We were not missing 8 starters for the first 5 games when we were 2-3. The last two games, yes that can be excused but the first 5 games were not good and we were relatively healthy.........and the defense has only had a handful of injuries.
We were only healthy the 1st 2 games and we were elite. McCoy went out early in the Philly game and when a team loses it's C in game they lose 70% of the time. Ruiz also got hurt in the game Against ATL DD, McCoy Ruiz were out and TH got hurt early.