When healthy… Jaycee is HIM!!!

[Ricky Prickles]

7 minutes ago, WhoKnows said:

Good question and probably should have been asked before we extended Donte for way too much.

I wasnt a fan of the Donte extension and felt as if we could have found someone comparable with a better injury history to pay. I wonder how he will be this season with the major injury from last?

[pantherj]

With Horn last season it was a hard blow from a helmet right on his wrist, and it was friendly fire to boot. Horn has a kind of track star build and that's going to be a little dangerous injury wise. Even so, that helmet blow would have snapped a lot of wrists. It was just bad luck. Now the foot break had a Mr. Glass kind of feel to it because nothing notable happened. Dude broke his foot by backpedaling. Wtf?

[BrianS]

When healthy isn't exactly a ringing endorsement.

Guy is talented, there is no doubt.  If he ends up missing time this year, I'm afraid he's never going to make the impact we need.

[Ricky Prickles]

He is a wonderful player when healthy but I agree with many here that "when healthy" is a frustrating thing to have to say afterwards. I am very hopeful though when I think of Thomas Davis's injury streak and how he came back after those few years and never really had much after that. Crossing my fingers and hoping Horn's major injuries hat cost lost of games are behind him and he remains healthy because he can flat out play when he is available to play. Would love to see how good he could be with a number of years of health.

[1of10Charnatives]

8 hours ago, onmyown said:

why do our DBs seem to be injured so much is my question

Part of the reason could be we actually ask them to tackle more than most teams.  Deon was amazing with his ball skills, and despite playing two sports, he was healthy most of his career, but if you go back and watch, he actually shied away from contact and tackling a LOT.

[PanthersGTI]

10 hours ago, Eric4280 said:

Not even in any bias but I’d honestly take him over any CB in the game. He’s the perfect blend of strong and sticky. Elite ball skills, elite physical tools. We all know the one downfall he has but if that doesn’t happen, I’m not taking any cb over him.

While I think JC is the real deal and loved the pick from the moment it was announced, you don't take JC over Sauce. IMO it's those two are the top two corners in the league, but JC is just slightly below Gardner. 

 

I hate the injury prone label, it was 2 random ones. The wrist was just real bad luck. I don't consider that injury prone. 

[rebelrouser]

39 minutes ago, PanthersGTI said:

I don't consider that injury prone. 

Most people don't break a foot by just running.  

[lightsout]

It's not that Jaycee is overly fragile. Some guys are just unlucky as poo. Think Thomas Davis. His knees just kept taking blows, his ribs kept getting bruised and broken, forearm fracture, etc. How many LBs get those injuries at some point? A ton. Some only one or two of those, others may have 5 injuries varying in severity over a 10 year career. How many have THAT many consecutively their first 5 or so years in the league? Very few. Just bad luck.

[therealmjl]

I don’t recall Jaycee ever having injury issues at South Carolina. I chalk these first couple years up as a fluke and still expect big things out of him.

[DeAngelo Beason]

Part of being good is being healthy.  A player can't be great unless they are actually on the field.  He's a top 3 corner in the NFL, arguably the best if he can get a full season under his belt, but we need top 3 for 17 games a seaon (plus playoffs), not 10.

[KSpan]

*when healthy

[PantherKyle]

14 hours ago, ChuckWag78 said:

Two freak injury's (foot and wrist). I have big expectations this year for JC, and I think he will show absolutely out this year. 

Agreed. That's the silver lining in his injury history. Pumped for him this year. 

[thefuzz]

An absolute player, our best on defense right now, and I don't think it's close.

He's an aggressive tackler, he's gonna get banged up...is what it is.  We do need a better no. 2 though, just for that reason alone.

[CamWhoaaCam]

Speaking of staying healthy im 33 now and it seems like im tweaking something every time I go to the gym. I remember my parents telling me take care of yourself while you are young because it gets much harder as you get older.

 

Jaycee is young and it feels like he has a older body because he's always banged up.