(S30) PT 3 - Short-Term Goals

[Memento Mori]

Season 30 has, so far, been the worst season of Brandon Booker's career statistically. Through 10 games he has 48 tackles, 2 forced fumbles and 14 passes defended. Booker is on course for his first interception-less season of his career, which is the biggest red flag here. Booker entered the season with 29 career interceptions, good for 16th all-time and three interceptions off the top 10. With only one career season in which he recorded fewer than three interceptions, I figured it was a given that Booker would enter the top 10 this season and his final few seasons (from an individual standpoint) would consist of watching how far up the top 10 he travels. This has not been the case. His 14 passes defended are passable and means he moves to 17th all-time, 15 away from the top 10. Without an interception or a fumble recovery, he's not been able to add to his 8 career defensive touchdowns (currently 3rd all-time), and while leading this category once looked like a sure thing this is no longer the case.

The sim switch has been particularly harsh on Booker, as when I took a look at and extrapolated his career stats a few seasons ago he was on course for the second-most interceptions of all time behind Dermot Lavelle and on course to be number one in defensive touchdowns. There are six games left for Booker to recover this season and more seasons to come in which he'll hope to improve on these career marks, but this season has been really demoralising on an individual and team level. (267 words)