While it might not automatically win you a Super Bowl, being the healthiest team in the NFL often gives you a pretty good shot at it—as long as you have a decently talented roster. Every season is a war of attrition, with injuries, significant or otherwise, whittling down every roster over the fall and winter months deep into January.
The rosters you take into September often look much different by the time you get deep into December, and then into the postseason. Already, the Pittsburgh Steelers have lost three players this year who were opening-day starters, beginning with right tackle Zach Banner in the opener, inside linebacker Devin Bush several weeks later, and most recently, outside linebacker Bud Dupree.