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It could be worse....it could be better


bigjohn

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Think about if we hadn't drafted Cam. He wasn't my first choice, and there are a ton of the rest of you who weren't on the "Cam-wagon" either.

{{Shudder}}

Also, the pick up of Applewhite off the street was a pretty nice pickup.

Don't forget about resigning DWill and the big cat writing the checks to bring in Olsen and Shockey. What about the "trade Steve Smith" train--how'd that work out for us?

Now look at injuries.

No team makes it through the season unscathed, but just think about if we hadn't lost Otah, Beason and TD for the season. Just Beason and TD would make our defense worth a couple more wins.

Just shows how completely fickle things are in this league.

Looking to next year, we're a couple more injuries away from being 0-16, and two good draft picks, a free agent pickup and some good luck (health) from being 13-3.

Gotta love this game.

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