Maynefan, it depends on your definition of hit his straps.
Kennedy took 8 marks and kicked 2 goals in career game #2 (age: 18 yrs. 262 days).
He took 11 marks and kicked a goal in his Slime debut, game #23 (age 20.245). Slime lost by 10 goals.
Tabs is 22yrs.299 days old today. At the same age their careers look like this:
(at age 22 yrs. 299 days) | Tabs | Kennedy |
| | |
Games | 29 | 58 |
Goals | 24 | 84 |
Marks | 106 | 267 |
3+ goal games | 1 | 11 |
Team (win-draw-loss) | 19-0-10 | 13-1-44 |
Kennedy was a #4 National draft pick, Tabs was a #11 Rookie draft pick, obviously expectations would have been a lot higher of Kennedy than Tabs.
The reality is Tabs is performing about as well as you could have hoped for. There's no guarantee that he'll ever be any better than he has so far shown.