DaveThePanther2008

ME TOO

It's not really grading. All of these are young players but the fact that most of them are on the field and making plays is impressive. I remember Hurney would have most of his picks on the team but many of them never did much. I did a post last year where 56% of his players he drafted never did much. So far it is nice to see at least they are on the field.

You look at our 2021 picks and it looks pretty good 1st Round Horn Lockdown corner 2nd Round Marshall needs to step up and contribute more than 2021. Has the talent just needs to get on the field 3rd Round Christensen locked in as starting guard and backup tackle 4th Round Hubbard 612 yds rushing after CMC went down 2 100 yd games. Should contribute with an upgraded offensive line 5th Round Daviyon Nixon Solid rotational guy for the DL 5th Round Taylor solid young DB that contributes situationally 6th Round Brown Probably the most disappointed draftee of 2021 however is still on PS so maybe he develops more. 6th Round Shi Smith could be a starter and will definitely see plenty of playing time 6th Round Fletcher This was the only wasted pick of 2021 7th Round Hoskins rotational DT.

Agreed, outside of Moton this line is revamped with Fitterer picks. Granted some aren't barn burners but they are much better than when he got here. Roy, Nixon and now McCall are fresh young faces. QB gotcha.

Many Huddler's seem to give Fitterer a lot of grief over his work for the past two season and after looking at all his signings we still have the majority of those players on our team. 2021 Draft out of 11 Picks 8 are on the 53 man active roster and Brown (6th round pick) on the PS. The other 8 see or will see plenty of action. 2021 UDFAs None are still on our roster 2021 Free Agents (deals over 1 yr) Irving, Elflein, Luvu are still on the roster. Though it cost us a 3rd round pick we got Henderson and a 5th for Arnold. 2022 Draft 3 of the 6 could see plenty of playing time (Icky, Smith, Barno) Mays being the remaining active rookie player that may see time in the latter part of the season. Corral of course will not see any time this year. Barnes is now a Dolphin. 2022 UDFA 7 of the 14 players we signed are on the practice squad with the exception of McCall who is on the active roster. 2022 Free Agents 9 of the 11 are on the active roster with CJ Saunders (for the life of me I don't know why) and Westry being waived. 17 of the 53 remain prior to Fitterer's time. 11 of which are starters and core players and the other 6 are contributors. Every GM is going to have his blunders and players that didn't work out. It is a gamble with every player you draft or sign. We could have drafted so in so instead of trading for Darnold and the list goes on and on. Most of us are armchair GMs, Coaches and QBs. When the final 53 is named, you have to believe that our staff believes no one out there is better than what we already have. (the answer is on the roster mentality) Overall, I think Fitterer (Rhule for whatever amount of credit you want to give him) has done a pretty good job of getting quality talent. We'll see how he addresses issues for the season.

Maybe his agent is negotiating with other teams before they (CJ and Zylstra) sign with us. We do still have 2 spots.

That's sad, they guy was having a great preseason until he got hurt.

Only 2 OL? Good God haven't we learned our lesson. Hopefully, we sign two from other teams. I guess they saw enough talent to bring Brown back.

@SCP No one does smack like you. So, during your playing days you were a trash-talker? Thanks for the laughs and your optimistic outlook. Panthers all the way!!!!! Glad you're back. Can't wait for your epic Cleveland smackdown.

Had to be personal reasons. Wilks is one of the best DB coaches in the league. It can't be because they saw more of an upside in Harper over Barnes. I sure hope this Harper kid has some talent.

Damn I was hoping he would stick with us. He has great promise. A full season under the tutelage of Wilks he could have had a roll in 2023.

Don't forget the toilet paper attached to his sunglasses.... Thanks for the laugh, what a great movie.

Can't you hear it now at home game.... McCall gets a sack and the announcer plays Breaker 19 looks like we got us a CONVOY. Runs the song for a few seconds.

Was a perfect actor for that roll. Of course the great Jackie Gleason made it even funnier. "Sum Bitch"

Did they have fuzzy dice dangling from the mirror?

"East Bound and Down" Jerry Reed I have this song on my USB drive in my car. I love this movie.

Efe Obada has been a fan of just about everyone on this forum. From the moments we got him through the international program to the day he made his first tackle in a real game. He truly is an inspiration to all those that follow him to the NFL. I'm glad he is still playing and when they are on TV I look for him to make plays. Congrats on a good career Efe, you are an inspiration.

Not necessarily a good idea. Sadly, he made it to the wrong person. Now Cleveland has bulletin board material to get them motivated to go after Baker a bit harder.

Come on, man. It's a classic..... lol Let's bring them to date.

This dude is cut. Reminds me a bit of swole bones but with great hands and speed. I love his RAC mentality too.

I believe beside DT and WR we could part ways with Sullivan from the TE group.

Zylstra has always been a bubble guy but with the depth at WR he was replaceable. We have 7 WR I wouldn't be surprised to see one of them go before at DT.

I am super excited that we managed to keep this guy on the active roster. He surely would have been snagged off the PS or never made it there. I'm putting in the 1st nickname for him. CONVOY from the great 70's classic by C.W. McCall

Is there a waiting time period for signing waived players? Do they follow the worst to first as far as who is claimed off waivers?

Phone Rings CALLER 1 "Good Afternoon Raider's General Manager's office" CALLER 2 "Good Afternoon, We are calling to see if you are interested in a former 1st round Offensive Lineman" CALLER 1 "That's odd we were just about to call you for the same offer. Maybe we could swap 1st rounders? CALLER 2 "That might work" CALLER 1 "Which team are you from? CALLER 2 (in Chris Berman Voice) "THE RAIDEEERRRS" CALLER 1 "Report to the GM's office immediately."