Rice was one of the best receivers in football when he went down. No he didn’t make a Pro Bowl or All-Pro as a rookie, and it’s hard to when you’re our most of the second year.
You make these arbitrary arguments with totally subjective grades and measurements to support your points. We can’t count injuries as significant unless they were an “All Pro” or made a “Pro Bowl?” Ok, man. I’ve never heard anyone else suggest that the Packers lost their 2022 playoff matchup to the 49ers because they were just too banged up. I’ve never seen anyone else that will go to the lengths you will go to, to make excuses for Packer losses.