Are Brooks and Legette Day 1 Starters?

[Hoenheim]

What do you think? Will Brooks be 100% to start the season coming back from an ACL? Will he immediately beat out Chubba and Sanders for RB1?

Is Leggete starting out on the outside with Deiontae Johnson  on the other side? Will they just stick Theilen and Mingo in the slot?? 

[CRA]

ACL on average takes NFL players 49.7 weeks to return to the field.  Brooks went down mid Nov.  56% that return re- injured themselves in 10 weeks.  

Brooks probably shouldn’t be a day 1 starter.   Even if he is trending on the early side of that average and young. Carolina should move slow.  

 

 

[Bear Hands]

9 minutes ago, CRA said:

ACL on average takes NFL players 49.7 weeks to return to the field.  Brooks went down mid Nov.  56% that return re- injured themselves in 10 weeks.  

Brooks probably shouldn’t be a day 1 starter.   Even if he is trending on the early side of that average and young. Carolina should move slow.  

 

 

Brooks himself confirmed he's already running and will be ready for training camp come July.  There's diff types of tears and a 6th month recovery for a clean tear linesn up.   

If that's the case, I think he's getting snaps immediately and that could be bulk/majority by midseason worst case.

 

[jb2288]

He’ll be ready but we will ease him in just because he’s a rookie. Imagine he’s RB1 around week 6. XL doesn’t really matter if he is named starter or not, he will get a ton of playing time 

[Billy Goat]

Training camp is roughly 8 months since the injury, so I don't see why he won't be there for that. 8-9 months seems the new norm with this type of injury recovery.

[jfra78]

I think Brooks will be held out of the pre season but get snaps week 1.  

[Khyber53]

19 minutes ago, CRA said:

ACL on average takes NFL players 49.7 weeks to return to the field.  Brooks went down mid Nov.  56% that return re- injured themselves in 10 weeks.  

Brooks probably shouldn’t be a day 1 starter.   Even if he is trending on the early side of that average and young. Carolina should move slow.  

 

 

And, well, there may not be another team with more experience in successfully returning a guy from a knee injury. Let's take it slow, play the long game with him and hopefully it pays off big.

If he doesn't see the field until late November, early December, he's going to be fresh at the right time.

[NAS]

Brooks would have started if he wasn't returning from injury but I think half way through the season will see increase in reps.  

XL better start day 1  or he wasn't the right pick. 

[FattyFatFat]

XL yes Brooks no. Doubt they’d want to rush back and risk re-injury. 

[Jon Snow]

They 1st 3 picks will contribute this season. When they get to "start" is up to how they perform on the field. 

[Bear Hands]

I don't expect XL to start.  He's not on the field for 12 personnel.

For 11, he'll get abundant snaps but he's not starting Z or Slot early downs.  

He'll still a lot of snaps but technically speaking, not starting.

[csx]

Brooks no. 

[t96]

29 minutes ago, CRA said:

ACL on average takes NFL players 49.7 weeks to return to the field.  Brooks went down mid Nov.  56% that return re- injured themselves in 10 weeks.  

Brooks probably shouldn’t be a day 1 starter.   Even if he is trending on the early side of that average and young. Carolina should move slow.  

 

 

I'd let him lead a committee from day 1 if he gets in a full training camp but yeah wouldn't consider at any point this season giving him full bellcow back duties. Maybe an exception if we are in the playoff mix late and he's that much better than our other backs but even then I'd be hesitant. Need him to be healthy and contributing for us longer term, not just this year.

[csx]

Leggette doesn't need to start day 1 either. Regardless of when he was taken he's a 2nd rounder. He should certainly contribute day 1.

Day 1 is irrelevant really. What matters is the years these guys contribute not the games first season 

Edited April 27 by csx