Everyone can agree that the Redskins’ 2017 season did not go as planned. And most can agree that the mass influx of injuries was a prominent factor in deciding their fate. But who is to blame for the uncharacteristically large amount of injuries suffered? The answer to that question, strangely enough, is up for debate.
As the injury numbers piled up week after week, the training staff started to attract blind criticism from fans and spectators. The team seemed to lose multiple players every week, and by season’s end, they had a whopping 25 players on the injured reserve, and even more that had been banged up throughout the tumultuous campaign.