Coming off a bye week, you’d expect this team to be as healthy as it could be.
Instead, there were a slew of defensive starters who didn’t suit up for this one. That list includes Marvin Wilson, Travis Jay, and Renardo Green. Hamsah Nasirildeen, whose return seemed imminent, was also declared out. Akeem Dent and Meiko Dotson were also missing. Whether these were sickness-related, or due to injury or an intent to transfer or sit out the rest of the season remains to be seen.
That basically left just the following seven scholarship defensive backs available: Asante Samuel, Jr.