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Panthers agree to 1-year deal with RB Rico Dowdle

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4 hours ago, CRA said:

I got no issue with Dowdle.  Good year last year.  Nice add to a committee. Outside of being a no good dirty Gamecock and we seem forever fixated on that school (just a joke).  

I still think drafting RBs in the draft in the big picture is better than renting vets year to year.  And I think organizationally the team has to bascially count Brooks out.  If he ever returned and was nice for us that is just an icing on the cake bonus.   I don't think it is smart business to consider him part of the backfield plan going forward.  So given that, I think a mid round RB draft pick was smarter than signing Dowdle.  RBs are easy to find and for cheap....Dowdle is the perfect example of that.  Think he was actually undrafted.  I wish the Panthers would just steadily add young RBs and basically never pay them.  Maybe make an exception if you ever found yourself where the Eagles were last year. 

I think the problem is they know Dowdle can play and a RB in the draft could always pull an Eric Shelton and suck ass. They know they need a decent option to spell Chuba which Dowdle can be that. Brooks did look good in his limited time. Now there is no pressure to rush his rehab. 
 

That said I wouldn’t be mad at another late round back coming to the team. But I would prefer not seeing it until Rd 5.

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2 minutes ago, OneBadCat said:

I think the problem is they know Dowdle can play and a RB in the draft could always pull an Eric Shelton and suck ass. They know they need a decent option to spell Chuba which Dowdle can be that. Brooks did look good in his limited time. Now there is no pressure to rush his rehab. 

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Honestly a nice surprise. Rico was also good with yards after contact, and so it's going to be easier to spell Chuba without much dropoff. Still would like to get another rookie RB in here but now we can afford using a late round pick or signing an UDFA.

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Trying to help those 3 folks who hate this move. 

 

In 2025 2.75 million is basically the new "vet" minimum. 

 

They still need #3 RB and returner, draft could/should be the lane for that. 

 

There's no downside to this move, they could cut with little effect and replace with your chosen rookie. 

 

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16 hours ago, Basbear said:

Trying to help those 3 folks who hate this move. 

 

In 2025 2.75 million is basically the new "vet" minimum. 

 

They still need #3 RB and returner, draft could/should be the lane for that. 

 

There's no downside to this move, they could cut with little effect and replace with your chosen rookie. 

 

1yr rental on a 1000yd rusher that also has blocking + pass catching skills coming out of the backfield?

On a position that is notoriously beaten up over the course of the season?

That allows us to take a day 3 RB, of which there are apparently many potential starters in this class, and let JB redshirt for the year to get healthy?

The only downside to this move is that it doesn't give doomers anything to doom over. 😛

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