injuries this year. Next year, we'll come back healthy and be able to make a deep run." Why? Health is not a certainty. Was this year an aberration where we were inordinately unlucky with injuries, or were we fortunate to avoid many of them in the past?
Look at New England. This time last year, their fans were saying things like, "Dion Lewis was huge for us, and we didn't have him for the playoffs. Next year, he'll be back." Well, now Dion Lewis is back and killing it, but this time Rob Gronkowski is out for the year and missed the entire playoffs. Health is not a certainty, and depth is really important.