kungfoodude

Yeah but jumping up in the draft to get a project #2/3 WR is just plain not smart. I am down on XL because the thought was that he could be a potential #1 WR and he has been anything but that so far. Also, the idea of him as a slot is even more upsetting because you pass on several more productive slot guys(McConkey being the most obvious) that were TREMENDOUSLY more NFL ready. I was not a fan of the XL move at the time and I am not a fan of the decision in short term hindsight either. He is just simply going to have to be a guy that proves it on the field to me. McMillian was my #1 WR in this draft and I was a pro-McMillian guy. However, he isn't gonna get treated with baby gloves either. We are in the era of rookie WR's putting up 1k+ yd seasons with regularity. He's going to(barring injury) have to be one of the top 2 or 3 WR's in this class in terms of production. And that's being very generous to him. He really needs to be THE guy from this class. It isn't like he is gonna have a lot of guys taking catches away from him.

Like....not even close. You could argue maybe some Johnny Manziel-ishness but that isn't even a little like Sanders.

Yeah, I am not getting fooled by these builds and rebuilds again. Show it on the field, make me a believer in this version of the vision.

I mean, I just have to agree to disagree. XL did not look good at all. Coker was great but I guess we need to see if he develops into a real, long term top 3 WR or not. I have hope for him. Sanders is hard to say. Started terrible, turned around quickly and then post scary injury he just disappeared. Really hard to get a read on him. RB I am not worried about. But that's not really a position I ever really worry about. You should ALWAYS be able to plug in a capable back for a decent deal. I would say that our roster is predominantly questions and not answers. Let's hope the 2026 offseason is more answers than questions.

Yeah but our recent history is probably less than a 20% "panning out" rate on Rounds 1-3. I am firmly in the prove it stage as far as that goes. Don't get me wrong, I like some of the guys we drafted a lot but I still need to see them develop and produce.

Yeah, loades is a little bit of a leap. It COULD be loaded.

I still look at the roster and think it's a bottom 3 overall in the NFL, if not still firmly last. It's just gonna take some time, IMO.

I am still expecting something in the 5-7 win range but to be more frequently competitive. It's a long road to rebuild this franchise. This is still far closer to the beginning than the end, IMO.

I ain't telling anyone how to live but I rarely even consider a jersey until the second contract.

I would probably hesitate to call our WR room loaded just yet. It COULD be loaded but it has a lot of things that need to go well. Tet needs to pan out(fingers crossed). XL needs to actualy develop(much more pessimistic here) Coker needs more reps and to continue to improve(also would like to see an expanded role). AT needs to keep winning in his valiant race against Father Time. The "Others" category just needs to have an additional solid contributor or two. David Moore was a pleasant surprise late last season. Maybe we get a guy or two like that pop up. Preferably amongst the younger additions.

I couldn't understand some of the other guys getting hyped up.

49ers and Rams wanting him seems like a positive sign for us. They do have a lot of success in scouting WR's

That got me thinking and so I had to look. 17 fuging years now. Wow.

Well this FSU kicker was 6 of 9 in his collegiate career from 50+. Not 100% sure he will be better(hopefully so). I don't have good data on Pinero from my research. It appears the maximum 55+ yd FG's he has attempted is 3.

Well he was 11 for 14 from 50+ in his career.

TBH, Pinero is a good comp, FWIW.

In my considerable experience people like him and especially at his age do not change very much. It's exceedingly rare.

When people say that "Tepper has changed" I really find that hard to believe.

Well......he did raise said idiot so.....

Normally I would say an apology is acceptable but it's the Falcons, so maybe forfeiting the entire 2026 draft would be more appropriate.

Good to hear. Hopefully it just provides more fuel to his fire.

I have seen some suggestion that T-Mac has issues with work ethic. I hope those reach his ears and he takes that as motivation to work extremely hard to be dominant.

It's going to hinge on Bryce vs. Caleb Williams. Whomever turns into the better QB would "win" unless they are fairly close and then I would think the Bears would win in that scenario pretty conclusively.

I think the issue is what "make" and what "break" look like. The other and perhaps scarier situation is that we are just sort of in the middle of those two. Then we are in the unenviable position of having to pay a MFer that might NOT be the guy.

Yeah but we weren't punchline of a joke bad like the Browns/Bungles/etc. Now we are. It's likely we will remain the worst NFL franchise for the foreseeable future.