BrianS

I suspect Tepper wants to turn BoA into a soccer / concert stadium and build a new stadium for the Panthers. BoA is a great stadium, no doubt, but it seems clear that our front office wants to build.

I did this math a while back. Round 1 QB's generally make it about 50% of the time (48% to be exact) over the last 25 years. Round 2-7 QB's generally make it about 11% of the time over the last 25 years.

This guy here . . . he might not be as bad as we're led to believe. He does kinda have a reputation as a gunslinger, but I'm not sure it's deserved. His INT% rate is 2.3 for his career . . . while career "game manager" Alex Smith is at 2.1 and Checkdown Teddy is at . . . 2.3. Completion % is at 64% . . . vs 63 and 66. I would be very curious to see someone like that play in our system. Just not sure how we make that work, nor would I want to lose our #1 to find out.

Pretty sure you can only designate two for post-June 1. The third you would have to wait until it's actually June. I don't expect Shaq to get cut, either designated or in reality to June 1. Shaq is solid, just not outstanding. I honestly don't expect Paradis to get cut either. Paradis was much better this year, but still average. While both have relatively high numbers, the chance that you will find a replacement of like value for what you SAVE is not very good. Our cap isn't wonderful, but it's improving. We only have about 30 players who would have ongoing cap ramifications if cut, out of 58 players under contract. This coming season looks like the last one of "The Purge".

Luke is definitely in. The Hall would lose all credibility if he was snubbed. He's the GOAT. End of story. He was the best defender in the league every year he played, not only for his production, but for the way he made players around him better.

That's what I was thinking, I just didn't say it as well. Not that he should transition to slot completely, just that we should consider forcing uncomfortable matchups for the defense with him in that position. Every snap and touch he gets like that is far less punishing than running him into the pile.

My hope for CMC is that we start using him more as a slot receiver. It puts the ball in his hands, which is something we want, but gets him less banged up. I understand CMC is *capable* of running between the tackles, but is that really the best use of his talents? Let Mike Davis or someone else take that punishment. I want to see CMC play for years to come, he's too much fun to watch. Not sure if we'll do that, but anything we can do to lower the punishment he takes and extend his career should be investigated and considered.

Not even close to the same thing. Cam has always been a polarizing figure in the fan base, for better or for worse. Greg was CLEARLY on a downhill slide. Luke was unavoidable. You can look back a year later and say both Cam and Luke were let go for football reasons. You think that will be true of Watson or Watt? Unlikely.

This little nugget right here isn't getting enough attention, and it applies to both parties involved assuming that the trade involves players on both sides, which it likely will. Pretty sure that if you trade a player, you have to eat the remainder of the signing bonus immediately. That's 20 million for DeShaun, and Houston is already 19 million over the cap. The easiest thing for them right now is to cut JJ Watt. Brandin Cooks also looks precarious. Now, can you imagine being the owner in Houston telling your fanbase, yea, we're getting rid of JJ Watt and DeShaun Watson? Brutal.

If the Raiders dump Carr we should absolutely bring him in. Dude is legit.

Talking about compensatory picks is a cart before the horse argument. You know what our real issue is? Hitting on our draft picks in the first place. The more draft picks you hit on to begin with, the greater your chances of losing someone who becomes a free agent. Teams that draft well tend to get more compensatory picks over time because they bring in a lot of talent. The salary cap "forces" the talent to spread out across the league to the extent that it can, which is what triggers those compensatory picks. It generates a snowball effect for teams that draft well. You get more picks, therefore bring in more players, and when drafting well, you bring in more players which you cannot keep all of. So you lose some players, but get compensatory picks for them, taking you back to the beginning of the cycle where you bring in more good players. The bottom line is we simply need to draft better top to bottom, and the compensatory picks will take care of themselves.

You're not thinking it through. There were plays there for DJ that Teddy simply couldn't or didn't make. Those don't figure in to his grade from what I understand. The grades are based on plays where he was actually the target. This is why an NFL arm is required to allow DJ to really be his best. There were numerous examples of plays where DJ was in great position to make a big splash play and Teddy didn't even look at him. An NFL arm will really make that offense scary because the deep threat is 100% real with our WR's.

We need a couple O Line pickups, and a QB with an NFL arm and our offense is a legit top 10 offense, maybe top 5. Rankings mean nothing. DJ is the truth.

Will TB5 be on the roster next year? Yes, 100%, he will. Will he start? At least as far as week 1 of 2021 is concerned, it seems very likely at this point, regardless of what we do during the offseason. Will he start week 17 of 2021? That is far less clear at this point.