News: DMN: Interactive graphic: How many games did Cowboys starters lose to injury?

[Vanilla2]

There were 7 teams ahead of us and 24 behind us.

That's not average?

 

[WoodysGirl]

8th most actually.

Minor detail

 

[bayeslife]

About the average based on this graphic

8th out of 32 is average?

 

[bayeslife]

I'd put GB there too who lost their left tackle (Bulaga) for 16 games, their QB (Rodgers) for 8 Games, and their best WR (Cobb) for 10 games?

The Cowboys equivalent is losing Tyron Smith all season, Romo for half the season, and Dez for most of the season. Cowboys might have won 3-4 games.

Luckily for the Packers they got out to something like a 5-2 start, and needed to only win 3 games out of the final 9 to make the playoffs. Says a lot about that division.

 

[WoodysGirl]

8th out of 32 is average?

Sure. i got a D in math. lol

 

[blindzebra]

Various:

NE had it worse and played FAR better. But make no mistake injuries will probably make NE a playoff loser this week. They haven't won a SB in QUITE a long time actually.

Cobb is a beast but he is a WR2 not WR1. GB lost a ton and felt the pain. The GB fans are just happy to have made the playoffs.

NE/GB have complaints but also have more overall talent than us.
Start with better talent, suffer injuries similar to us and end better than us. Not shocking.

The "narrative" is called reality. NE and GB will both acknowledge injuries took their toll and when the history is written it won't be forgotten.
Same as when GB won a SB after losing all those starters.
Think NE folks are NOT talking about Gronk??

But again there are vast differences.
GB sucked without Rodgers and lost a lot. Because no back up replaces that.
We didn't suck without Waters because we had a solid 3rd OG in Bern.
We did suck without Ratliff and Spencer because no NFL team survives that unscathed and we compounded that with the loss of key back ups Crawford/Bass.

Dallas never really had Mo at full strength. The "narrative" is that Mo sucks.
But that's simply hogwash. He can flat cover. He simply was hurt. He couldn't raise his arms to catch the ball or challenge WR which is rather a very real problem.

Dallas has one of the 3 or 4 worst injury situations in football. And only 2 teams with worse made the playoffs. They both have top 3 QBs and EVERYTHING in place to win Super Bowls.

GB made the playoffs because Detroit imploded. Period.

If you look at NE's season they won a lot of ugly games early before they lost the defensive players. Without that cushion it likely would have been a different story.

 

[Pessimist_cowboy]

I'd put GB there too who lost their left tackle (Bulaga) for 16 games, their QB (Rodgers) for 8 Games, and their best WR (Cobb) for 10 games?

The Cowboys equivalent is losing Tyron Smith all season, Romo for half the season, and Dez for most of the season. Cowboys might have won 3-4 games.

Dude , your love for the packers is so obvious . I don't think you even realize how much you constantly talk about them .

 

[Alexander]

GB made the playoffs because Detroit imploded. Period.

Actually beating Dallas had something to do with it also. But please, continue.

If you look at NE's season they won a lot of ugly games early before they lost the defensive players. Without that cushion it likely would have been a different story.

How you can be so blatantly biased and expect anyone with a functional brain to take you seriously is pretty remarkable.

 

[blindzebra]

Actually beating Dallas had something to do with it also. But please, continue.



How you can be so blatantly biased and expect anyone with a functional brain to take you seriously is pretty remarkable.

The truth hurts...deal with it.

 

[EPL0c0]

according to that most of Washington's starters stayed healthy all year... 3 wins.

Makes me feel a tiny bit better