kungfoodude

Sanders biggest flaws are his physical limitations. Not a great athlete, not great arm talent. I think it's all about the system he ends up in and the protection he gets. Could be Drew Brees, could be a poor man's Geno(not as physically gifted as Geno, IMO).

I would say that I would genuinely be very surprised to see him be as successful as YGM.

I think we are sadly very far away. It's a team still largely comprised of PS to 2nd string level players. You don't fix that quickly and, truthfully, an attempt to fix it quickly is likely to do more harm than good. You can see based on the general mid-20's age range of a lot of our signings that we are not attempting the Rhule/Fitterer era "one or two players away" horseshit that ended up digging us this massive hole.

I would say PRE-DRAFT that 3-7 games is a reasonable range of expectations for wins. As you say, if we can see some steps forward, even if only moderate, that will be the sign this is at least moving in the correct direction. I also think the group will get a little more rope. Say, Rhule-ish. By season three, I think the seats will be pretty hot, however. We have to produce in 2026 or I think Tepper tears it apart again.

I am not sure I have ever seen a team as bad as ours ever do that. Keep in mind this is the second worst roster in franchise history, only eclipsed by the 2024 roster. Make no mistake, this is digging out of our rock bottom. Or it better be the rock bottom.

That is insane and unrealistic.

I don't see a path forward for Kochetkov in the head. It's sad we don't have the ability to send him down to the AHL to work his poo out. I just don't think he will recover this season/postseason. Rod really fuged him up bad.

Highly unrealistic. We are heavily telegraphing that we will take a DE/EDGE in the first two rounds.

This is something I have been repeatedly trying to warn Panther fans of. This is gonna be a pretty bad team next season. The W's and L's are going to matter less(to a point) than if we start to look like the bones of a functional roster emerge. There is no quick fix coming. This is going to take time and a healthy dose of competent roster building to turn around.

Mykel seems like a fairly low ceiling and VERY low floor guy. Outside of the measureables, he very much looks like he is on the Shemar Stewart end of the scale. I would be very disappointed to see him taken at 8. Late 1st, early 2nd I can understand.

The Sanders concerns are likely to end up making many people look foolish. Although Shedeur has a hard physical ceiling almost across the board, he is probably the most prepared QB to make the NFL transition since Andrew Luck. I would argue he is MORE prepared than Luck. I do disagree about Milroe. I think it's unlikely he is ever given the opportunity to fully develop, as he is largely more on the Anthony Richardson end of the scale. Ward is an interesting one. He is a true gunslinger and not many of those guys have panned out in the last decade.

I generally think this applies to most prospects. Hence why you hear so many wild variations in valuation. Consider the reporter who said his survey of some scouts/FO personnel had Warren anywhere from top 10 to the #4 overall TE prospect. This is 100% an eye of the beholder draft. I suspect this one is going to have a wild amount of true busts and also some superstar guys that go late 1st to 3rd round. More than usual, I mean.

Ovechkin is the most overrated player of his era.

You weren't aware of his strategic reserves of baby oil? Those could be worth a considerable amount.

2nd or 3rd round possibility for sure.

Kicker?

T-Mac or possibly Walker. Almost everyone else is a trade down, IMO, although you say that is off the table. If you aren't mentioning Sanders being off the table, I would fail to see why a trade down isn't possible, however.

It's basically a nothing answer. Makes sense.

TBD. I think there is enough general uncertainty with what is going to happen at each pick that it could be a prime market to trade.

Hard to say. Depends on if the heat ratchets up on Canales. If so, I suspect the first head on the block is Evero.

I don't think the argument is about the book value but about the player and the overall strength of this draft seeming to be short on elite talent. Add the fact that we have a ton of roster holes and that explains why a lot of us are against it.

Methinks perhaps he is an option if we trade down, which makes a lot more sense.

Which, in that mold, Williams is that kind of guy.

I like Warren as a mid to late 1st but not at 8.

Odd hire for a one year HC.