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There is a reason that when skill position players go out, the betting line does not move. That is in CFB and in the NFL. Maybe... MAYBE... it'll move 1/2 point or 1 point if the right guy goes out, but that is rare.I'm not downgrading X's importance as a WR, I'm just putting some things into perspective.
TVD gets hurt? We are in big trouble.
Parrish gets hurt or Knighton can't go, it thins out our biggest offensive strength over the first 2 games.
X gets hurt? I'm not happy about it, but we have other WRs and TEs and RBs who will just have to catch more passes.
I'd rather have perspective on this than to run around freaking out and exaggerating like 1060 is.
Instead, it is exactly what you reference that will move a betting line: cluster injuries to 1 position group. That is problematic.
Now, losing a QB... you can move a line 7 points, maybe even more in certain instances.
Losing X isn't ideal, but in the grand scheme, he is just another dude that we can plug and replace. The replacement level guy (Brashard, likely) isn't a huge dropoff. Now instead of going 4-wide with Brashard and X, we put in Arroyo and go 2 TEs, and the total dropoff isn't so bad.
**** happens, dudes get hurt. That is on the staff, specifically the OC, to adjust. It didn't happen in the 1st quarter, it happened on Thursday. This is not some insurmountable injury. Let's go get these ****ers Sat night.