The 2023 team was still in playoff contention in the last week of the season (we finished tied for first and if TB had lost the last game of the season we would've been in the playoffs ) so it's ludicrous to act like the season was over after the week 7 game versus JAX when we fell to 3-4 which was not an insurmountable deficit in our terrible division.
I can simultaneously believe Dennis Allen was a bad coach AND that CJ was not some invaluable stud and that there is a reason the guy's never made a pro bowl despite being on several playoff teams (plenty of decent-but-not-great players have piggybacked a great team season into a pro bowl appearance) and there's a reason teams are fine with letting him walk/trading him.