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Want the get hit in the feels??? February 3, 2013

Hotsauce

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t96 Grand Master

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They’d both still be here in their prime if not for injuries. That’s the cold hard reality of this sport. There’s really nothing we could’ve done differently for them to avoid the injuries.

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1 hour ago, t96 said:

They’d both still be here in their prime if not for injuries. That’s the cold hard reality of this sport. There’s really nothing we could’ve done differently for them to avoid the injuries.

I think playing Cam through a very obvious shoulder injury didn't help matters in the least.

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2 hours ago, t96 said:

 There’s really nothing we could’ve done differently for them to avoid the injuries.

*cough*

Complete failure to adequately invest in OL protection for the qb while making him play in an offensive scheme that called for him to hold the ball while long, slow developing pass patterns meandered down the field punctuated by designed runs that didn’t do his body any favors.

*cough*

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19 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

*cough*

Complete failure to adequately invest in OL protection for the qb while making him play in an offensive scheme that called for him to hold the ball while long, slow developing pass patterns meandered down the field punctuated by designed runs that didn’t do his body any favors.

*cough*

Yeah, Luke unfortunately just has the concussionitis. Nothing you can do about that, except what he did, which is the right decision to retire. So, I can't say they should both be on the team, because that was beyond anyone's prediction or control.

Cam? Cam wasn't squandered. Cam was used and abused until he was utterly destroyed. In a just world, at this moment, he'd be in the middle of a ten-year contract, healthy, and getting in shape to chase his second championship.

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24 minutes ago, 1of10Charnatives said:

*cough*

Complete failure to adequately invest in OL protection for the qb while making him play in an offensive scheme that called for him to hold the ball while long, slow developing pass patterns meandered down the field punctuated by designed runs that didn’t do his body any favors.

*cough*

This OL thing is a total myth. We’ve had a mostly average line during Cam’s career, some years a little worse, some years a little better. Wilson in Seattle has had a worse OL his whole career than Cam. Cam was hit in the pocket on plays that every single QB in the league gets hit on every year as well. His mindset of wanting to extend every single play as long as possible didn’t always help either. Watch how Brady turtles in the pocket when he sees a hit coming. Cam has never and will never do that, it’s not in his nature. With that comes big highlight reel escape plays for TD, etc. but then also a greater chance of injury.

Shula was terrible but those plays didn’t get Cam hurt, they just stalled the offense.

Cam’s skillset lends itself to those types of QB running plays if you want to get the most out of him. Take that away to “protect him” and he wouldn’t be nearly as good of a player. He wouldn’t be an MVP, he wouldn’t be a threat every time he stepped on the field. He would’ve been average at best. That would be completely retarded to put reins on a talent of his caliber. We had to let him be himself or he’d have never worked out.

Blame the team all you want but the reality is there are many different factors and by far the biggest is just simple bad luck.

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5 minutes ago, Captroop said:

Cam? Cam wasn't squandered. Cam was used and abused until he was utterly destroyed. In a just world, at this moment, he'd be in the middle of a ten-year contract, healthy, and getting in shape to chase his second championship.

I really wonder why Ron and Co. aren't called out more for this. 

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Despite the flaws in Ron’s coaching and our rosters the single greatest reason this group fell short is because the NFL wanted Peyton Manning to get his retirement trophy in SB50.
 

They head hunted Cam all night with no flags, took away our momentum with the Cotchery catch and Denver was offsides on both of our missed field goals. It was a rigged game to keep Cam being the star of the NFL. They even had the balls to let Denver do the same poo in the rematch in 16. I’ll take that to my grave that they didn’t allow us to compete the way we should have. 
 

We win that SB and a lot this looks way different. 

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