In recent days much has been made about the injury woes the Seattle Seahawks have faced during the 2019 season. Particularly of note, recently the number of man games missed has been tossed around regarding this year’s version of the Hawks, but the number that has been floated may be a bit inflated.
Now, it’s certainly possible to argue that the Hawks have indeed lost 255 man games to injury this season, however, to get to that count of 255 requires some creative computation regarding what constitutes a man game missed. Specifically, the only way to get to 255 man games missed through Week 16 is to count every single game missed by every single player on injured reserve, regardless of whether that player is a starter, a backup, or whether they would have ever made the 53 man roster out of training camp.