45catfan

There's no rush at this time. During the season, it would have to be a quick decision, but not this early. Corral is heading to IR, it's just how the team wants to handle it--whether they feel they need him back or he's able to come back versus having to cut a guy they want to keep on the 53 man roster just to send Corral to IR as soon as the roster is set and hope said player clears waivers in order to re-sign him.

I don't think we keep 11 DBs. Plus, even if we do only keep two QBs, I think the extra spot goes to a WR. The guys on the bubble at WR have more potential impact for the team than an extra corner.

And may not until the initial 53 is made. If a player goes to IR before the 53 man roster is set, he is out for the entire year without the ability to come back. It wouldn't shock me that Corral makes the initial 53 man roster before heading to IR so he could come back later in the season when healthy enough.

Double post.

I like Robinson over Chandler and we aren't keeping six safeties. Hartsfield will take a safety spot. Who is Barnes supplanting to be CB #5? Taylor? STO? I don't see him sticking over both of those guys. Let me rephrase, shouldn't stick over both of those guys.

The cap hit is double that for Erving. I'd rather let him play out his remaining year. Plus, that gives us more options on the left side if the injury bug bites. I'd rather keep Erving than Daley. Honestly, we probably keep both. Pleasants is PS material. Mays has more potential and is plug and play anywhere on the right side of the line. The other guards, Brown, Horton and Jordan are just that...guards. They all are expendable. If any of those dudes make it over Mays, I'll be pissed...because they suck at the one job they do have, not to mention no versatility.

Including guys he recruited and wanted to recruit to those schools, you might be correct.

He can play multiple positions, which is key and one other major reason is this: That is the 6th highest cap figure on the entire team. Like Darnold, it makes more sense to keep him as backup than cut him.

With that pesky Corral kid out of the picture, I guess PJ is considered a lock now.

There are ten of them: seven Temple and three Baylor. Anderson, Ioannidis and Roy are locks. The rest are bubble guys or outright cuts. They are: Tecklenburg, Barnes, Chandler, Frankllin, Kirkwood, Thompson and Walker. I don't think Rhule will allow all of the fringe guys to be cut even though they probably should. It's a security blanket with his Bear-Owls surrounding him. I'll set the total number (including the three locks) at over/under 6.5 to make the final 53 man roster.

Hayes is too short and we just picked him up off the streets. If the staff is intrigued by him, they can sign him to the practice squad after cuts. Nobody is picking him up on waivers.

At RIGHT tackle too. Cross has had mixed reviews out of Seattle as well. Rookie OTs typically have growing pains, it is not uncommon.

DBs: Chinn, Woods, Burris, Robinson, Hartsfield, Jackson, Horn, Henderson and Taylor. If we keep 10, STO gets the last spot.

Easy PS stash with Wright, no need to burn a 53 man spot. The same with Saunders and Rambo. It comes down to Kirkwood and Zlystra, we won't keep both unless we cut someone unexpected. I mean, if Shi Smith can solidify return duties we don't need to keep Roberts. Dude is 34 years-old on a cheap one-year deal for return duties. He's not here for his WR skills. Outside of P, K and LS I don't like keeping "specialty" dudes that eat up another roster spot.

Probably some homer UNC fans going out of their way to knit-pick a former Wolfpack product.

If we only keep two QBs, then perhaps we will keep either an extra WR or TE. Zlystra will find a spot. Kirkwood possibly. Other than that, there are some guys that may land on the practice squad. Slightly off subject, but let's go over to the OL. The first 8 are locks...but we usually keep 9 or 10. Who do you got? I mean, between Daley, Jordan, Brown, Pleasants, Horton and Tecklenburg, I would rather not keep any of them. I'd prefer to cut all of these guys and search the waiver wire for another guy or two. If forced to keep one, I guess Daley would stick around. Locks: Ickey, Moton, Bozeman, Corbett, BC, Elflein, Erving, Mays. Yes, Mays is a lock.

Ickey is going to give up some sacks, there's no doubt. Here's what I'll be looking for: Improvement over the season with less sacks given up over time, better technique as the season wears on and how he handles adversity after a bad play. If he can stay mentally sound and improve over the course of the season, Ickey will be just fine.

A 21 year-old rookie LT who was given very limited first team reps in camp being labeled bust in August. Sit with that a minute. Now, if anyone didn't chuckle or shake your head in disbelief, you may be the problem with this board.

Corral was being red shirted this season no matter what. It sucks for him that ended up being a medical red shirt. Short of a QB injury armageddon, Corral wasn't taking a meaningful snap this season anyhow.

Deep QB draft this year. People will get all caught up focusing on Stroud and Young. We won't be bad enough to get either of them and I'm fine with that. The next tier beyond those two is considerably deep. It's hard to say exactly at this point because the season hasn't started yet, but it could be as many as 4-5 guys with a mid-late first round grade.

Unless Baker balls this year and we re-sign him, we are back in the QB market next draft. There's no way we can depend on Corral now that he's shelved for a large portion of the season to be QB1 beyond this year.

People (including me) were banging the table for BC to start at LT last season. He was played at guard some at that chapped people's a$$es. Then he started at LT later in the year and played okay. People understood that there would be growing pains. Now? Well, let's move our #6 overall LT to guard because he isn't playing at a Pro Bowl level in preseason, which is top 3 hardest positions for rookies to adapt to at the NFL level. Oh Huddle, you never cease to amaze me.

Yet a camp video posted here of Matt Corral doing a drill and tossing a ball into a net on the run made dudes here have to break out the lotion. The Huddle over reaction to preseason is epic.

We caught Brown in the sixth round; dude was plunging like a rock. He likely would have went undrafted. We love caching falling prospects in a draft and think we got a value. Does the name Greg Little ring a bell? Likewise I remember people here butthurt last year when he wasn't given a "fair chance" at earning a spot in the starting lineup. It's not rocket science to surmise if a player couldn't crack the starting lineup on the 2021 Panthers OL, they probably suck. Brown got blown up on numerous plays last night, not just the one that Corral got hurt on.

Dude has been working with backups and splitting first team reps as a rookie. Forgive the guy for not being Andrew Witworth by preseason game #2.