Seen and Herd: Week 16 | Atlanta Falcons vs. Buffalo Bills

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Published: December 29, 2009

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... I've visited just about every town in Western New York throughout the past week.

Now to that agitating—yet not surprising—loss on Sunday.

 

Injuries show

I'm not one to make excuses. In fact, I really dislike bad ones. I was one of those guys that hated my friends explaining how they missed tackles in backyard football because they didn't have cleats. Never cut it with me. 

So keep that in mind when I say the injury catastrophe that hit the Bills this season had a direct effect on their underwhelming performance—it's not a cop-out.

The Bills have played some pretty horrible offense. They've been locked in the cellar of run stopping all year long, but their Week 16 putrid performance opened my eyes to the evil fracas the injury bug can inflict on an NFL team. 

Buffalo infamously shipped 18 players to Injured Reserve in 2009, and finally the second, third, and practice squad guys were exploited by NFL starter...

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