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I wish we had that at strong safety. It was fun to watch him chase down Vick on spy plays his rookie year. Otherwise I hope not. I would go with the Boston College route and the beast and the best LBer we have ever had that they gave us.

The evaluations could swing wildly given the lack of talent gaps, the amount of guys who showed too little at the top this year and different teams being ok with different 'buts' players have. It's only chaos because of the lack of usual group think. Someone or multiple will overreach and I'm going to enjoy watching it tonight after tuning out for years.

We went to the mat with them on that one and only having a newer owner who walked at the deviation of fully guaranteed contract. What he did next wasn't much better...

Put one intern in a room off site to keep up on 'rumors' and trends then bring him in at draft time to sit across from the scouts to say what other teams might do. That dynamic is it's value

I just don't think the quality players will come at the top this year. I think the middle 1st to 2nd could come out in the inevitable re-mock in a few years. All of the prospects I actually see value in are not expected to be top 10 picks this year. The present bias keeps people from deviating or being a poster child for messing up projections. The fact that almost half the teams use the media blather to justify their drafts explains a lot of why there is so much failure in NFL drafts.

Well then we get a new GM. Maybe next time they won't hire with in a dysfunctional house...

If Evero doesn't start a rookie he may not make it the year... I want a true edge. Ez all day please

Morgan at least has positives. Still not sure if they outnumber the negatives yet. I still don't understand how Fritterer worked that long as a scout and wasn't good at anything. Says a lot about the NFL.

Dude was a broken clock with no hour hand and Tepper asked him to make the franchises biggest trade lol

Because 2 wrongs don't make a right? We can all hope for corrections everywhere and if this crew can't do better than last year then let's start talking about the new crew. That's being a Panthers fan post 2015.

Well he hired his friend and they had a lot in common. I belive lockstep was used frequently in their time together... It's probably bigger than the GM since it's been a thing before Hurney left. Moore was a lock with our OC having a visible hardon at his proday.

All I can do is hope for a trade down. Alternative is taking an OT because things are worse than we all know.

Look at the draft. The talent in the 2nd and mid 1st are not that different than at 8. The biggest difference is who has been talked about endlessly to fill the void since so few of the guys in that second teir worked out enough to allow any seperation that were at the top of that teir. I just don't think the traditional trade value holds up when the talent just isn't there at thr top of the 1st. It's even worse top 5. The 8th pick is probably holds the value of a pick in the 20s in other drafts but still has to pay a fixed cost so most if not all the players in the top 10 will be overpayed for thr talent level recieved which is usually reserved for taking shots on a QB. It's a really weird draft and really unimpressive from a value standpoint in the early first. And they still have to pull off a trade or spend time justifying a flawed pick in the top 10 if stuck with it. I think that part hit close to home for everyone Panther related more than losing a little value on a pick with meh options in comparison to other years.

2 4ths and 3 5ths is great ammo to hit that sweet spot in the 2nd with whatever they get hopefully from a jump back. They would still have enough to end up with 2 or 3 picks in that nice later value range in the 4th and 5th. I just like EZ at edge. He produces and is a guy you can lean on. Clowney is a rotational peice at this point. Seems like a great match and if I was Evero I would be begging for right now vs maybe big later. Just saying

Just depends how devalued the trade would potentially be.

I would still rather have EZ given everything so getting an extra pick still works. I guess that means a 2nd is off the table now. Just going to have to see what devalued looks like. After the trade up to #1 how bad could it be in comparison?

It is insane. I love he made fun of the value chart and then proved where it was close and where it wasn't. Nice little glass of cold water before a draft and the craziness that kicks off before the long dead space and entrinchment.

Trading up is very risky from a cost to production view point. Sitting isn't the best value but it doesn't have a negative present bias that trading back does even if value is better. I always looked at performance but never really leaned into cost because of the rookie scale. I'm rethinking that now. I have belived the NFL had an issue with future value wherenI couldn't understand why know one is taking advantage of that. Selling a 2nd this year to have a 1st from last years second just seemed like a win with a 1 year payment to get it rolling but that present bias is that strong. The 52% chance the player picked would be better than the next player at that position is wild.

It's amazing how bad he was at everything.

Finally got to finish that great video backup with facts.

My biggest take is the big picture approach and recognizing the known pitfalls. Look at the money, look at the value but realize the situation. I was impressed too. Fritts was part of thr trade back school for sure. He just had no positives as a GM. I can't remember one.

It's not desperation to see the reality of the situation and take a discount. Again, a 3rd would be fine but a 2nd would be best. I'd also be fine with their 3rd and flipping 2nds if they have an earlier 2nd.

I started watching this and I'm about half done. He starts at the beginning of the concepts and keeps building upon it. I almost walked but then he kept expanding. I can't tell where he is going yet but it's well done to the half way point.

Whatever. I am so ready to not see any more mock drafts until there is a draft worth talking about in the 1st. Even the top 2 guys in this draft are underwhelming in comparison.