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Breaking: Panthers add RB AJ Dillon


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6 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Camp body usually indicates someone who hasn't played much and is just hanging on.  

Definitely not the case with this guy.  Didn't play much last year, and was injured in 2024, but before that, he had a significant amount of carries.  My guess is if he makes the team, he ends up being a third down back on occassion.  

Davis Cheek is an example of a camp body.

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I remember him being a solid RB some years back. But since Green Bay he had a very short lived stint with the Eagles last year and perusing some of the comments from Eagles fans the gist is even though he might be in "incredible shape" he got armed tackled by smaller linebackers and 2 yards and a cloud of a dust was the highlight more often than not. He also had a key fumble late against the Giants in a loss and that was his only carry in the entire game. Not good.

This certainly is not the anything like the Dowdle signing.

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To me it seems he runs a little upright. 
His highlights are blocked well, and he is very north south getting upfield which that is a good thing. 
This is the norm of average but capable type of running back. You get what you can block, he doesn’t dance he heads upfield. 

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23 hours ago, strato said:

To me it seems he runs a little upright. 
His highlights are blocked well, and he is very north south getting upfield which that is a good thing. 
This is the norm of average but capable type of running back. You get what you can block, he doesn’t dance he heads upfield. 

I would like to see a study on RB career length by running style.  Those upright runners that need size to succeed often take a beating.  Short careers, I would assume.

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On 3/18/2026 at 1:00 PM, jb2288 said:

Hm seems bad news for either Brooks injury or how the staff views Etienne. Thought we’d roll with our current room. That being said Dan has been killing it on these cheap 1 year deals so worst case he doesn’t make the roster and we’re out a tiny amount. Probably our short yardage guy/tush push if he makes the roster we don’t have a RB his size 

Really? Seems you're over thinking this. 

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