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Just now, Mr Mojo Risin said:

Evero pushed for us to sign him. I wonder if Evero had any say in the others we let go on defense

I would think so. He seems well respected in the building and Canalas has been open about him letting Evero have control of that side of the team. 

I like that Evero knows exactly what we are going to get and how he will fit too. Run stoppers are always welcome. 

I wonder if Chase Young, Clowney, Uche or maybe even Hunter/Arik Armstead are on the radar for us. 

Also having an offense that can maul and run the ball and also score helps elevate the defense.

Would have been in for #39, but both 2nds is too much in an apparent deep WR draft class at that. 

NM

1 minute ago, Basbear said:

So in order to try and savage Byce Young they are dropping 150+ million(90 guaranteed) on OGs??

Trading and selecting Byce Young was a real curse. 

 

The line was trash....doesn't matter who the QB is now or in the future, can't have a trash oline. Sets everything back.

Build the wall! Love it 

Nice, need all the help we can get at CB. 

Pay Brown and Luvu now. Lets get these pieces in place to build around. If we can hold up injury wise there are some good players on this defense ay every level. Brown, Luvu, Woods, Bell, Horn, Burns, Shaq.

I liked him. Quick speedy guy. Also the only WR we had that showed some damn emotion. Guy was fired up when they put him out there. It also helps fill an ST slot, hopefully we can bring him back. 

Boy that is sad. Feeling for his family and loved ones. 

TE is a need. Tremble has potential but we need to shore up the position. Thomas is not versatile enough, just a pretty good blocker. 

Honestly I am torn. Not down on Burns as some, I think he still can be a premium pass rusher. No one is will to give up 2 1st round picks for an average DE. However getting back into the 1st round if possible this year is enticing. I am leaning towards getting a deal done ( closer to the teams terms then Burns ) and then working on finding a DE to bookend him with but won't be upset either way. I will say, do not be surprised that be pops off once we trade him. 

2 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

I wonder why we wait until the last minute after we have already held off negotiating? Seems like this decision one way or the other was already made. 

It's probably so they can put a final offer on the table and have ticking clock. Pressure can help negotiations, people can get hesitant, emotional, hung up etc... and don't have time to take a step back and think it through. 

7 minutes ago, frankw said:

You think it's conspiracy talk to not just blindly assume everyone on staff from last season that's gone wanted Bryce Young and there was no dissent?

He sure hit it off with Matt Rhule immediately didn't he?

 If he is an ego maniac, why oh why would he leak this? EXPLAIN IT TO ME. How a man with a ego so big he throws drinks in fans faces even though he is worth billions, he has literal brass balls on his desk, he brought his ex employers house and demolished it,  would willing leak a story that says his employees are clowning him because he wife had it right on Stroud. 

Like give me some logic here not just " wait for Reich to say something ". 

8 minutes ago, frankw said:

The Tepper's could use any kind of lifeline right now that's all I view this as even at the expense of Dave. The narrative that Nicole was pro Stroud all along only feeds the notion that it was all Fitterer Reich McCown and Thomas Brown. They won't all stay quiet forever.

I got a question for you. Do you think David Tepper is an ego maniac? Egotistical? Full of himself? 

3 hours ago, Basbear said:

Nicole- " Honey, the trolls are still being mean to me on SM "

David- <calls adam>

David- " Yes adam still got the same cash app?? "

Adam- "Yes Mr. Tepper "

David- " Ok well the truth is my nicole truly wanted cj stroud and........ check your balance there adam."

Adam- " Thats Mr. Tepper, I fully understand"

 

 

So he paid Shefter to make him look bad/dumb? The same Tepper we claim is an ego maniac who can't help himself? 

Y'all are something else lol.

40 minutes ago, bandu said:

he's already admitting that last year's #1 overall pick should just be a part of the offense oh boy that says a mouth full...just saying

I mean Sean Payton says the same thing....your QB needs to do his part and make a couple of special plays a game. Canals even directly quoted this when talking about his philsophy.  People are so obtuse.

He is saying : Im going to design the offense to work for Bryce and I then need him to operate it without feeling like you HAVE to carry it and then trying to play hero ball. 

