t96

2 hours ago, tukafan21 said:

Eh… like the 4.37 speed, but from the highlights they showed, it looks more like a straight line speed and not the quick shifty slot that we needed.

Just don’t see Bryce being able to take advantage of this type of weapon with his arm.

Honestly this pick suggests we aren’t sold on Bryce and that’s a great sign if so. There weren’t really any real opportunities to upgrade this offseason but next year there could be. 

I get McVay and Rams’ fans point of view but also look at the Packers with Love, that was definitely a great move in hindsight to keep them competitive past their aging MVP QB. Also Stafford’s career was literally in question just this past offseason due to injuries. IDK anything about Simpson and seems like it was a reach but I also understand going for the QB you want and being fine with him sitting behind a guy like Stafford for a few years. You have a feeling he’ll wind up being a solid QB for them long term, but it certainly could blow up in their faces. Not terribly risky though since the pick was basically house money from the falcons

2 hours ago, TylerDurden said:

I would like Thieneman still, and I’m trying to figure out how Freeling fits considering we signed the guy the Packers released too.  I’d expect they view Freeling as a starter.  So unless they plan on moving on from Moton, it’s less value than Thieneman who would be an instant starter.

Well Ickey could easily miss the start of the season or more and if he is able to come back he could start with Freeling. Packers guy’s contract is fine for a swing tackle and good insurance if Ickey doesn’t come back this year, which is very possible

2 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

And every year knocked out of the playoffs by an inferior team. 

Lmao the only inferior team they were ever knocked out by was the Rags. Panthers and Lightning won cups, when we lost to Boston they were the top team in the east. We’d kill for the Panthers to make the playoffs and win at least one game every year for 7 straight years. Canes are an incredible franchise right now 

1 minute ago, Mother Grabber said:

Hurricanes win, up 3-0

woo! wooooooooo!

Carrying this state’s pro sports, at least for now. I’m incredibly excited about the Hornets under new ownership and leadership and with the young talent. Panthers I’m still skeptical. But can always count on the Canes!

8 minutes ago, TylerDurden said:

It could’ve been you, but someone posted awhile back the stats on guys coming back from torn patellas and until that post, I never realized how bad of an injury it was in terms of prognosis and ability to return to form.

After reading that paired with the extension, I just went ahead and assumed he was done here whether any of us knew it or not.

Wasn’t me but yeah I saw that too, there was some conflicting info but I was under the impression the Packers guy was our Ickey insurance. I admittedly didn’t follow pre-draft stuff much but didn’t seem like OT was projected at all? I was excited about Thieneman but oh well 

1 minute ago, t96 said:

Should’ve taken Thieneman. Wonder if the team thinks Ickey is 100% cooked? Idk anything about this guy but hopefully he’s good. I will rarely complain about offensive line, it’s so damn important. Also of course they go to commercial during our pick like always

I suppose it doesn’t mean Ickey is completely cooked as if he comes back we could have this guy and Ickey and let Moton walk. Packers guy we signed obviously just a 1 year stopgap

Should’ve taken Thieneman. Wonder if the team thinks Ickey is 100% cooked? Idk anything about this guy but hopefully he’s good. I will rarely complain about offensive line, it’s so damn important. Also of course they go to commercial during our pick like always

Doesn’t Simpson kinda suck?

I’m feeling Thineman falls to us and I’d love it

5 minutes ago, Mistuh Jones said:

Bro seriously... unless they were making money off of it, who freaking cares?

There is a bit of a conflict of interest question as to whether Russini was feeding him info she got from other teams

56 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I thought we were working on developing Hooker and/or Plummer?

Not much there to develop with either of them IMO

2 hours ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

If we're just looking for a body, get one that we haven't seen before. Draft a late round prospect or an udfa with traits. Take a look at something different. If both are getting cut anyway, I'd rather take a shot on the guy that has .1% of becoming something than the guy that's already proven he's 100% of nothing as a QB prospect. 

We can do that too. Teams need 4-5+ QBs for camp

lol but who cares he's just a camp body

Lmfao this team is not at a crossroads and zero tough conversations will be had this offseason or any time soon

45 minutes ago, matt rhules gut fat said:

Hornets said nah we good

Could see it happening next year and not with one of the teams having a losing record 

They can tackle us and get free throws for it. Nice. fuging hate Orlando with a passion all of these fuging scumbags, hope Detroit wipes the fuging floor with them

Sad end to an incredible season. Hope we win the lottery

We’re coming back from this

the 2 days off are nice and should help

Magic it is, I’m feeling good about this one. 

30 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

I mean it was dirty, I hope they dont 

When you look closely at the play it was careless from Melo but bang bang full speed I don’t think it was intentional or dirty or deserving of a foul. Bam’s off balance momentum was already carrying him towards a fall and even if Melo didn’t touch him it may have had the exact same outcome. And honestly I think he did try to sell it more when he felt LaMelo’s hand. Dudes arms flopped back instead of bracing for the fall. Sucks he got hurt but a suspension would be ridiculous and an awful look for the league. Fine and move on

37 minutes ago, HardcoreHokie said:

I don’t see it as “benching” Kon.  This team plays 10-deep.  And they sub early and often.  Hell, Coby was a starter and one of the best players for the Bulls..and has expressed adamantly that he has no problem coming in late in the 1st quarter. 

I like LaMelo off-ball with Coby and I think the current situation with Kon might be a good time to do it.

P.S. Coby jumping on Miles on the floor at the end of the game was a priceless Hornets moment.

Sure but it literally would be benching him lol, and it would kill his confidence. He’ll get back in a rhythm, kid just had an all time great rookie season and led the league in 3s, you gotta stick with him as starter. But yeah I’m all for getting some more lineups throughout the game with Coby and Melo

and yeah Miles’ block and Coby and others jumping him in celebration was fuging epic

31 minutes ago, AggieLean said:

Lee made all the right moves in the 4th and OT. I would’ve brought Kon in to end the game and for OT. I would’ve been wrong 

I would’ve used the timeout on that inbounds before the turnover and Melo’s late foul but yeah otherwise I can’t blame Lee, the players just didn’t execute as well as they should have, but obviously did enough to get it done

3 minutes ago, frankw said:

The NBA hates small market teams brother. I think LaMelo knows it and that's why he said fug it and pulled a Cobra Kai leg sweep on Bam.

Kinda but OKC ain’t exactly a big market and SGA gets every damn call. They just hate us, and it’s true for the Panthers and Canes too