I think marginally, yes. The injuries to the offensive line and defensive secondary have been a real problem this year. All teams have to deal with injuries, but the Bears have been undermanned all season at those two position groups, and I think it’s shown up in the game results. If their pass defense and blocking had been marginally better in a couple of games, I can see the Bears scratching out a couple more wins. If they were 4-5 right now, we’d be talking about this team completely differently.
I agree, injuries affect everyone, but the position group it affects might hurt a team more depending on their style of play.
With a QB like Justin (whose biggest weakness rn is his time he takes to throw), and a team that wanted to run first, offensive line and running back issues are a big deal.
Couple that with key blocking receiver injuries (ESB) or failures (Claypool), and now screen games get harder, as well as running outside
I think marginally, yes. The injuries to the offensive line and defensive secondary have been a real problem this year. All teams have to deal with injuries, but the Bears have been undermanned all season at those two position groups, and I think it’s shown up in the game results. If their pass defense and blocking had been marginally better in a couple of games, I can see the Bears scratching out a couple more wins. If they were 4-5 right now, we’d be talking about this team completely differently.
I agree, injuries affect everyone, but the position group it affects might hurt a team more depending on their style of play.
With a QB like Justin (whose biggest weakness rn is his time he takes to throw), and a team that wanted to run first, offensive line and running back issues are a big deal.
Couple that with key blocking receiver injuries (ESB) or failures (Claypool), and now screen games get harder, as well as running outside