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Buccaneers HC Todd Bowles told reporters he wasn’t surprised that the Saints were able to come out on top Sunday, as the two division rivals usually have a tough matchup.
“It’s a division game; they always play us tough,” Bowles said, via the team’s website. “I said that all week. We don’t look at records. When we play division games they know us and we know them. We had plenty of chances to make plays, coaching-wise offensively, defensively and special teams, definitely player-wise offense, defense and special teams. We had situations come up where we didn’t make any plays. We could have made better calls. There’s a myriad of things that could have happened that we lost this ballgame. It doesn’t matter whether the team was 12-0 or 0-12. It’s the NFL; you’ve got to show up and play and make plays or the other team is going to beat you.”
One year ago today, Panthers RB Jonathon Brooks tore his ACL for a second time on a non-contact play against the Eagles. He is still young and hoping for a return in Carolina for the 2026 season despite the brutal injuries.
“Honestly, it just makes me see how far I’ve come,” Brooks told Joe Person of The Athletic. “I feel pretty much almost 100 percent again. From the moment it happened, I knew that God had a plan. I knew that it was all gonna be OK and I was gonna be right back to where I was.”
“I had no business even trying to go outside. My read was there,” Brooks said of the play on which he was injured. “My read was supposed to keep me inside. I chased what we call fool’s gold and I was gonna try to outrun the DB. But it was just the wrong read.”
“I want to be back for OTAs so I can get back on that football field and get back to running the plays full speed, being in a team setting. Just so whenever we do hit (training) camp, I can hit the ground running and ultimately, just prove myself,” Brooks concluded. “I feel like I haven’t gotten that chance in the league to prove myself. And that’s OK. It’s a part of God’s plan. And I know that when I get out there, I trust in myself, trust in my teammates, trust in God that I’ll be able to get it done.”
