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27 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

Pass rusher are hard to find…it’s why the Rams really wanted Burns.

A dart-throwing monkey should be able to manufacture a pass rush with two firsts and a second.

3 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

I'm not sure if the tweet for a second was for Claypool only or all of them.  DJ is far more valuable than a 2nd and I am glad we didn't trade him for a 2nd.

Has to be just about Claypool, that’s Green Bay’s FO trying to make it look like they made the same offer Chicago made and it’s not their fault that they didn’t get him.

12 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

He's also all of the sudden healthy! Imagine that. I guess he didn't need Rhule to rework his gait or whatever moronic poo Rhule had in his brain. Rhule probably overheard him saying the DBO sign was stupid

What’s this in reference to? I just tried to google it but didn’t find anything. I remember Rhule wanted a big investment in sports science when he got hired, but can’t remember hearing anything about it.

I think even when Baker comes out we might just have to keep playing PJ and Eason. Got to see what we have with the young guys.

I hope Campen and Tabor stay no matter what. I'd say Wilkes, too, but I can't imagine him coming back as a position coach. 

37 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Young at 5'10 180lbs should scare the bejesus out of nfl teams

His size scares me, Levis's accuracy scares me, but none of them scare me as much as simply not having a quarterback with any redeeming qualities, which is where we are now. 

Stroud, Young, Levis, Jalen Carter, and Will Anderson all seem like totally fine picks. As long as we're in the top five then we should be happy.

2 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

we will know today according to Rhule yesterday

The Schefter report was us learning that today.

He could be a backup, but probably not a good one in this scheme. He's really only effective when he can roll out of the pocket or take a super-deep Madden drop. Both let him look downfield and get him clear of rushers' hands. If whoever our next coach is wants to run a Shanahan/play-fake heavy offense then yeah. If not, pass. 

He's not close to returning from his injury, per Schefter. So we're just going to have to keep watching Baker for a bit. 

That may not be predictive. Pittsburgh also only hires good coaches, and Tepper hasn't done that yet.

Probably because three of the next five picks already look great, including Surtain, who was picked next and plays the same position.

Also probably because the Giants just picked twice in the top seven because they were smart enough to say yes to the same deal we were offered. Almost all of the realistic alternatives—picking the other corner, picking the offensive tackle, picking the LB/EDGE, trading down with Chicago, maybe even picking Fields—look better than what we ended up with. 

Obviously none of this is Horn’s fault, though.

11 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

And willingness to use their RB.

Maybe, but I don’t think that’s the whole picture. We had 53 snaps to the Browns’ 80. Five ended with tipped passes and four featured fumbled snaps. One screen to CMC was called back due to Ian Thomas’ holding call; at least one more got blown up. It was a really low-volume day against an opponent that controlled the clock and in an offense that couldn’t get the basics right. But I don’t think the team’s intentionally avoiding using him.

That is an outside zone distribution vs a gap/power distribution. There’s nothing wrong with either emphasis. The difference on Sunday was in the execution of the teams’ offensive and defensive lines.

He returned two punts in their last pre-season game. He fumbled one. Doubt he's in as an Andre Roberts replacement. 

Like everyone else, I hope he's here for a Curtis Samuel/Deebo/Cordarrelle Patterson role. Would be a good way to insure against CMC over-use.

Let’s look at it this way: he’s a pass-catching specialist on a team who just used the sixth overall pick on a receiver and then traded the entire farm for another. Do they think he’s that good? Should we?

Pass. He’s a big slot receiver, not really a tight end. Doesn’t make sense with the new offensive line that specializes in the run game.

Wasting Corral’s reps on PJ Walker is really peak Rhule BS. This is the kind of stuff that college coaches need to learn to let go of when they get to the pros, and if they can’t, the stuff that kills them. 
 

Stop wasting Baker’s first-team reps on Sam. Stop wasting Corral’s reps on PJ Walker. Stop wasting Bozeman’s reps on Elflein, Brady’s guard reps on Michael Jordan, and Icky’s on Brady. Trust your GM and play the roster like it’s supposed to be played. Jesus.

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

There are a LOT of ifs there. 

Keep in mind that includes some pretty bad lineman that if forced into action will torpedo at least one spot on the OL.

Yep. Brown's still a theory, Brady actually has to take the spot, and Elflein and Erving are both real, real rough when they actually get PT. If someone gets hurt it's better to be able to throw Elf or Erving into whatever spot opens up than have to re-shuffle the whole line, but it still creates a serious weak spot at whatever position they have to play.

Williams might have passed Duren with his measurements at the combine. Duren didn’t even measure, which teams might take as a red flag. If either falls to us and we can find a defensive-minded wing at 15 and a coach who can instill some toughness, then the roster should be in good shape. I’m not a huge fan of trying to pay a vet center to come in and fix all of our defensive woes. Paying a center creates holes on the wing, which are too important in the playoffs. And defense requires buy-in from everybody; even the Jazz can’t just have Gobert bail them out all the time.

I love this. He’s also mentioned that he thinks the top 15 of every draft is where you get star players, so he’s very unlikely to trade out of 6 this year. 

4 hours ago, bobcat91 said:

The Cross has no run blocking tape is lazy and stupid. He started his Freshman year in a pro style offense and showed a mean streak. Just because his last two years were in an Air Raid offense doesn't mean the tape isn't there. He is the best pure LT in this draft, period. No one is better in pass protection and he is as good as the rest in run blocking. Several others who will get drafted as LT will end up as RT or G due to lack of lateral quickness for NFL pass rushers. That's a waste for top 10 picks. Cross is a prototypical LT and will start there for some team for the next decade. 

I completely agree with you. I can only hope that the FO gets it right.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if the FO have him above Cross due to his physicality and Cross's lack of run blocking tape. I think the "if you run 28 times a game then you win" thing is pretty dumb but if you're a big believer, I can see how you'd talk yourself into this guy. 

1 hour ago, Jesse said:

 

Neal gets knocked off by the defensive tackle, not by Walker throwing him, but still a good play by Walker. 

Bad logic on this pick. He's only ever played tackle and I don't actually think he'd be a good fit at guard. He's physical but he's tall. Things happen fast inside and defensive tackles might get leverage. I actually don't hate the idea of ending up with him, and don't hold where he went to school against him. But not at 6.