BrianS

Chatter makes sense. It's possible - not necessarily likely - but possible that after Friday he's left with only the civil cases. If the grand jury doesn't indict him, it's a shot across the bow to the civil cases as well. If prosecutors can't meet the standard for criminal charges, it doesn't necessarily mean he gets off from the civil, but it makes it more likely there is a settlement.

He's a luxury. We have necessities we need to focus on.

The only thing I would have to say about any of it is that if Luke Kuechly doesn't deserve to be in the HoF I don't know who does. I saw Jack Lambert play. Harry Carson. Junior Seau. Urlacher. Lawrence Taylor. None of those guys have a thing on Kuechly.

The current regime has botched the QB position since they arrived. They will continue to do so this offseason. They have displayed no ability to accurately evaluate QB's, which is the heart of their problem.

I hope he gets it . . . elsewhere.

That to me is the key. I'm a big fan. I think we should keep him. I also think we should stop treating him like he's JStew. If we need three yards between the tackles, fine, draft a guy to do that. If we are gonna get him out on the edge with motion, match him up against LB's, create scary looks for a defense, GREAT. Give him carries and catches, but make sure he gets those in places where he can be the guy he is.

Me too! To the Eagles. Where we get 15 and their second rounder.

Said it before, will say again, when you have to restructure someone who just signed a contract LAST YEAR you've not doing it right. This is a desperate staff trying to save themselves instead of a forward thinking staff who in their first couple years took the right hits to put themselves in a position for success moving forward.

While what you say is true, the point that needs to be considered is that after 2020, the staff KNEW what they had with Chinn. They KNEW they had a box safety / LB who could conceivably be an All Pro in that role. And un-apologetically moved him. All of your assumptions about others on the roster not being up to the FS role could be right. But who was it who went thru 2021 Free Agency and failed to fix that? The one thing I can give them is that Burris was injured an awful lot. However, even giving them that card to play, they used Chinn largely as a FS even when Burris was available. It would be criminal to go into this year with Chinn penciled as the FS. We'll see what they do.

Every time we played BC at guard last year he got overpowered. He just doesn't appear to be "that guy". I just don't understand anyone who continues to push him into a position he just doesn't seem to fit. We saw consistent improvement at LT. Unfortunately, in the midst of a terrible season we managed to get to the end of it without knowing if we had an NFL LT on the roster. It's just . . . dumb. So now, we're going to draft some guy in the top 10 to be a LT. And it's really hard to argue against it. But it's going to mean that our 3rd rounder from last year is a flop. Worse, he could end up going to another team and becoming a decent LT. This staff is so frustrating.

The problem here is that it shows us a REMARKABLE lack of planning on the part of our front office. We just gave Moton the contract LAST YEAR. We can't even plan a year into the future! That's terrible. Now, we're going to be paying a RIGHT tackle LEFT tackle money against our cap going forward. Moton is great, don't get me wrong, but he's not a left tackle. Just laughably bad management.

I don't know if he'll succeed here. Obviously I hope he does. He has a lot of connections in the league and he's been around a lot of success. But in one statement he's managed to show more understanding of how to build an NFL offensive line that our entire staff have demonstrated in their tenure: Your starters need to be great at ONE (*@#ing POSITION MATT. Your backups need to be versatile. I hope he can convince our coaches of this.

I would be more surprised if we didn't meet with him. There is absolutely no reason NOT to do so.

I'd rather see Mariota than Trubisky. I think Trubisky is the better player, but Mariota has legs and around here that's gonna be important. Anyone who thinks we're going to fix our line this offseason is in for a rude September. That's assuming we figure out how to sign a roster with so little money.

I'm a lot more pissed we gave him a contract than I am about these charges. The guy is the definition of a JAG. I'm not even sure he ends up on another roster if we don't sign him. At best he's getting a 1 year minimum from anyone else.

At least it's obvious to everyone at this point. Hopefully the only reason Tepper is doing what he's doing is so that he can tell the next coach "I'll give you three years" and not be laughed at.

I actually think structure is his biggest mistake overall. If the structure is right, the coach situation would take care of itself.

I'm not sure what has them thinking CB is an area of concern. We have two first round draft picks at corner already. Those guys need to sink or swim this year before we make a call like that. Yes, I realize there are a lot of question marks around Henderson. Nevertheless, this is the year he needs to turn it on. Likewise, I think it's hard to project what our WR situation might be when our QB play has been so awful.

Wonder if Allen was too vocal while opposing us paying Ian Thomas 5 per year at a position where we have a talented rookie.

DJ is 6'0", 210 at draft CMC is 5'11", 205 at draft Not sure if that makes DJ a RB or CMC a WR. But they do have similar builds.

As painful as it is sure to be, we need to just ride it out with what we have in order to avoid damaging our future. There don't appear to be any clear franchise QB's this year. Don't waste that 6th pick on a guy who isn't going to be that guy. Ride with what you have, fire the staff, clear out Sam and try again next year.

Panther brass: Send out they guy they hate the least!

This is how much the average NFL franchise would have to pay. We have a terrible coach and no QB. If we want one of these guys, we'll have to pay more. And our cap is a wreck. Again.

I'm not sure that's true. Just a quick glance at the top 10 scoring defense last year, I only see three who ran a 3-4.

If Flores becomes a head coach again, yep. Basically he needs to be there two years if the Steelers want to gain those picks, that's pretty much it, aside from being a minority.