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The Depth on this team

I was just thinking about the yesteryears when if one of our key players went out with an injury then our season was tanked. I'm talking the Sam Bakerless team or the horrible Julio Joneless team or the Sean Wetherspoonless team that had us coughing up the lead to SF in the NFC championship. But my dudes and dudettes...this team's depth is just so reassuring you know what I mean? For example, without Trufant we were not only able to survive, we actually got better in the secondary without him. I'm so thankful for Poole sometimes...

Then we crushed defenses without Julio for 2 games (yes it was the Rams and 49ers but I still think we could have done 28 on a top defense without Julio). Last year we did pretty decently with alot of key players out from time to time (Deion, Neal, Shelby, Clayborn).

My question is where is our weakest spot where we can't afford to lose somebody, where it will cost us a playoff run?Obviously MR2 is a no brainer...although I think we would still post a winning record with Schuab, our system is that good. On offense, I think we have plenty of depth at WR and RB, i'll take Coleman or Devonta. We can play without a TE almost, we did it for stretches last season. Having good Guards is great but with a good center its not going to kill you if Wes or Garland go out. I think the biggest one is Mack, without him our offense goes from great to mediocre. Look at the SB...ugh....the one sack that really killed us was because Mack was injured and couldn't plant as well. They blew up our interior so fast that MR2 didn't even have time to throw it. I seriously don't think that happend the whole year, where people came from the center so fast he couldn't do anything. A healthy Mack is critical to our whole team.

On defense it gets difficult. The DL has depth, not enough great skill besides Vic, Jarret, and Poe, but it has depth. Secondary is pretty legit I think as far as 2nd string goes. I think the obvious is Deion, if he went out our performance would seriously slip, but Idk, put riley in the middle and Ishmeal or Laroy on the outside like in the Seattle game last year???

What do you guys think, where is the one position we can't afford to lose someone? I think its OT or C.

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