sometimes this needs to be said and especially to people I think know better , they try to minimize how big those losses really were to make losses greater than they really were.
dude it was more than a few cogs. three offensive linemen, all pro bowlers at the same time gone.... Tyler smith comes in also not played a full game yet. Then missing Trayvon Diggs etcetera etcetera..
Also nobody wants to talk about how Donovan Wilson looked like he probably shouldn't have got as many snaps as he did.. He was all over the place out of position, over pursuit as if he was trying to make up for lost time.... so, he was just coming back off injury.
but it was more than a few pieces in the cog. You know when a cog IE sprocket missing 4 flat spots, three all next to each other pretty much that machines not working right in the real world...
I promise you this you take away three offensive linemen from any of the top ten teams that you think are playoff teams and then you watch their offense that week play and we're going to talk about how they all look as bad as we did..
You'll probably come back and say no everybody next man up it shouldn't been that bad, no it is that bad.. That's one of the most important units on the team it's one of the most cohesive units.. And yet we have yet to have our starting five in a brand new offense trying to learn their way.
I like how using words like a few cogs is supposed to make us forget how important those pieces were all together at the same time missing.... Most teams would have issues playing well missing that many pro bowlers all in the same game...FACT