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If there is one thing that has proven most detrimental to the Detroit Lions' attempts to crawl out of the hole they're been in for the last decade, it's injuries. This is why the Lions of today are highly concerned with depth. There is no question the Lions have come out on the short end of the stick regarding injuries more often than not. In part, this is a referendum of the level of talent the Lions have had over that same time frame. This is an extreme example, but to illustrate, what do you think if a mid-major college team went out and started taking shots from the NFL's best? Exactly. They'd get hurt. But that's neither here nor there. The point is, injuries have been a major factor in just about every season the Lions have played, and they seem to have been consistently stand in the way of the Lions and whatever half-baked plans they're trying to execute. That, at least, is true of the majority of the past decade. Lately, injuries seem to be the only thing standing between the Lions and a pretty well laid-out set of plans. But good plans or bad, let's take a look at the injuries that have set the Lions back since 2000. Begin Slideshow
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