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Seasoned Veteran
With all the recent hoopla and talk of finally getting to the BIG ONE, I would like to bring up a point that seems to bite us in the ass EVERY year.
Injuries.
This is a huge part of the game.
All teams expeirence them, to some extent or the other.
Us Dolfans seem to think that we have more than our share of injuries compared to other teams.
Maybe, maybe not.
I don't know about that.
Perhaps it is just because as close as a lot of us follow the team, we are just more aware of dolphin injuries than those of other teams.
So, with the injury factor being a given, I would just like to see us make plans now for those inevitable injuries.
Yes, it is kind of much when you lose 3 left tackles in one year, but, if you have as many QUALITY players as possible, you should be able to overcome most injuries.
Did we really think that Heath Irwin was quality?
So, when we talk about signing this guy, or drafting that guy, we need to keep in mind : what hapens if this guy needs to play for any extended period of time?
Can he do the job, or will we just hope to "hide" him in masterful "schemes" that our coordinators come up with (See Spencer Falauo).
Look at out DLine injuries last year.
When DG went down, a lot of fans (myself included) thought that Jermaine Hailey and Ernest Grant would be able to pick up the slack. Well, we found out that they were not up to the task.
We can go on and on, from position to position, but the bottom line is: there will be injuries. When they hapen, you need to have backups that are capable of picking up the slack and performing at a high level and not have too much of a noticable dropoff.
In this day and age of the salary cap and numbers crunching, the teams that are lucky enough to have minimal injuries, but yet have quality depth when they do occurr, will be the big winners IMO.
Injuries.
This is a huge part of the game.
All teams expeirence them, to some extent or the other.
Us Dolfans seem to think that we have more than our share of injuries compared to other teams.
Maybe, maybe not.
I don't know about that.
Perhaps it is just because as close as a lot of us follow the team, we are just more aware of dolphin injuries than those of other teams.
So, with the injury factor being a given, I would just like to see us make plans now for those inevitable injuries.
Yes, it is kind of much when you lose 3 left tackles in one year, but, if you have as many QUALITY players as possible, you should be able to overcome most injuries.
Did we really think that Heath Irwin was quality?
So, when we talk about signing this guy, or drafting that guy, we need to keep in mind : what hapens if this guy needs to play for any extended period of time?
Can he do the job, or will we just hope to "hide" him in masterful "schemes" that our coordinators come up with (See Spencer Falauo).
Look at out DLine injuries last year.
When DG went down, a lot of fans (myself included) thought that Jermaine Hailey and Ernest Grant would be able to pick up the slack. Well, we found out that they were not up to the task.
We can go on and on, from position to position, but the bottom line is: there will be injuries. When they hapen, you need to have backups that are capable of picking up the slack and performing at a high level and not have too much of a noticable dropoff.
In this day and age of the salary cap and numbers crunching, the teams that are lucky enough to have minimal injuries, but yet have quality depth when they do occurr, will be the big winners IMO.
