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So we aren't drafting Sadiq

Only if it's a starter

BPA is the pick.

They aren't, but Sadiq is overrated. We don't use TEs that much anyway. It's a bad return on the investment at #19. I'm hoping another team has a crush on him ahead of us and I don't have to worry about it.

Yeah, 20 wins for a UNC level program is not a good season. And when a number like that is so cherry picked it makes me go looking. Roy only won 19 games his first season but then proceeded to win 30+ in four of the next five. Hubert never won 30+. Schemer only has four seasons completed and will almost certainly win 20+ next season likely with an overall winning percentage significantly above Hubert's. Schemer just has to figure out how to close the deal in the big dance but it's hard with a revolving door of ine and doners. Yeah, those kids are super talented but they're still freshmen and are prone to doing dumb poo when the pressure gets dialed up to 11. Always been the case, always will be. We can go back to our '93 title as a perfect example. Michigan's Fab 5 with a super talented freshman dominated team and the best of the bunch cranks in crunch time first with an uncalled obvious travel, then the infamous timeout with no timeouts remaining. Freshmen gonna freshman.

I don't believe in hiring coaches that don't get an interview request from another team but it is what it is.

According to Joe person's latest conversation with canales that looks like it could be the case unless you believe we sound Walker as a backup which I doubt he would agree to?

I get what youre saying but also maybe they werent targeted that much because they aren't that great.

It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on. Like one year he had 20+ wins and missed the NCAA tournament. Are we to believe that is a successful season? Roy Williams made 5 tourneys, had 3 ACC season championships, 2 ACC Tourney championships, 2 Final Fours, 1 NCAA Championship, then added another NCAA championship year 6. Hubert is barely making the tourney and losing in the first round when he does. They aren’t even in the same universe. His only good run was with Roy Williams’ players. Borderline t25 to unranked program is not the Carolina standard. And that 5 season 20 win record won’t even last a year since Scheyer is about to head into his 5th season and will almost certainly have 20+ wins again.

Rounds 4-5 for center. There's no dominant guy for an early selection, but a good group of solid guys later on. Be patient.

The article talks about that some. Last time the NFL didn’t start looking for/training refs until July. NFL is admitting that mistake and starting the process sooner this time.

I gotta say, I am not happy about the idea of drafting a guard/center in round 2--I am about 54.4% sure we will be drafting a LB then, but the player is solid.

Sure, let's use our first round pick on a position that we targeted a little more than 5 times a game last year with a 4 catch per contest average. That's so much more efficient than a 3 down LB or 2/3 down DL or even a pass rush specialist EDGE. I mean, even a nickle corner would be more useful. RAS goggles in full effect. Our front office probably puts RAS scores on the War Room wall like we used to put up posters of scantily clad swimsuit models back when we were teenagers. Maybe even with the lotion and tissue near by too. I'm old enough to remember when Kyle Pitts was going to completely redefine the TE position forever. How has that worked out?

Exactly This is most likely a pressure move by the league

Grab the smartest of the bunch and lock down your o-line for the next decade. Slaughter would be my choice since he has the most experience at the highest level in the position. Schrauth has leadership experience, though, and that sure could be a help.

When you analyze what Tulsky has done the only positive was getting Ehlers, he blew the Gentzel signing, whiffed on Rantanan, signed Miller who is a terrible fit, never addressed the goalie problem, signing a declining Freddie instead, and wasted a ton of cap space this year with inaction. My verdict is he might be great at analytics but sucks as a general manager.

If you think the refs we have are bad, you probably don't remember just how bad it got the last time they used replacement refs... including an incident of a Packers fan ref massively influencing a game. The NFL, when you consider all the other things tied to it like TV rights, betting, stadiums (construction, ticket prices, heck even parking and concessions), plus merchandizing, is probably a trillion dollar industry. Give the refs what they want, pay them and let's get back to having games.

Probably. You never know. It always amazes me to think how many times they miss on first rounders (about 50%) and the number of misses increases every round. Then there are UDFAs that make the team every year. I guess we are always looking for the next gem--but most never make it. Funny, I was at dinner last night and there was this big guy with a WCU shirt on. I recognized him--that OT from Western that we gave a tryout last year or the year before--Smith. He explained his experience--just wanted to see how he could hold up against the big boys. He played a preseason game and was terrible, fwiw.

Open to WR but TE hard NO they have big bodies already but need a 5'11 - 6'0 speed guy that can run the route tree well (USC, IU)

I know, but saying that the Bills are doing this to troll us is ridiculous.

the refs have been point shaving so bad in recent years. We need the replacements. Puka Nakua said everything about them you need to know.

Yes, more recently. The way duke fans act you'd think they'd won five of the last ten or something crazy when they've actually won zero if the last ten. They haven't even even played in a championship ship game in the last decade. Carolina has played in three. For all the elite NBA talent that has come through Durham, duke is in a woeful championship drought. Duke fans used to talk all kinds of poo about how Carolina failed to win titles with Stackhouse/Wallace and Carter/Jamison and honestly they had a point. We should've gotten a title or two out of those teams. But man, duke's current run of elite talent with no titles puts that to shame.

LOL, what? No one has said anything close to that.

In response to mailbag questions about drafting a center from Observer, Zietlow gives this infO From Alex The Panthers, after all, aren’t going to be as stacked with interior offensive linemen who can be converted into centers as they were last year. Cade Mays is already gone to Detroit. Austin Corbett moved on to Buffalo. Brady Christensen might still come back, but his future is murky too … and he ruptured his Achilles five months ago. Keylan Rutledge. The guard out of Georgia Tech has received high marks in the pre-draft process, and if he drops to the Panthers at No. 51 somehow, they should take him. He worked at guard and center during the 2026 Senior Bowl. Jake Slaughter. The 6-foot-5, 303-pound center out of Florida really impressed at the NFL Scouting Combine in February, notably with a 5.1-second 40-yard dash time. He’s a center by trade, and coach Dave Canales likes athletic centers who can get to the second level of the defense. Slaughter is projected to be a third- or fourth-round pick. Billy Schrauth. Another draft, another Notre Dame draft pick?At least, it’s possible with Schrauth, the 6-foot-5, 310-pound interior offensive lineman and team captain. He spent most of his college career at guard, but reports indicate a transition to center would be easy for him. He’s projected to be a Day 3 pick.

Offseason yo Need something to talk about