The AFC South, 2024 Season

[ChoppedWood]

Originally Posted by Dam8610

So then AR comes back in and continues to develop? You seem to like being angry.

Well, I am just putting out there my prognostications- from what I have observed, this OL is not going to give Joe sufficient protection to make it another 9 games.

If Joe does go down, I would love nothing else than for AR to come back and develop. However, there just isn't a track record to lean on where we can say there is precedent for this. This is a 22 year old dude, given the keys, told he was the chosen one, stamped with the C on his chest, and all of it taken away from him in an instant.

We also cannot lose track of the fact that the narrative was- HE IS A DEVELOPMENT PLAYER- HE WAS GOING TO HAVE THIS LONG RAMP TO GROW AND LEARN THROUGH HIS MISTAKES.... that had to be part of his psyche as well- probably never admit it but there had to be some element of "okay, that was a bad mistake but I still have runway to work with"- had to be in his head....NOPE- "these MF'ers lied to me" also has to be in his head now.

No the far greater likelihood is he never bounces back from this. That's why I keep saying move him, move him now. If he goes the route of a lot of other dudes that have been down this well beaten path, right now is the high water mark for his market value. If you don't have faith in his ability to perform, then get what you can from somebody that is willing to take a flier (Browns?) and begin rebuilding.