kungfoodude

I don't think any of us should assume anything about our FO. They have had a knack for making some of the most surprising/boneheaded decisions in franchise history during the David Tepper era. I do agree that Tepper likes him, which is why we are saddled with him at the moment despite the overwhelming evidence he is a bad NFL QB. I don't think he is going to be so quick to realize how wrong he was in his QB evaluation.

Well he somehow had 12 preseason carries for not playing. He also has 20 carries in the regular season, not three. He has actually played in about 7% of the offensive snaps for this regular season(33% of the special teams snaps). This isn't stuff you have to make up, these are very easily referenced statistics, man.

It's not common for a RB to recover from two ACL tears in the same knee. It's fairly rare. You are correct that it isn't the career ender that it used to be but there is also the fact that we appear to have largely moved on with the additions of Dowdle and Etienne. Dobbins is a very good example. He has basically missed 54% of his career regular season games since he came into the league in 2020. It will end up being 57% at the conclusion of this season. It's a big contributing factor to why he is on this third NFL team in 6 years. It's certainly possible that may be 4 by the beginning of next season. I would say there is very little chance that Brooks ever contributes in any meaningful way in Carolina. Possibly with another team but I am extremely skeptical of his future here because of those injuries and because of the roster.

And his preseason play. Not an apples to apples but he has not done anything of note and I don't really expect him to. TBH, I thought we over drafted him. He was more of a 7th round/UDFA guy on my RB board.

Added that he is technically our best SO guy in 2025-26 as he has our only SO goal of the season. Lol

He has attempted 8 shootout goals in his NHL career and made 1. He is among our worst SO guys on the entire roster in terms of career stats. I will say he is currently our best SO guy in 2025-2026, as he is the only Cane to have made a SO goal this season(it's the only of his career).

Kochetkov is just too streaky. TBD if Freddie is doing that too. Freddie is the more reliable goalie over his career. The Bussi kid looks like he could be a solid #2 eventually. Just need to figure out the #1 guy. Same as almost every year. It's not talent, it's consistency and being able to step up in the playoffs.

I know. It's been a wild downfall. 100%. It's really on what the Bucs do. We are probably gonna get the poo kicked out of us for the rest of the season(for the most part, I expect 1-2 more wins) and they have a significantly easier schedule. We are probably going to have to rely on them to fall apart. They haven't really looked particularly strong, TBH.

I don't think there is a "probably." The NFC South is about a 99.9% likelihood of being a 1 team playoff division. Not statistically, logically.

Him being gone next year is a possibility if the franchise deems he is beyond repair and they attempt to garner some sort od return assets. I don't view this as very likely at all. The remaining games will determine his 5th year option, IMO. Even if we are lukewarm on him, we are likely to keep him on the roster next year.

I mean...the short answer is many. He is squarely a bottom 10% starter or top third of the pack #2 QB statistically. We all hope that changes but the career speaks for itself. He has been dramatically below NFL average.

This is about as incorrect as possible. Are you familiar with his career SO stats?

Yeah, I mean he was not special in very, very, VERY favorable circumstances in college and he has not really looked like anything more than a JAG here. It's possible that changes but it's not really important as a lower round pick. If he becomes a competent returner then the pick was worthwhile.

Which is kind of funny considering how much less talent there is on the defensive side of the ball in comparison.

We can't regain the massive amount of resources we utlitized to obtain him. He is worth an infinitesimally small fraction of that now. So, the only positive outcome possible is for him to figure it out. We definitely need that to be the case. I don't believe it will happen as a guy that had Bryce #1 on my QB list. But I would damn sure be here for it.