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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rmontro" data-source="post: 739598" data-attributes="member: 12340">Obviously there's a lot of disagreement on whether GB gets hit harder by injuries than other teams.  But Colin Cowherd today gave an explanation for it that I have never heard before.  Now he may be full of baloney, but I'd never heard this theory before:One of his favorite themes to talk about is how the Packers are an average roster with a great quarterback.  And I do think he is right about that, without Rodgers the Packers are an average team, at best.  He noted that the Packers are always banged up, always hurt.  His explanation was that the Packers don't have a very athletic roster.  In other words, if you look at great athletes like LeBron James, they tend not to be injured much.  In part, because they are so physically gifted, they are exceptional physical specimens.  He's saying that the Packers don't have these types, and that's why they get hurt so much.It's strange how we will go into a season thin at a certain area (last year corner, this year OL), and sure enough that area seems to be the one that gets hit the hardest.</blockquote>

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