Ricky Spanish

Looks like we took him at about where he was projected.

I'm really hoping for Jalen Coker here or next round...

#27 ranked CB in the Beast 6th round grade:

Been at kids birthday parties all day, just now getting to these

Ja'Tavion Sanders is Dane Brugler's #2 ranked TE in the Beast, #57 overall:

I personally liked Benson more but wanted either one of them. Brooks may be a better scheme fit. Either way I'm excited to have him.

33 minutes ago, App Panther said:

I'd love Sanders but Canales doesn't use a TE much, so won't be upset if he's not the pick.

What is the knock on TJ Tampa? 

19 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Slow

#8 ranked CB in the beast and #55 ranked player overall - 2nd/3rd round grade

14 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Who were his top two? I’m No draft expert (not even close) but he was my second behind the Mich LB. 

Junior Colson and Edgerin Cooper

Who do you want to see us take? I'd love for us to pick up another WR, some of my favorite remaining are Javon Baker, Malik Washington, and Jalen Coker.

Brooks was the #1 rated RB in Brugler's Beast Draft guide, 48th overall:

33 minutes ago, DeeJay said:

First hated Morgan

Now your in love with him

Interesting

He is generally very hype for the draft each year.

Such is the way of thebigkat

17 minutes ago, RJK said:

So you think Jonathan brooks is a star that will win us games? I doubt he ever starts…

Brooks is a stud. Not sure why everyone hates him, he was like RB 1a or 1b in the draft this year, young, and with minimal tread on the tires thanks to Bijan and Rochson last year.

He's going to be getting significant reps this season.

Brugler had him as the #3 ILB in the draft and a 3rd round grade:

I don't know enough about him to have an opinion.

But a RB and a LB in the 2nd and 3rd are not positional reaches. They are reaches in the 1st.

2 hours ago, CRA said:

I need XL to get on that Jimmy Clausen app where he gave Matt Rhule a pep talk....and have XL give me an "oh wee mayne" to use her for the next decade when appropriate. 

He needs to dress up as boomhauer for Halloween when the rookies go to Levine's

21 minutes ago, *FreeFua* said:

It blows my mind teams aren’t aggressively trying to land Aiyuk. Like you said, one of the best route runners in the league. He’s a true WR1. 

Id have no problem giving up 39 and paying him the contract he wants. We’d definitely find out what we have in Bryce with Aiyuk on this team

poo give them 39 and Mingo.

Although that almost makes that deal worse...

I like Kool-Aid at 39 but me personally, would go RB at 65 if Benson or Brooks are still there for some reason.

17 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Its an anonymous message board discussing our supposed favorite team, how in the fug could you possible think this bleeds into real life?   Just seems you are making a subtle dig or something.  This team has giving us complete poo at every turn for close to a decade.  We always go left instead of going right.  We always and I mean always seem to make the wrong choice and do things ass backwards.  I can give you 50 examples off the top of my head in you need refreshing.

Being laser focused on a player to the point he is telling the media he is our pick making the GM panicked that someone may get him before us because we broadcasted who we liked is a perfect example.  If teams valued the 5th year option as much as its getting played on here today you simply would see more teams doing it if it mattered that much. 

 

We will see how the 2nd plays out but my gut and head think he would have lasted to 39 easily especially with who is on the board.  An unprecedented amount of qbs went obviously pushing talent down and we still couldnt get out of our own way.

Just an observation, this is a game and it's supposed to be fun. I can understand disagreeing with damn near everything we've done the past decade, but getting angry and having such vitriol towards something you have no control over is just not healthy. I've been there as a fan before, and once I realized that I hated what I was supposed to like and enjoy, it made me take a step back and reassess some stuff. Now when we suck I don't get super pissed or angry, I'm just disappointed and move on.

I'm still a huge fan of the team (obviously, I'm on this damn board daily), but I just don't want to spend the energy hating them. I'm not praising everything they do, but the neutral "We'll see" approach to what happens prevents the large negative reactions and lends yourself to be more pleasantly surprised than negatively disappointed.

Just some food for thought. Dissenting opinions are fine, it's why we have the board at all, to discuss things, but the immediate negative reaction to any and everything that happens before anything shakes out makes it seem like you are choosing to be upset about the choices being made rather than just letting things flesh out.

1 hour ago, mrcompletely11 said:

I thought ikcy and chavala would be good

 

and why are you worried about my personal life thats a bit weird dude, If I am negative its because this franchise continues to shot itself in its dick.  Give me something to be positive and Ill be positive but as of now there is just misstep after misstep. 

Just checking in man. Mental health is important. If one of my friends consistently spoke the way you do on this board, I would be concerned for their mental well-being.

22 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

thats easy, you could literally get the same guy at 33 and you can field calls for a potential deal.  The 5th year option doesnt move the needle for a variety of reasons and we gave up almost 2 rounds worth with the pick flip

You seem to have the same loser mentality that you complain the franchise has.

They think he will be a stud so they want to be able to have him under contract for cheaper and longer.

You don't think anyone we draft will be good so we should trade back and get more picks increasing the chances we land someone.

Why are you so miserable about everything?

Is your personal life as negative as your panther fandom?

You okay dude? I haven't seen you post one non-negative, smarmy or sarcastic thing in like a year. Not even base neutral comments, it's all so negative.

I can understand not wanting Legette, but I really don't understand people shitting on the move to get back into the 1st to draft him.

Replace Legette with whatever WR you preferred, the move makes sense with the enormous contracts WRs are getting these days. The extra year of discounted play and contract control is worth it for a WR, not a center though.

So I really don't care that they could have had him today, we didn't surrender any future picks, we didn't lose any picks, we swapped our 2nd for their 1st and our 5th for their 6th. We moved up in a more important round, and down in a less important round.

32nd pick is getting a roughly 12 million dollar contract and control for 5 years.

33rd pick gets roughly 10 million and control for 4 years.

Monetarily, it makes sense and the logic of doing it is sound.

It will be different.

Whether it's better or worse is yet to be seen.

Having said that, it sure as hell will be harder to be worse than last year.

Hope the local kid works out, really rooting for him.

4 minutes ago, Growl said:

nobody plays as fast as their 40 time, but that’s not the point. He’s bendy and explosive pre and post catch and is always the most explosive guy on the field. He’s held up and done it consistently over three seasons.

im not getting locked into this idea of needing to find a traditional X player, especially since we’re not picking in the 1st round. If he struggles against press, then motion him and line him up off. It’s not uncharted territory

he has rare attributes that good offensive coordinators dream about. That’s hard to get in the second round and I’d much rather do that than hoping some of these other guys-all of them with their own set of flaws-to an increasing degree the further down the board you go-put it together.

It comes down to if he can get stronger through his routes. If he beats a guy off the line he's gone, but so are most receivers, but if a DB gets hands on him, and DBs are better in the pros, he can't get free. If he can get better at that, then he could be pretty damn good.

43 minutes ago, Growl said:

you’ve got to understand that for most posters the evaluation is as simple as “broke the 40 record? So he’s John Ross huh no thanks” 

 

Worthy is a solid route runner and doesn't play as fast as his 40 time (not that he plays slow, just not THAT fast). His slight frame means when DBs get hands on him he is re-routed quite often, and he is not good against press man like some of the other leaner fast guys the past few drafts (Tank Dell, Flowers, Davonte Smith, Josh Downs). He doesn't play bigger than his frame, he plays as big as he is.

28 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said: