Khyber53

Me, too, but what are you gonna do? Can't exactly put a non-compete clause into their contracts. I just wish him well, but that he has a tough day twice a season against us.

Of course everyone chirps in about CMC last season. He had injuries, we brought him back, he was reinjured. There was no benefit to the team in that, there never was supposed to be. He was injured. He came back and was utilized before getting reinjured again. He wasn't sat so we would lose games, as is evidenced by the fact we were still trying to win games (Washington anyone?).

There's a plentitude of Alabama players that could be very good in the NFL in this crop, beyond WR and QB. We should have the entire staff down there including Sir Purr and Lenny the Section C beer vendor.

Ummm, you don't pay players to not be utilized to their fullest. The game itself runs all the players into the ground.

He came in and made the most of his opportunity (something he never really got anywhere else). Now, after making some waves, he's hopefully getting his best contract ever. Good for him and best of the world to the guy.

No, it's way, way down the list. QB, offensive line, DB, Safety, MLB, TE are all in front of WR on this list right now. Maybe a late round WR for depth and attempting to mine a gem, but there's really not a good reason to skip on those other things.

I agree, but as he said in the video... Can a team find the QB's flaw and correct it before opposing DCs find that flaw and exploit it. That little hitch might only add half a second to a QBs release time, but that make a monstrous opportunity for the defense. Do we have a QB coach who can fix that kind of flaw? Can he actually spot and assess flaws, much less correct them. Will the QB himself be willing to put in the time to correct something, because it is not an overnight fix?

On paper it looks like there is a lot of potential and I have hope. That defense last year, though, gave up a ton of yards on the ground and through the air, spent entire games without making a third down stop and generally let other teams have their way with them. If we are going to compete, then we need to get much, much better as a group. We had some good individual play, but that doesn't win games.

WR just seems to be way down in our list of needs right now.

Just let it go.

Honestly, he sounds like someone we could use here. Any chance we could grab him with a lower pick in trade?

I kind of have to tell myself that he's playing against lower level college competition, but there's something about the way he hits those folks that says, "These just happen to be the ones they sent against me."

So, it debuted. Any thoughts? It looks good, very good. On par with WandaVision but in an entirely different manner of storytelling. And it looks like US Agent will be a big part of this, at least in the beginning. Cool to see Georges St. Pierre as Batroc the Leaper making another appearance. And what an action sequence that was!

Hmm, ours has been great.

Yeah, but you'll be cheering next year and relieved we didn't grab one of the trendier picks that ends up flopping. Jones is the Subaru pick. It's not going to win a drag race and it certainly isn't the prettiest on the lot, but it'll get you everywhere you want to go for 20 years including the climb of that so-far impossible mountain. And yes, your friends will chuckle when you buy it. You'll wave at them as you roll by the used car lot they are dumping their picks at in four years.

We got CMC at 8 and Luke was a #9. Some good value at that spot. I still say we stick and take Mac Jones when he comes around. The only exception is if one of the two top tackles is still on the board or maybe, maybe Micah Parsons (who could be close to a replacement for Luke.)

True, but would that include the automatic fifth year option? If so, it could be an excellent buy if he panned out. Edit to add: Always check the news first. Welp, guess that's a big old NO! then.

Well, let's face it -- as it stands now, he's got the starting gig. Not like we had any capability there last year at all. Good luck to him and I hope we seem him just explode like Greg Olsen did here when he arrived.

I've never been for it. I've been even more against it as the trade costs have inflated. I'm even more against it based on the allegations. You never get your own improvements done taking on someone else's troubles.

You've hit the nail on the head here! We seem a number of first year guys, offense and defense, come out and just kill it their rookie season. Then the next, they hit the wall. That wall is tape, loads and loads of tape (or digital files now) that opposing coordinators watch until someone beats your athleticism with strategy. The great ones adjust their game, get smarter and move ahead. No place can you see it better than QB and DE. The Pro game is soooo much more complex than the college one for this reason.

If he can square up on a defender, then it's a de-cleating incident every time. If he has to reach for a defender, he just shoves them into the fourth row. If he latches on to a defender, he just rides them into the sunset. If we don't draft him, I'd be surprised. Maybe he's still there in the 3rd?

Before we declare defensive wizardry... we only shut down Detroit last year and there were games, multiple ones, where we never even forced the other team to punt. Once the other team got the ball, no shutdowns, just whether they'd score a TD or run out of steam and kick a FG. That's not wizardry, that's mumbo jumbo. Maybe it was a lack of personnel, but I saw, more than anything, a lack of aggression. Our defense often had the game dictated to them rather than them imposing their will, or even slight problems, on the other team. I sure hope it gets better, but I'm not sold on Snow yet. He coached like a little old lady last season. I need to see better from him and the players.

I still think Jones is our guy at #8, but if there's a run on QBs beyond what anyone is expecting, we could see ourself with a top OT, CB or TE falling into our laps. I don't see it happening, but if it did, I can certainly see us pulling the trigger on one of those positions and just waiting out the QB situation, perhaps even running with Bridgewater again (that makes me cringe a bit just typing it).

So, now we have the Panthers North in Buffalo. The Panthers Mid-Atlantic in Washington. We barely have the Panthers South here in Carolina it's beginning to seem. We're more like the Temple/Baylor Hospital for the Perpetually Injured.

But if you are in the top 10 picks of the draft, you are guaranteed to be going to a team with a boatload of that adversity!