Injuries happen
 

Injury is the biggest equalizer in football today. Every year players coming off big years go down. And am I worried about Thomas going down? You bet. And if he does, do we have a answer? That is a flat out NO.

The last thing I want is to have another losing season as a result of injuries in crucial positions. This is why you don't get the ego Payton had when he decided to trade Cooks. This is a era of every other year success and I have a bunch of players' names I can show to prove that.

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Wow. Just...wow.

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What?

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Allen Hurns 2015
Eric Decker 2015
DeMarco Murray 2014
Le'veon Bell 2014
Mike Evans 2014
AP 2013 and 2015
Doug Martin 2012 and 2015
Alfred Morris 2012
Todd Gurley 2015

Look at all those names...........after those big years what happened next year, they either slumped badly, underused, or got hurt. Since Thomas won't be underused and slumping is not in his DNA, it could be injury.

This is why I want us to sign Decker if he's released. He's the same type of receiver as Thomas is, wideout that takes small passes but can take it deep, redzone success.

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I'm not worried about it just yet, but yes it would provide some assurance if we could sign a veteran possession receiver to contribute.

But we haven't even reached June 1 cuts yet, still got some time to work with. And there is the outside chance that LSU kid or someone else on our roster goes bananas and emerges for us. Perhaps Tommylee can elevate his game.

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Talk about being negative :rolleyes:

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Even if he does emerge, it's not going to be at the level Thomas was last year. If Thomas goes down, it could be good for Ginn which he will get force-fed targets in that case. But if he doesn't get the extra targets, then we better be darn good running it.

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It's called being realistic. What happened last year is never a recipe for next year.

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It's called whining about injuries, negative?

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Not a huge Decker fan, let's just pray we don't get busted up this year. Not even to rookie minicamp and I'm already depressed.