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Yeah it’s misleading because our tackles played decent with Moton playing very good. We had individuals that were constantly ranked at the bottom and were constantly changing starters. So as a group they may not have been last but the bad pieces were some if the worst in the league/history.

I think a few people have been saying 6 wins and an average offense would be a success and I agree.

I don’t know, Jewell might be better than Luvu in Evero’s system. He was a 100 plus tackler a season. Luvu is better at pass rushing but I feel like he was playing out of position last year. Plus Luvu was a bit of a liability in coverage.

Kind of what I thought.

You are stating opinions like facts. You can easily argue Clowney/Wonnum are better than Burns/YGM (I mean the OP actually does). I think losing Luvu for Jewell could hurt the pass rush as Luvu was better than and Jewell was better at getting tackles. Robinson and Brown at DE should again make life easier for our edges. It's just a wait and see. It's not like our pass rush was anything to brag about last year.

Who was our other starter besides Burns last year? YGM?

I wonder if we release him or use him as a team vet leader. Obviously the main goal was the get the picks for taking on the contract, but he still can play some ball.

https://carolinablitz.com/2024/06/28/video-bryce-young-terrace-marshall-xavier-legette-workout-in-la/ Last night Bryce Young, Terrace Marshall and Jonathan Mingo were spotted taking in a baseball game. Today the group, with the addition of Xavier Legette and others, were putting in that work on the field.

On a side note https://x.com/KeepBlitzin/status/1806770122960363614

AT is tough because he has definitely lost a step at this point in his career and should never be the top option in an offense like he was for us due to lack of options last year. He is a good veteran leader and has reliable hands, but I wouldn't think he should be more than option 3 or a nice 3rd down WR who is reliable. If Mingo or XL show good progress this year, I'd bet we opt out of his 3rd year or trade him away to a contender. Mingo really fits in best at his slot position and I hope he gets plenty of looks there which could help an older AT stay rested/healthy.

I think/hope Robinson will help more than he is getting credit for. Brown and Robinson at DE are going to make things rough on OL with their disruptiveness. Hopefully that will make life easier on our OLBS.

Yeah I’m hoping Mingo can take some snaps from him in the slot with DJ and XL on the outside. It gives AT rest and lets Mingo play his more natural position.

Why do you think we are trying to tank? If and yeah it's a big IF we can actually keep out core healthy we should be a playoff team with solid coaching and Lee certainly has the pedigree to be a good HC. Melo and Miller playing front court and Williams (Mark and Grant) down low with possibly Bridges who we are trying to resign is a decent starting 5.

He has still shown he can be a top talent at OG. It's on us if we can't get him schemed or coached correctly. If we traded for a top QB that QB isn't suddenly questionable. They are proven and if we mess them up it's on us probably more than them.

It was a questionable pick, but if there was a draft to gamble on a pick it was probably this draft. Just a bad draft year all around.

This is the reason future picks are valued less by GMs than current picks. Two future 1st with one 2 plus years away don’t hold the kind of value that 2 current 1st round picks do. It was still a bad trade to reject, but it looks worse as the years approach where the picks actually are/ would have been.

Their starting 5 is probably the best in the East now though

I don’t know… Fool me once….

again???

Except the Matt Rhule shrug GIF. Gone but not forgotten….

They are all Cali guys right?

Yeah but at the same time you want them to show something in a typical offense before you completely restructure you offensive roster to where other QBs won't have success if you decide to replace him. It's a tough spot...

Yeah his defense would be an issue.