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Matt Stafford was always ripped for being "injury prone" during his first two seasons. Went on IR both years, played less than a third of the games. Hasn't missed a start since.
Dowling is a talented kid. All he has to do is heal up get on the field and he'll be fine. I have more confidence in him being a valuable contributor next season than most of the defensive role players on the roster (Cunningham, Deaderick, Fletcher, Gregory, Wilson).
Stafford got 10 starts in as a rookie, and another 3 in his sophomore season. Dowling has 2 starts in that same two year period, and has been active for 8 games total, I believe.
Stafford showed real talent before going down in those years, especially in year 2. Dowling has shown essentially nothing. At this point, if Dowling even gives the team a CB4, it's gravy.