[burger]

It's interesting to me that losing those three starters offered some possibility for addition by subtraction. Not throwing any of those guys under the bus, but others have emerged to pick up the slack, to get better with experience, and to make for what I'll call a tighter style of play.

This sort phenomenon--unheralded back up gets promoted to starter because of injury and suddenly blossoms--happens so often in all sports that there should be a name for it (note: and it shouldn't be named after Tom Brady; it should be named after a player not universally hated).

[burger]

It's interesting to me that losing those three starters offered some possibility for addition by subtraction. Not throwing any of those guys under the bus, but others have emerged to pick up the slack, to get better with experience, and to make for what I'll call a tighter style of play.

This sort phenomenon--unheralded back up gets promoted to starter because of injury and suddenly blossoms--happens so often in all sports that there should be a name for it (note: and it shouldn't be named after Tom Brady; it should be named after a player not universally hated).