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You can only move up 10 spots max in the NHL draft.

At 4 they either take VJ or tre

This is the make or break year for lamelo, they've told him to get stronger. Up to him to accomplish it.

You're not understanding what I'm saying. I'm saying that truly elite players will always have a market because they're elite difference makers and that at the "devalued positions" the NFL has discovered that those are spots where unless you have an elite talent there you have an opportunity to get similar results out of run of the mill talent for run of the mill money compared to good talent for good money. The drop off in overall unit performance isn't dramatic dropping down from "good" to "JAG" and it saves money to invest in the premium positions. It's about skill sets and what is hardest to find, simple supply and demand. There's just more serviceable LBs and RBs and safeties out there than their are CBs and pass rushers and QBs. And honestly, a big part of our historic lack of consistent success has been investing too many premium draft and cap resources into those devalued positions. Yeah, we've had a lot of great off the ball LBs and RBs on our way to be a franchise with an overall losing record. Pointing to our success at those positions is proving my point because I just point to our W-L record and overall lack of historical quality at premium positions like QB, WR, CB, etc. We've sucked in large part because we've valued the wrong position groups. In a vacuum it doesn't matter. But in actuality every high pick or big chunk of cap you spend on an off the ball LB or RB or IOL is a high pick or big chunk of cap you couldn't spend on a QB or CB or WR or OT.

Right before Kuechly retired, we had some of the worst D line play that year. We were ranked 29th against the run in 2019. I remember even Kuechly struggled to get off the blocks at times because the linemen were on second level so quickly due to our porous line made up of Kyle Love, Vernon Butler and a washed up Gerald McCoy.

fingers crossed for BlueSky embeds to come with the board update at least all the schedule reveals will be on the youtube

broken link, like the broken one here? LOL if so

or ya know... maybe post from sources and platforms that are not so nakedly political

Which is why I'm all for trading Lamelo. Guy misses half of every season. I swear he just likes to sit on the bench to show off his street clothes. I think it negatively impacts the other guys who do the same. If guys don't want to play, they don't need to be here. Coach and gm need to get stricter

See, I have a different view of it. I think that just the opposite is very true, and often proven on our very own team. Look at the impact that CMC had when he was here. Look at how bring in two top rate IOL to play guard last season made a huge difference in finally getting a stable front for Bryce to live behind. It took a while for it to bear fruit, but those last games were just relevatory. And off ball linebackers like Luke Kuechly, not just running a defense but dictating the game when he's on the field, truly remarkable what a difference that makes. Personally, he had as much or maybe even more to do with that Super Bowl appearance as Cam did. What I see in the NFL is teams trying hard to cover up for a lack of good linebackers by stacking the D-line. But it gives them a crust defense, one that is hard and crunchy on the outside but a feast within. Linebackers shouldn't just rule the middle of the field, but should be directing traffic and working as enforcers. But hey, whatever. "Devalued" positions often come back to bite you in the ass when they are neglected. Ask anyone who has had to clean up the mess left behind by a former college coach who took over a pro team and brought their college recruiting mindset in. Yanno, like Matt Rhule did.

I see it this way--XL was raw. Raw players when drafted who are forced to start immediately are very raw players in the NFL-- How is he helped? TMac will shift the focus of the defense away from XL. XL will be more experienced. He will have an offseason of jugs work. He is a very good athlete. He can only get better. Wallace? Same thing. He will get better with an improved defensive front and the addition of these heat-seeking head hunters at S. I think about the players we will have on defense in 2025 that we did not have in 2024. Derrick Brown. DE Brown III NT Wharton DE Jones Edge Moehrig S Princely. Edge Scourton. Edge Ransom. S Cam Jackson NT Roseboom LB While we may not know what we have, we know what we don't have--

If he hit the jugs machine, X is going to beast. He got open a lot. He just didn't bring it in consistently.

Must be sweet to play a position when you have former players at the position--studs---there to help you along. Morgan, Luke, TD--wow.

@TheSpecialJuan

The combo of scourton and derrick brown is going to be difficult for defenses to account for. We should have a lot of free running linebackers able to make plays in the run game.

I'd been trying out different mobile browsers to see what worked best with the board (Brave used to be good but wasn't cutting it these days). My Choice: Firefox (Android) Unlike some others, Firefox embeds links on the first try. The method that works best is to make the change from "x" to "Twitter" in a separate editor (note taking apps tend to work) then paste it in as plain text. Doing this, I've yet to have an issue. Also worth noting that this browser doesn't give you the little "broken link" sign when you post an emoji like a lot of others do. Hope that helps ... Of course if you can't spell or type for sh-t, you're lazy about editing and/or your grammar sucks, a browser isn't going to help that

Sacks are a function of the scheme you run and the quality of your pass defense. Many sacks are coverage sacks because your secondary stopped the short pass and gave your rushers time to get to the quarterback. One gap schemes generate more sacks from your d- line while 2 gap schemes tend to concentrate sacks on linebackers and blitzers. So how successful any of our D line will be will depend on Evero's scheme. If we rush three again and no blitzes we won't be getting sacks. If we use more press coverage and start 6 guys on the line and confuse the blocking assignments and use more blitzes, stunts and overloads Brown and company could feast. Guys will get more work as they learn the system and playing time as they produce on the field.

I'm just saying, the NFL has figured out that you can get by with serviceable off ball LBs behind good DLs. There's always going to be a market for elite guys at every potion but there are certain positions (off ball LB, safety, IOL, RB) where if you don't have an elite guy, the dropoff in terms sof impact on overall unit performance between good and average isn't that big so don't pay for good when average is the far better bargain.

has Scourton signed yet?

My prediction Week 1 home against Atlanta or Tampa

Because they are "America's Team" lol

Right on… yeah I expect it to be somewhere in between there 6-9

He better start the season strong. I like the guy, and I do think he will improve but I would think patience only goes so far on a team that is very serious about winning. Coker, Thielen, Renfro. NFL proven Clutch dudes who flat out don’t drop passes and run sick routes. TMac: beast Horn: Watch out If your boss tells you that you’re doing a pretty decent job but could use some improvement, then over the course of the next few months hires 3 more guys who can do your job, just in case…. Just sayin’