Injuries Comparison - 49ers vs. Packers

Of COURSE it hurts. I never said otherwise. All we are talking about is the DEGREE of hurt.

Your team has a great chance to beat the Niners. Again...never said otherwise.

However...don't you think you guys have a better chance if Justin Smith isn't his normal self?

Degree of hurt is inversely proportionate to ability of your backups

Of course...

...but at this point I dunno even what we are arguing about. That has nothing to do with my point.

This whole thing was just about whether losing players at the same positions on teams built very differently was equateable. I say no. You seem to think its the same.

I have a feeling niether of us is changing that position.

We're arguing because you're making it seem like our starters aren't fit to be backups on your squad with the exception of "Rodgers and a couple of receivers" Fact is, as great as Rodgers is, he can't win by himself. You devalue our starters and the effect that losing them has had on our team. We have done incredibly well in spite of all the horrible injuries we suffered, and that's not because our starters suck.

I'll even go so far as to say that in terms of pure man coverage I believe our CB could hang with any of yours, Sitton could easily fit in on your line, one or two of our RB could make your roster over Hunter, and I think Raji is better than Sopoaga. I'll even say Clay would trash any of your OLB, even Aldon.

Glad you wrote that!

We are all in agreement now.

Did someone really make a argument referencing the # of pro bowlers they had. Jeff Saturday is a pro bowler for us.

HyponGrey is correct. It's silly to say that the loss of an important player on our defense such as Bishop is less important than losing a player on a defense that is very good.

Losing Bishop is not as important as them losing Willis. Just like losing Kaep is not as important as us losing Rodgers. Or, us losing Clay is more important than us losing Perry on the other side.

That's my opinion. Hypon is not correct or incorrect. It's just his opinion.

I happen to agree with Marvin.

Besides Bishop, other losses that really would have answered questions this season were Nick Perry, Sherrod, and Bulaga. Perry was new but could have been a force during the games that we did not have Matthews and may have made a difference along with Woodson when we went to Minnesota.
Our offensive line is not one of the better ones in the league. But maybe with these guys out there we could have fared better in NY and ARod might not have 51 sacks all said.

A defense that has a # of quality players doesn't suffer like one that is let's say average that losses a Bishop or Matthews. A very good defense still has a # of quality players to pick up the slack. So it's my opinion that Hypon's opinion is correct and I'm sticking to it.