So I ask you. Which would you prefer.
Kirby to force himself on the field and continue to fight the knee issues and shorten his career.
Or
Get some experimental treatments and maybe be healthy enough to really help the team down the stretch…. and hopefully lengthen his career some?
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I don’t know man. I’ve never heard of this being a thing in football in my life
Im gonna stay a glass half full guy about Kerby in hopes that he comes back!
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coz007
August 29, 2026, 7:19pm
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I think it’s pretty simple. He trained hard for a day or two and his knee blew up like a hot air balloon. They shipped him out before it became a massive story.
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I wouldn’t say branch is toast. He may lose a step but he has the football intelligence and instincts to compensate for that. Especially in the right scheme. He doesn’t need to be a blazer to be an impact safety.
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I think if Branch will be impactful then we will use him more like a box safety and have him playing downfield more than back peddling into coverages.
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Dan01
August 29, 2026, 7:47pm
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I hope Kerby makes the best decision for his long term health over a short term playing career. He’s too young to risk all the quality years of life he has left.
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SHaDeO
August 29, 2026, 8:04pm
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He’s probably in Panama getting those umbilical cord stem cells
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Or do what Illinois did with Kirby and have him playing so far back he barely shows in the all 22.
CMafia
August 29, 2026, 8:14pm
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The most annoying thing is Kerby’s knee being top secret. His knee is the X Files
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Grey area maybe. I’m no lawyer, but I doubt coaches are bound by HIPAA, and considering teams openly report injuries I’m pretty confident on this.
Under contract for $9.1m cap hit for 27
Cut at league new year (before 3/13/27) $23.7M dead cap.
Cut after new year (after 3/13/27) $43.3 dead cap. because his $16m option bonus is due. And $3m in base salary guaranteed
Theres no benefit to cut him now because its only a $5m hit. Let him sit on PUP. It would be almost $30m to cut him now.
But if he doesn’t he doesn’t look good this year. Yea i would cut him after this year before march 13.
Good to see you again @Wolfhound32 !
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I would love him to suit up again, but im wondering if there’s a mental thing going on.
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That was such a disturbing episode. South Park is not afraid to push the boundaries, thats for sure.
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Hahaha yes it was, and now every time I hear about stem cell research it’s the first thing that pops in my mind.
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We’ve got top men looking at his knee right now.
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