BREAKING: Carolina Panthers place Derrick Brown on IR, will not return this season

Derek Brown if you missed it right before the break I consider him the best player on the Carolina Panthers uh he is on injured reserve and it's the kind of injured reserve that goes all the way through the season season ending injured reserve uh based on a knee injury suffered in week one my goodness the Carolina Panthers can't catch a break I'm I'm not even going to argue that like uh Derek Brown would have would have fixed anything or solved anything but he's the one thing you had he was like your one guarantee he was your solid legit star he was the one who when like the NFL top 100 comes out you could legitimately be upset that Derrick Brown wasn't on it now next year I mean you I'm not you you don't even have to get excited when those you don't got to click on the link now you got to look you don't even you don't even have to wonder he was the one during the preseason right ESPN polls all of the uh Executives and Scouts anonymously across the league for the top 10 at each position he was the only one that made it the only one and it took him one week one week done for the season and it's just going to accentuate right because uh he was the one piece that everything rotated around it's just going to accentuate how little stability there is and the the defensive front for the Carolina Panthers in other moves that happened today um they waved Jamie Sheriff linebacker uh they signed to the practice squad DeShawn Williams they uh deshun Williams who started 10 games for the Panthers last year as a defensive lineman played played in 16 as well on the defensive front so uh comes with awareness of the the uh Team a little bit they they signed Charles Harris yesterday who is a uh Edge rusher type as well I'm I'm not necessarily advocating for this seriously but part of me I mean you've all seen the movie Invincible right start having triy outs hey if you think you can rush the passer and you're over 225 right if if if if if you are 260 and you can run a sub five uh like show up to the stadium at 4 we we need to we you're the Carolina Panthers and you're rotating through defensive ends nonstop and I'm not saying rotating through like you get a start you get a start all right let's mix it up let's try this move an inside guy outside I'm talking about like these guys weren't on the roster a couple weeks ago and they've already completely run their course we saw cban Chan uh sign a one year $4 million deal whatever it was $5 million deal didn't even make it to week one when that happened they brought in Jamie Sheriff from uh from from I think it was Seattle he's already worn out his welcome all of these you get in you get out you get in you get out it's going to be tough to put anything together with that and and maybe it's like a um I'm trying to think of the the best analogy here you figure you might stumble into one so you're you're just you know it's a volume uh it's a volume deal that's not that's not the best strategy pick someone you believe in and and let them grow grow roots for a little bit here trust your evaluation what does it say about how much you trust your ability to evaluate defensive ends and Edge rushers outside linebackers that you feel good enough to sign one three weeks ago whatever good and intentions you had or positive things you saw you're already completely convinced they aren't there anymore and you move on and you bring in the next guy how how sure of your convictions were you three weeks ago thank goodness for ulota talked about him being a silver lining earlier uh because you know this team got one sack against the Saints one what did I say in the preseason I looked at the schedule and I went went Derek Carr Justin Herbert Gardner muu maybe not as much but then Joe burrow like the first month of your season was filled with players that if you don't pressure the quarterback they will pick you apart they're not necessarily outside of of maybe Joe burrow and Herbert when when he's at his Peak they're not like the scariest quarterbacks in in the league they're not Mahomes Allen and Jackson and maybe strad like that they're not the the best quarterbacks in the league but but you give them all day in the pocket they'll darn Shore look like the best quarterbacks in the league oh yeah see Dereck car stats from Sunday see the highlight film from Sunday yeah and and and you know I talk about this with with uh defensive backs right if you're a quarterback and you see a defensive back that was you know on the street on Tuesday and and signed right they were just at home hanging out I say they don't wear a jersey number they wear a Target right they were a bullseye that you're going to attack for the entirety of the game if you see an edge rusher out there on the field that was was at home on Monday or on someone else's practice squad on Monday and and they're brought in and they're out there on the field it's it's maybe not a a Target because you know you're not going to throw passes on them but there is a bit of oh okay I can take a little bit more time here I'm I'm going to give uh you know my first read an extra beat or two to get open because I'm pretty darn confident my $30 million a year tackle is going to be able to lock up this uh you know castoff from whatever practice squad they picked him up on or you know he was working out at Lifetime Fitness six days ago so uh so I'm going to take my sweet old time here and see if I can't get a big play if I'm on opposing Team all five guys going into routes all five guys I just have my front F my five offense alignment to protect I don't need to hold a tight end or a running back I don't need chips I don't need any of that stuff right now and and I'm aware of where Jevan Clowney is that's the only thing I worried about where's he oh he's to the right everyone slide that way and and you're good done you don't have to worry about Dereck Brown anymore you just draw plays in the dirt before going out there in the Huddle let's let's call what it is hey you want to run a post all right you can run a post hey how about you run across underneath I'm going to run a quick out here in the flat how about you settle in the middle you just go along done that is uh it's a really fun way to play a quarterback but even if it's like did you just call A move do you want me to do the out up and out again it's like yeah I'll have the time don't worry you're good don't worry you got it it's it's I would have rather they stuck to their convictions unless it's a salary cap move the K lean Chas on thing I think was about cutting salary as much as it was cutting um but I would much rather like if you liked Jamie Sheriff last week part of me is like see it out for a month switching it out for somebody else they're going to have to and I know the you know as you mentioned DeShawn Williams already played in the system but it's still it's hectic the week you're moving around like that it's hard to just be you know landing gear down flight on the ground all right you're in the game it's not easy little bit of stability goes a long way for players the drive with Tim Donnelly 999 the fan this all sucks by the way it's it's brutal