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Johnathon brooks

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49 minutes ago, Shocker said:

This guy was like legend of high school Texas football material.  So much potential 

Gained 3,849 yards from scrimmage and scored 65 offensive TD's (70 total) as a senior; helped Hallettsville to a 13-3 record and a Texas 3A D-I state runner-up finish

One of the worst parts about the game is all the "what if" stories that got derailed by injuries. 

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I could never found out who did the first surgery. That failed.  
 

 Nor who did the recent one. 
 

Yiu can’t count on anything involving him. If it happens it’s a windfall at this point. 

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Just worry about it next year.  Its that simple honestly.  its way to early to do what ifs.  I could see us trade/cut chuba and retain dowdle, I could see them let dowdle walk and go with Chuba/Etienne and Brooks, and I could see Dowdle and Chuba both stay and see what happens.  Hell, we still have 6 games left THIS season plus possible post-season...what if Rico or Chuba have an ACL tear or severe injury.  I DO NOT want that to happen, but stuff like that does happen.  Remember RB is the most injury prone position in the NFL due to the beating their bodies take so having some extra guys is never bad, just wish it hadn't come at the cost we paid to get him.

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Yeah, if Brooks becomes anything more than a guy released before the end of his rookie contract and you never hear from them again, that’s found money.  I don’t see him coming back from both injuries.  Even in his brief time back before the injury last year, he did not look impressive.  He looked slow and had no explosion.  Now he’s been out 2 years?  I doubt he does anything in the league, but who knows?  Again, if he does, that’s would be awesome for us.  But if he doesn’t, I’m excited about what we have and/or retain out of Chuba, Rico, and Etienne.  Etienne is gonna be NICE.

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9 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

Yeah Willis McGahee and that RB from USC come to mind. 

I loved those late 90s-early 2000s Miami teams.  If McGahee hadn’t had that injury, he would probably have been a Top 10 all-time rusher, no doubt in my mind.  The fact he didn’t lose his leg below the knee is still a miracle.  And the fact he came back from that, made it in the NFL, and still carved out a career that included over 8k yards rushing and two pro bowls is damn impressive.  It just demonstrates how good he would have been had he never had the injury.  Prior to that, he was like nothing I had ever seen.  Like a bigger, more physical and elusive Reggie Bush.

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11 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

Yeah Willis McGahee and that RB from USC come to mind. 

Every NFL team, college program, hell even HS has numerous "what ifs" that got derailed by injury. It's a brutal sport and half the battle is just getting lucky enough to stay healthy. Doesn't matter how durable you are and how well you take care of your body everyone is one weird hit or awkward twist away from a career derailing injury.

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At this point, I think Chubba is the odd man out. I hate that, but I think Dowdle gives us more production and big play ability.  But there is still a lot of football to play.  I think it depends on how much Dowdle will want too.

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21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Every NFL team, college program, hell even HS has numerous "what ifs" that got derailed by injury. It's a brutal sport and half the battle is just getting lucky enough to stay healthy. Doesn't matter how durable you are and how well you take care of your body everyone is one weird hit or awkward twist away from a career derailing injury.

Brooks would be unquestionably done now if this were 30 years ago. He could possibly still have a career in today’s world. 
There were So many guys who tore their knees up and that was  just…  it.  

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I have zero expectations with Brooks taking a productive snap with any NFL team. No 2 operations are the same and everyone heals differently. TD is the incredible exception, not rule. I hope Brooks turns in to gold for us, but it’s a very slim chance. 

With how Dowdle is sacrificing his body, I wonder how much Dowdle there will be left after this season. 

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