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Smith was cut because he was the alpha in the locker room and they were trying to pave the way for Newton. He wasn't the force he used to be, but he was still a damn good WR.

They've done something we've never seen in Charlotte - filled the holes on the roster in FA so they can legitimately go out and take the BPA in the Draft. We'll see if they actually follow through with that later this month.

Probably because they like him more than Fields / Lance.

Surprised? No. Disappointed? Yes.

The thing with Pitts is that you have to lump him in with the Smith / Waddle / Chase group. Would you take any of those at #8? Cos essentially he's a big WR. At best he'll play as a Flex-TE for the first few years in the NFL and, quite frankly, you're wasting his skillset if you ask him to play as an in-line TE. He's at his best when you can isolate him out wide against a player and let him use his array of moves to get open. That same array of moves he can't deploy if he starts with his hand in the ground.

I'm sorry.

I really hate the energy Darrisaw plays with.

I don't understand the Sewell love-in. If he was an inch taller and had longer arms I'd understand the whole furore about him, but as he's got very similar measurables to Slater I don't think there's too much separating them as prospects.

6 minutes in they start talking about Carolina / Darnold / #8:

I don't make recommendations on prospects if I haven't seen them play.

I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole I'm afraid. He's one of those picks that if someone takes him and he turns into an All-Pro you just have to shrug your shoulders and applaud. Dude hasn't played football for two years. It's a no from me.

He has the same measurables as Sewell and Slater: 6'5" (actually taller than both), 33" arms, over 300lbs. Some of you were willing to throw the world at his teammate - why wasn't level of competition a concern then? He was also voted the practice player of the week at the Senior Bowl - he more than held his own against the vaunted SEC players.

He's far more potential than many are admitting. His technique needs a lot of work and, to be honest, he doesn't have a prototypical NFL OT build. I'm not saying he's a bad player, but he's not this 'generational' prospect many are making him out to be imo.

Assuming we don't receive a blockbuster offer to trade down, take Sewell / Slater at #8. Double dip in the second round with Radunz / the top OT prospect left on our board. Loser in TC moves inside to play OG. Third round I take the BPA, depending on who falls.

Spot the guy that just watched the SEC last year.

Please back up your claim about me being a 'Miami apologist' with evidence. As for Herndon being a slightly better Thomas, gtfo. Thomas is absolute doggers.

I don't think Leatherwood will be able to handle the speed rushers in the NFL. Roche abused him in the Senior Bowl practices and he's, at best, a third round pick.

He's not an in-line TE. He's wasted if you don't flex him out into space.

It pains me when people talk bad about Herndon (who'd walk into our TE room and be the man tomorrow) and Berrios (who'd happily fit into our WR corps as a slot guy).

McAfee said on his show that the rumour is Peyton Manning vouched for him. I can't believe the Jets are that dysfunctional, right?

Trojans sticking together.

Generational gets thrown around here like World Class does in football. It loses meaning when there's multiple generational talents in every Draft (or about 50 World Class players walking around).

Not a massive fan of his technique:

But they literally did give up three first round picks. Now granted they got a first round pick back, but how else would you possibly word it?

The same Cam Newton that never put up back-to-back winning seasons? He was good, but he wasn't great. He had an excellent defence in 2015 (and a pretty decent offence).