45catfan

By mid-season several teams will be in tank mode for the QB rich 2027 draft. Bryce will play just well enough to keep us out of the top 3 or 4 QB sweepstakes next April, but not well enough to be in serious playoff contention either. Double whammy.

I don't have to imagine all that hard. You can only polish a turd so much. No amount of shine can distract from the fact that, at the core, you still have a turd.

I wouldn't be opposed, I simply think it's a luxury in the first round. The only pick I'm opposed to that is in our range at #19 is Sadiq.

If we miss out on Freeling or Lomu, I don't think we take a serious stab at LT this draft. We might take a RT that they think could project to the other side in the mid rounds, but overall, it's a bandage and won't fix the issue if Ickey doesn't return to form form the injury I've mocked it over and and over, it's these two guys or we should pass on LT altogether. It's a great draft if you need a RT, super deep, but starting caliber LTs are very thin this year.

Safety is a little rich in the first round.

It will be one of these two. Mark it down.

It's still early in his tenure as GM, so it's going to look good now. Let's give it another couple years and revisit this.

Ugh, no team is in desperate need of a TE where Sadiq's stock is, therefore draftnics/pundits are just linking him to us so he doesn't fall in mocks.

The Rams are way down the list and they crush drafting. Browns are #1 and they suck at drafting. All I can see this chart worthy of the ability of people to predict draft picks of teams better higher on the list than teams lower on the list.

Our QB room:

McShay thinks there will be a run on Edge and OT in the back half of the first round. It's laughable to think Lomu is a reach for us. Some mocks have him about right, early 20's, and some still have him last few picks in round one or slipping to round two. What a joke. I wouldn't be shocked if he's off the board before #19.

So the two guys I originally wanted all the way back in December, that were projected around pick 20 are now mocked to go #3 and #5 overall; Bailey and Styles, respectively. Go figure.

When is 'adding another weapon' narrative going to run its course and Bryce has to actually play well? Next year it will be, 'Well, Bryce needs a Fullback as a weapon out of the backfield.' Heck, at that point, that's all we will be missing.

^This. If we take a S at #19 I think it would shock most people although some mocks have us doing just that. Extremely few, but they are out there.

I told y'all Lomu would overtake Proctor. Freeling jumped over both of them and will be the second OT taken, even over Fano who some teams are projecting as an OG. Freeling will be gone to the most needy LT team after Mauigoa gets drafted; somewhere in the early teens. That leaves the guy who I've been saying for a couple months is best fit for us, Lomu.

'Looking for' and getting are two different things. Most scouts would tell you once you get past the mid-point in the first round, in a typical year, you have past the threshold of sure-fire starters. At that point you are hoping for a day1 starter, but in reality that guy isn't quite ready yet. He's a heir apparent with training wheels for a season. There's nothing wrong with that. That's why LT absolutely should not be off the table at #19. We got one guy with a possible career ending injury and a rent-a-tackle for a season. Solid reasoning for glossing over the second most important position on a NFL team.

Y'all are acting like Walker is a All-Pro on a 4 year deal. He's a rent-a-tackle on a one-year deal that got past over in FA until we snagged him. There are worse things than having a $4M back up left tackle if he gets beat out. Even if he doesn't get beat out by a hypothetical LT rookie, at least said rookie wouldn't get thrown to the wolves and can be eased into the League. Walker also has a injury history. Who says he stays healthy all season?

Wagner played both sides, i believe, but settled in at RT. I'll take the RT that can play both sides if the play on the right side is on par with a couple other guys in question. That's the tie breaker.

At #19, you get a fringe starter, so I guess Dave and Dan are moving up?

They aren't, but Sadiq is overrated. We don't use TEs that much anyway. It's a bad return on the investment at #19. I'm hoping another team has a crush on him ahead of us and I don't have to worry about it.

Rounds 4-5 for center. There's no dominant guy for an early selection, but a good group of solid guys later on. Be patient.

Sure, let's use our first round pick on a position that we targeted a little more than 5 times a game last year with a 4 catch per contest average. That's so much more efficient than a 3 down LB or 2/3 down DL or even a pass rush specialist EDGE. I mean, even a nickle corner would be more useful. RAS goggles in full effect. Our front office probably puts RAS scores on the War Room wall like we used to put up posters of scantily clad swimsuit models back when we were teenagers. Maybe even with the lotion and tissue near by too. I'm old enough to remember when Kyle Pitts was going to completely redefine the TE position forever. How has that worked out?

Drafting Sadiq would be the most Panthers move ever. Trading up for him? LMFAO.

Have we not learned our lesson about RAS warriors? The dude had no slouch at QB either. Some had Moore QB1 over Mendoza before he opted to stay in school. See the difference?

A late day3/FA prospect. Since we don't have a 7th rounder, we would have to take him in the 6th if we hadn't drafted a center beforehand. That's a bit steep, TBH. Otherwise, pick him up as a FA if he goes undrafted, which is very likely.