why?

I remember last year the 9ers were rarely ever injured. I really want to know if we can continue this trend from year to year. Is it because of our youth???

Luck.

And this is a very dangerous thread.

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Well the streak is gonna end at some point, the odds are definitely against us. And I really hate how a superstitious bunch at .net would go to blame a fellow poster for pointing out a positive on a Seahawks board for the discontinuation of a streak of sorts, even though there is no real evidence that they are to blame.

Find some wood right now and knock on it.

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Give me some damn skittles...

Agreed! Mods lock this thread down before it goes any further.

It's not superstition but rather a strange point of pride that only seems to feed this crazy need to base everything in how it measures to the 49ers.

No need to bash fellow fans when they call out the merits of the post.

Good for us. We must be the chosen ones. Is that the appropriate response?

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"The Seahawks are now known league wide as the team sooooooo badass and smashmouth and hard hitting that they couldn't even go thru their own practices without laying smack down on fools." - JSeahawks

MOds, lock it up..

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"We all we got, we all we need"

When writers were saying that our OTA's were way more aggressive than everyone else, I thought it had to be a good thing.

Teams that practice really hard tend to stay healthier.
Or at least avoid the really big injuries.

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GET YOUR EAR PLUGS READY!!!
Pain is weakness leaving the body. Unless you are playing the Seahawks. Then, pain is weakness entering the body.

Please make this thread stop now.

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"There is no delay of game. We did not let the team know we were scratching our balls"

It happens. A la whiners last year....hope ya didn't jynx us

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"Beast mode was engaged, and when beast mode is engaged, no one can stop him"-- Some skins fan

Great now you just jinxed us. We are totally screwed now.

I've always thought more injuries happen when your on your heals. Meaning playing not to get hurt vs playing to hurt the other guy. The Niners again are healthier than most teams in the league due IMO that same reason. IIRC our worst stretch of injuries was 2006 when we practiced soft in OTA's and training camp trying to ensure we would be healthy and ready to make another SB run.

Playing not to get hurt is kind of like the prevent defense, seems the opposite always happens.

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"cheating", Eddie D. pled to a FELONY to avoid prison and paid players under the table. Brent Jones was paid 500k the year after he stopped playing for "services" in the 90's.. Of course, there is Carmen Policy also

If something happens to anyone, I hope the OP has a horrible week afterwards.

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3elieve

I really hate how somebody posts this sort of thing knowing how it will bother the 'superstitious bunch,' then gets all defensive about his post. Look at how snake-bitten this team has been historically and tell me there's no reason to be uncomfortable with this sort of post. We've historically had more days missed by starters than most any team in the league by an uncomfortable margin.

I can only speculate that you haven't been a fan for long if it doesn't affect you much. We've had countless, very hopefully seasons reduced to either mediocrity or ruins because of the MASH units we've had in the past.

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK on that wood. Yep, there goes my silly superstitions again. I'm surprised I haven't knocked a hole in my desktop by now.

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"A couple years from now Wilson will be forgotten about and you will forget I said he would fail" (Cboom, 2012)

Our insurance policy is our depth. That said, we have been fortunate thus far.

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"Wilson will come in there pissing lightning and crapping thunder! Watch out!" ... Tech Worlds, 5/9/2012

Endzorn, 3 min. later... "Football aside, I would pay money to see that. I'm serious."

Moved to Seattle in 1980. Hawks fan for 33 years and counting.

Youth is the key, I think.

(I actually expected us to take it harder to the 49ers given that we're a bit younger on average across the board...)

Spot on. The agressor usually ends up healthy. Just the way it works usually.

Jinx? Sure hope not.

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A man with a briefcase can steal more money than any man with a gun

We have paid the injury dude in spades, it's time to cash.

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Gawdammit! You had to say it, hawksfan. Now I know who to blame!