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yeah, that's my point. His friends gave it to him. He didn't pick it. We aren't his friends. He will be a football player for the Carolina Panthers. NFL fans likely will appoint him a nickname at some point or maybe they won't. Nicknames are just weird things. Some dude was called freaking Cornbread in college. No one called him that here to my knowledge.

my history tells me that half the fun of being a fan is pretending that if I was GM we would be 17-0 if they just listened to whatever I make up off of watching random college kids play a random game or so.

the real #1 spot in a Bryce Young O isn't going to be a big body on the outside though. Which is why a discarded WR that the league pretty much said shouldn't be a starter anymore had a mini-rebirth. We all knew where Bryce natually would go w/ the ball when we drafted him and are building a roster.....suited for Jake Delhomme.

You rarely get to pick your own nickname though. Others largely dictate that. Otherwise, I'd just prefer to be called Brad Pitt #2.

It's got the sort of room to run in all kinds of directions. It was mentioned in the article so I assume folks in AZ tried to make it a thing at some point.

During a pre-draft appearance on ESPN, receiver Tetairoa McMillan clarified that his preferred name isn't "Tet" but "T-Mac." https://sports.yahoo.com/article/cowboys-could-end-t-mac-234505180.htm that said, I'm going to call him T-Bone.

Tmac is more of a finesse WR than a Evans or Higgins. Now for all my bashing on the pick. I will agree, if you get the ball in Tmac's hands.....he offers more after the catch than some probably think. While doesn't have great speed and separation...he has good moves w/ the ball in his hands. I just worry you are going to have to scheme Tmac up too much to get open. Don't think he naturally is going to be able to get open easy at this level.

and AT was about to retire after this past season. Hubbard, XL, Tmac, Coker, Saunders. That's not in theory what you should have for a PG distributor you dump the farm in named Bryce Young. CMC, DJ Moore, Anderson, Curtis Samuel, etc. was the Bryce Young O build.

imagine building this elaborate draft room in your home.....and being confused about why teams didn't rush to draft you. Not even getting into the actual football concern of holding the ball imploding plays and how that's going to compound in the NFL when open isn't really a thing most plays. Sheduer Sanders bringing 2025 Cam Newton energy to the table when teams want 2011 Cam Newton energy at the table.

I'd feel a lot better about the Dave/Canales vision......if the Panther hadn't dumped so much into Bryce Young right before Canales walked in the door. I think it's clear what Canales wants. I still think it's at odds with what the Panthers wanted to do when they drafted Bryce.

you trying to disrespect my guy Dan The Dawg Chisena? I actually had to google my guy, but did you know in his 3 spectacular catches....he managed to run a higher yards per reception than XL, Mingo, and every TE on the roster.

I don't think they are the same type player, I just think they both ideally are suited to be the Z. if we were going to address O in this offense......it needed to be speed and YAC IMO. AT is our slot king. Which remains a limiting factor for this O. A problem we bill as as a strength. Also, an issue we don't have guys who can make plays out of the backfield/line of scrimmage. I don't think Tmac really does much to change the areas on the field we need to really improve on. When we drafted Bryce......no huddler would have ever said this is what you wanted to see us do and would work w/ that type QB. Which is basically my argument.

I got nothing but love for Coker. We still lack anyone that presents that quick YAC player. I'll never get building a chunk play football team for Bryce Young (who needs a dink and dunk team). And yes, dink an dunks still go down field and chunk play still go short in games. I just don't see the vision here.

no shame in not being able to predict the acts of the Panthers....or Jaguars lol. If anyone could, I would question if you are a time traveler.

I'm not sure what happened there (CRA checks the modern day politician's playbook). Oh, my account must of been hacked. Hacked I tell you! None the less, my overall average of predicting what the Panthers will do.....remains unfazed. I'm wrong 90% of the time about what this front office will do in a draft. I nailed XL last year so I am due for a drought of about a decade lol.

my issue is simply, we spent back to back first round picks on essentially 2 guys who are best suited for the exact same role. So we naturally limiting the roster/build/improvement. XL was fine or Tmac would be fine for the job. It's the back to back investment for ideally the same job. Then you factor in how much that type role should be prioritized in a Bryce O vs other roles. it's the lack of diversity. The needs on offense were clear for me going in. Team needs some quick and YAC play on the O. That's not Tmac. Needs playmakers to get the ball out quick to behind the line of scrimmage and over the middle. Tmac will be developing for the role we are developing XL for. And while you can say, well, you can have two of those guy? Sure. But I want Baker Mayfield and to be running the Bucs O Canales did there. But that's not us. We got Bryce Young. and Tmac on the surface doesn't check a lot of the dawg boxes. He doesn't play as his size suggest. More finesse than physical. McShay literally uses are own verbage against us.....as in not a dawg. Tmac requires external motivation. I still don't see that the Panthers have a big picture vision on O. They got a pass for the mismatch last year because we all thought Bryce would be done. They get less of a pass this year.

I’m sticking with Jordan Burch as the pick

i wish for just today, our old banned Sanders/Colorado fan was here today to soak up this first round draft with us.

Meh. Front office minus Canales has largely been here for some time now overall. They simply erased Fitterer from it and kept it moving…..and you still see a lot of the same concerns IMO. It is what it is. I don’t dislike Canales but it pretty evident Carolina has lacked the big picture folks to make it happen here IMO. And flawed or not, there hasn’t been a clear vision post Ron Rivera. I look frankly at Tepper’s soccer club for delusional hope it somehow happens on the football side. Somehow has gotten it together over there. I guess that’s the hope he can do it

A pick that fit a big picture vision and plan that can be argued makes sense. It’s more random parts. we didn’t need an outside big body. Bryce Young is our QB and we just did that last draft. This one just has a higher floor and lower ceiling than the last. Needed either D our a component of a Bryce O that was lacking

This is what year 8 of the Tepper era…and still trying to find a .500 season? Forget Rome. How long does it take to build a log cabin on a remote island

His board isn’t a guess of where guys get drafted though. He knew Cam Ward was pick 1 but didn’t view as the best football player (which he isn’t). So he doesn’t rank 1. Teams don’t draft BPA. They draft need, bias, systems, all sorts of stuff.

I don’t like not fast WRs, that aren’t really good route runners….for an O in desperate need of YAC and speed. We just spent a first on XL to develop. not saying anything new or reactionary. Same thought posted earlier today multiple times

No he isn’t. Neither XL or TMac are the natural weapons Bryce Young needs. we gave up the farm for a small ball QB to get the ball out quick for YAC guys…..and just spent two first on WRs that match some John Fox/Jake Delhomme offense Square pegs and round holes. It’s the Tepper era

So….how about some of those same insiders that had TMac outside of round 1?