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I mean, but that's because those #1 overall picks..... did something. Trevor - playoffs by year 2 Burrow - playoffs by year 2 Murray - OROY and Pro Bowl by year 2 Baker - Rookie record for TDs Goff - playoffs by year 2 Winston - OROY and Pro Bowl year 1 Luck - OROY and Pro Bowl by year 1 Cam -OROY and Pro Bowl by year 1 Bryce has to actually live up to the field to be treated like the field. Plenty of first round QBs in recent history have been given up on between 1 and 2 seasons.

that's what worries me. short term at least. last year, my go to phrase was bad marriages.....I think that defines why everything went so poorly for Bryce. I don't see Leggette as the asset to Bryce that he would be for say....even a really bad PJ Walker type QB. I hope Canales focuses on scheme up players and that Thielen gets rotated out of the slot at a heavier rate than last year. I think given what the younger players can do with the ball in their hands....we need to help them get involved with some early down slot work at times.

the Rams don't give a rip about draft picks. this draft aside, McVay has never had a 1st round pick in his career and paired that with missing his 2nd a couple years on top of no 1st. They got 2 NFC Championships and Super Bowl during that window. Under valuing them has at least worked for them overall.

all these years later, I knew I would figure this out one day. Something always seemed off that cloudy day in central Tenn for me. Now I know why I it looks like I'm doing the stanky leg dance when I walk down the street.

it wasn't popular in real time to criticize the Double Trouble stuff. Only after. Generally in real time, most things are supported overall.

I mean, Randy Moss wasn't going to do much pre-Rattler on that offense. 2021 they started a graduate assistant, a WR, and some random dude at QB. Not a single QB broke 1000 yards. In 2020, the QB threw for 1400 total yards

based on what we know from David Tepper and how he handles his football team, soccer team and building plans in the community? No one really in the NFL quits and changes things faster than David Tepper. If Bryce doesn't give them something to legitimately be excited about? They move on. That's what Tepper has pretty much unquestionably proven. Bryce gets this year. He has to perform and prove he is worth something outside of this season.

again, I care about what type of player you are was you enter the draft. I mean, that's what you are for the most part. QB, RB, WR, TE, OL I mean you can find dudes that really only shined one year at different spots for an assortment of different reasons. In the end, what type player you are you enter the league is all that matters. Hell, some dudes come into the NFL and have never played the NFL position they are about to play..... one year of great play is one year of good play. And that one year of great play is right before coming into the league. That's the comparable. Everyone's path is different. It's not like there isn't a story on Leggette's journey. Played QB his senior year of HS, COVID, Gamecocks literally went into seasons without a QB and pulled staff to play, etc. You think that type team is going to chucking it to Leggette or dink it off to Shi Smith....and by the time they actually got a functional QB, not even a good one, Leggette blew up. You just choose to ignore that for Leggette.....but acknowledge why others only had 1 great year. and again, I'm a well documented Gamecock hater. Leggette is a better prospect coming in than Mingo. He enters the league playing at a higher level than Mingo ever showed capable with better tools.

I mean, Jonathan Brooks had 1 year of college production. No one cares about that. I just don't see the reason mattering. Not doing is not doing. XL had a dominant season out of the SEC on a meh offense where everyone knew he was the dude to get the ball. Mingo had several decent seasons. I'd take the dominant guy at the end over consistently okay. Only knock I got Leggette, is I'm not sure Bryce is the style of QB to really get the most out of what he offers.

Joe Burrow didn't really do anything until his 5th year in college football. Couldn't even break a depth chart and had to transfer to play. I little his 4th. Guess he should of been a 7th rounder.

lot of players just had one legit year of college play. Not sure the reasons why matter that much. What matters most is the type player you are as you enter the NFL.

I mean, there are tons of recent studies on NFL players and ACLs. The average is still about 11 months return to field. RB, LB, and DL are also statistically are the worst positions to get an ACL injury per studies. But yeah, there are always dudes that defy the averages. But every young guy with an ACL isn't going to be part of bringing the average down. I still think it's a red flag. I think Carolina should be slow and cautious. Not get caught in a rush of wanting to see talent just because we lack it.

0.0 chance the #1 and #2 picks are both from a Colorado team

Those top 3, I think really had a good draft on paper. For whatever a good draft on paper is. I think outside of someone like Atlanta, I’d throw most teams in the same boat

In the name of just entertaining the idea… I’d go around B-/C+. I wouldn’t say it was great vs what some did and it wasn’t bad. We didn’t have a first rounder and unless you have a top pick it’s hard to feel like someone is going to have an immediate impact on things.

I always get amused by this Clemson fan narrative. Most Gamecock fans don’t like the Panthers either. expansion team mixed with southern college football fans…it’s going to take decades. 40 year old + crowd still grew up not having a NFL team or pulling for the Skins/Falcons

Yeah, but a 2 year starter is a legit player at a school. Gamecock fans saw more of Robinson on the field than some that played all 4 years there. He is a Gamecock. Of course, FSU can claim him too. I’m not making a grand point. It’s just really quirky how the Tepper era has that consistent school popping up every year.

Robinson was a 2 year starter and Hurst in FA

Tepper era 2024 - Gamecock in draft 2023 - Gamecock in draft, Gamecock in FA 2022 - Gamecock in FA 2021 - 2 Gamecocks in draft 2020 - 2 Gamecocks in FA 2019 - Gamecock in draft that’s a quirky trend that’s not any other school. Not claiming that means anything outside if I had to make a silly guess on something….I guess Gamecock

Maybe. But people bashed the old Richardson/Hurney Panthers as bad drafters and the hit rate was better then. I think lately we are on the low end of the league

Since 2019, the Panthers have paid tons of scouts and front office folks millions….and basically hit on like 3-4 players. Which includes the likes of NFL JAGs in Hubbard and Tremble as hits. And that’s if you want to given them Mrs Rhule’s pick lol

I don’t know, if you look at top 15 QBs that teams moved on from relatively quick (after 1-3 seasons)…..they generally see the door and don’t hang around because of their rookie deals. Weird dynamic I think to keep them. Lance, Wilson, Fields, Mac, Haskins, Darnold, Rosen…only 1 saw a season as a backup after the team deemed they weren’t the future and then he was traded.

I guess if I had to bet a dollar….I’ll guess the Gamecock C. Only because we need a C and for whatever reason the Panthers have an unhealthy relationship with the Gamecocks. But it is weird how different franchises gravitate to dudes from certain schools. and I have no idea if he wasn’t even an average C, I do know that OL got beat like a drum his whole career

Rice still out there…. got to think as soon as the draft is over something all the teams know the public doesn’t comes out. I mean if there isn’t some legit red flag….thats a tough one to grasp

not sure we actually could have a luxury pick on offense. We aren’t actually good anywhere. We literally just drafted a couple rookies that we hope and dream will be answers. In reality, if one is….that’s a good return for us of late.