On 2/27/2024 at 8:54 PM, TheSpecialJuan said:

 

Interesting note towards the end of that video. He says the offense didn't really click until mid season in Tampa. One of bigger reasons being that they were splitting reps all camp and only started truly crafting the offense to Bakers strengths once he clearly won the job. Hopefully being able to hit the ground running the Bryce and not waste and time/snaps with him will pay off. 

17 minutes ago, BrisbanePanther said:

This all the way. Stroud worked out way better than anyone thought--including Houston.

This revisionist history on this board about Houston somehow being so much smarter than Carolina leading into the draft is just strange. The dumpster fire that we all see the Panthers as today? Yeah, Texans fans thought the same for their team this time last year. They wanted Cal McNair to sell the team. "They can't even tank right" was a common theme. No intellectually honest fan was thanking Lovie Smith for winning that last game. In fact, they all hated him because he cost them the chance to draft #1, which was for all intents and purposes was going to be Young, especially with an Alabama head coach and a front office well-connected to Alabama through Belichick, BOB, and Saban. We can talk ourselves out of it, but Houston got lucky before it got good.

Stroud (and to a much lesser extent, Anderson), makes them look like a model franchise to the Huddle, but all it proved is how quickly things can change for a team in 12 months if they take the luck that they're given.

People here love to pile on Bryce like every team but us knew he was going to bust ( Which I don't think he is BTW coaching, WR, Oline etc.. etc.. ) and didn't want him. If we took Stroud, Bryce was going #2. So....no matter how you spin it he was highly regarded and highly ranked. Posters here don't have some magic insight they seem to think. EVERYONE knew his size etc... and still had him up there on the board. 

9 minutes ago, Turtle said:

Soooo no, no word on training plans.

Was kind of hoping him and Mingo were bunkered down doing some sort of extra gravity hyperbolic chamber DBZ training retreat. (shrugs)

 I mean he/they could be training right now.....they just don't make a deal out of it? 

On 2/11/2024 at 4:03 PM, Steelo said:

I've watched bits and pieces of the podcast he co-hosts. 

Heres a clip with Jordan Matthews on Bates Podcast talking about the hire and what it means to have a former player as a coach. 

14 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Taking a top defense and adding a premier player like Chase Young midseason and having them drop to 3 isn't that great of a task.  I get replacing DeMeco might be impossible, but lets not act like Wilks crushed it as DC in SF...

In Wilks' lone season with the Niners, the defense had its share of ups and downs. A unit that led the NFL in multiple categories in 2022 under DeMeco Ryans -- including fewest points per game allowed (16.3) and defensive expected points added (89.58) -- took a step back in 2023.

San Francisco still finished third in points allowed (17.5) this season, but the 49ers were ninth in defensive EPA (41.48) and sprung significant leaks against the run in the playoffs, allowing the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs to average 5.1 yards per carry and 149.3 yards per game in the postseason.

Right, he took a talented defense, It got more talented and still was worse. Then you have the offensive head coach having to step in to change defensive game plans. VS Seattle and the Bengals this year they had to change his game plan up. I think in Seattle it was him leaving Ward on one side of the field only. Seattle obviously saw it and kept giving Metcalf opportunities on the other side of the field. Shannahan had to step in and have Ward start shadowing Metcalf. Its the same poo we saw with Ron Rivera, Defenses just giving the game away with head scratching concepts ( as mentioned here Mike Evans or not giving Greenlaws back up more help with Kelce etc... ) Bend but don't break, vanilla 4 man rushes and 4th quarter defense that lets teams back into the game. Wilks got dealt a fair hand both here and in SF and didn't live up to it. 

Wilks is overrated on this board. He is alright but his defenses sure seem to get exposed a lot and he can't seem to adjust at all. 

20 minutes ago, d-dave said:

I hate how things turned out for him.  Hopefully he can use this as a personal and professional rebound.  Was a nice kid, good story, but just couldn't develop here.  I wish nothing but the best for him (and honestly most NFL players).  I'll look out for him this spring!

Seems like he went through something, hopefully he found peace in his life.