Injury Lists - Whats the point?

In the NFL, there are 32 teams with 53 Players per team. 53*32=1696 players.

Of these 1696 players, 201 are on the injury lists for Week 2. Thats near enough 12% of players, so nearly 1 in every 8 players has some sort of niggle or injury and its only Week 1. They have played 5 matches including pre-season where they will have had limited injury time.

These figures dont include players on Injured Reserve list like Shawne Merriman or Tom Brady which makes it worse.
132 players will not take part again this season as they have been put on IR.
And another 17 will not play until at least Week 7 as they have been placed on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list.

So thats 350 players that have an injury in the whole of the NFL. Enough to make up 6 new teams of 53. Hell, you can make two teams out of those on IR.

So, why is there an injury report and what is the point in it.

Tom Brady was on the Injury Report for 3 years, ever since he won the Patriots' last Lombardi Trophy. The first time he played off it, he went on Injured Reserve and wont play again. Karma? or a mere coincidence. There was never any proof that Brady had a bad shoulder, most QBs do struggle with their shoulder at one time or another, but should the fans be expected to believe that TB can break the TD record with one good arm?

Belichick knows that it isnt take it seriously. He put Moss on the Injury list to whip up a controversy about his back and how it happened. By some coincidence, there were more questions about Moss than normal and less directed to Bill about his new QB. Again, Coincidence or not?

It honestly wouldnt surprise me to see an injury report of:

Kevin Faulk RB, Questionable (Taste in Drugs)
Laurence Maroney RB, Questionable (Hairstyle)
Logan Mankins OL, Questionable (Weight)
Ellis Hobbs CB, Questionable (Ability)

When a team has 17 players on the Injury Report and 12 are questionable but likely to play, you wonder why they bother putting this down apart from to create some tension about their players and maybe create an excuse or two for a loss.

I'm tired so most of this may not make sense, but thanks for reading and tomorrow will be a new badges update, and my picks for Week 2.

For Now,
PatriotEagle