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I was concerned it could become a thing if we drafted him. If the grades are even remotely close you draft the player who wants to play for your franchise. Maybe this will be nothing and all blow over, but it's nice not to have to worry about it...

ESPN’s recent grades has Charlotte with a B. I haven’t paid attention to any others really.

He does. The guy we drafted last year was all talent. We took a low floor high ceiling player last year and now we took a higher floor lower ceiling player.

He was picked before us so it doesn’t matter. If Ace turns into that guy then we will be embarrassed again.

His camp is claiming he doesn't want to play for the Hornets or Jazz. Let's be real, if he is trying to avoid any team (which it looks like he is) we are most likely one of them... Again if he comes here and is all in them I'm of course good with it. We are just much to fragile to handle any drama at this point in our franchise.

We definitely need someone that can contribute right away. If Bailey comes here and is all in then I'm good with it. He is probably the 3rd most talented player in the draft.

I'd rather have Kon. Williams can be our big. Maluach is an offensive liability and we need offense badly. Ball PG, Kon SG, Miller SF, Williams C, and Bridges can hold down PF until Salaun is ready. I'd prefer to move on from Bridges due to his off court issues, but I doubt that happens.

I guess to make it more clear, Bailey doesn’t want to play for Charlotte. He declined a pre draft visit and has a list of teams he wants to play for. Just not ideal for a young team that lacks winning culture right now. I’d prefer to trade with another team if it’s there and the compensation is right. Trying to force a young man to take millions of dollars to play for us seems like a bad idea.

Just an old vet who knows the system. I haven’t noticed any love for him really.

I kind of want Edgecomb to make it to 4. Bailey seems like a bit of an ego case IMO. Regardless we will draft a future MVP and trade him away. It’s tradition.

I get it. Ended the season playing some of his best and we drafted a weapon in the top 10 for him. Same OL, Same RB, Same system, with JT, XL, and Coker each having a year's experience. It's all lined up for him to take the next step and hopefully he will.

It would have to be a super diminished value trade. Like a 6th that could turn into a 5th maybe 4th (conditional) or something like that. It's not happening regardless.

If it's 3 slashes tomorrow we know it's a countdown.

I'd be surprised if Fuller is starting for them all season. Watts probably takes over sooner vs later for the Falcons. I kind of wanted him in the mid rounds....

I think they are happy with Jewell and Wallace starting this season. Have Rozeboom as a vet for depth. I agree though, after last year that group needs strong depth.

The interest in Ramsey, now Simmons, and reaching out to Blackmon before the draft makes me feel like our secondary isn't complete yet.

You forgot the GOAT Bersin.

I think it's just a matter of opinion. For example CBS has the Pats as the worst team entering the 2024 season (yes we were number 2). We were definitely bottom tier, but there can be an argument made for other crappy teams. Especially the ones that finished behind us. Hell people on here are literally arguing about it.

Not to mention DB missed the entire season so he is technically a new starter this year vs last. By far our best defender and one of the best in the league.

Not to mention the Bengals defense was awful. Someone has to get the tackles but I’ve heard from several people Pratt is slow for a ILB. Evero needs sideline to sideline speed from his ILBs. That’s why Wallace was so appealing to him despite being pretty raw.

I think we like Jewell and Wallace at ILB. We 100% need depth but I doubt Pratt signs for that.

Oh it was bad and we had no depth so the injuries just crushed us. Eh we split with the other two bad teams in our division. Still beat the Cards, Raiders (who might have the worst roster), and NYG (who had a pretty bad roster). Our OL and RB were solid. Honestly our defense had no depth and a ton of injuries. Hopefully just being healthy can give them a nice boost. It can’t get much worse lol.