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gawd dayum 6'9" is a red zone target if he's got the goods

Thank goodness I felt like I was crazy because that flaw LEPT off of the screen to me but nobody was even talking about it. Going to watch some freshman + sophomore tape again this week along with both Texas games. Something undeniable about Williams is that his presence was felt in some of Georgia's bigger games.

If he falls to #3 I got a feeling that Dan is texting Joe

Yes. Yes. Yes.

He'd make a living as a 3rd down pass rush specialist at the very least. I'm a little concerned about how he'll hold up against the NFL run game and an NFL OL because his game revolves around his speed, agility, and tenacity. If he can convert speed-to-power against pro linemen tho? He's going to be goooooood.

I would do it and feel nothing but pure joy. Ez was the most fun prospect to armchair scout this offseason for me. Even more so than Tyler Warren.

I'd argue that Ohio State + Georgia were more talented overall, but yea that Bama roster was definitely top-10, arguably top-5. I'd say #3 behind the others listed.

Try to trade back, but in order of preference... Mason Graham, DL, Michigan - Possibly the top DT in the draft Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State - TE1 plus clear top 10 talent in this draft class that fills a need. Can block, open up things underneath, run after the catch, and run the seam. Donovan Ezeiruaku, EDGE, Boston College - My favourite EDGE prospect to have scouted this offseason outside of 2023 JT Tuimoloau and 2024 Abdul Carter. Let him rotate behind Clowney/Wonnum and then potentially start on the weakside. Jalon Walker, LB/EDGE, Georgia - Would fit Evero's scheme insanely well and pair well with Wallace who could be the coverage LB while Walker is the guy that the QB has to guess if he's coming or not. Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State - Will immediately fill in for AT once he's gone (or if he goes down) and is able to run a large portion of the route tree. Malaki Starks, S, Georgia - His freshman + sophomore tape is elite and he'd immediately start as FS1. Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia - Loooooooong arms and other traits that gives him the prototypical build that scouts loves. Also showed elite tape as a freshman as a 3-4 OLB, showed out well as a sophomore, but his recent season he played with an injured ankle all season long. Shemar Stewart, EDGE, Texas A&M - Insane measurables, solid pressure rate, good run stopper, but there's questions galore about that pressure to 4.5 sacks rate. Will Johnson, CB, Michigan - Mike Jackson's deal allows him to be cut after just one season if the Panthers find a partner to put across from Jaycee Horn. James Pearce Jr, EDGE, Tennessee - Lots of questions due to recent reports regarding character and coachability, but performed against top SEC talent at a position of need for the Panthers. Armand Membou, OT, Missouri - Word is that Moton's knee is done and the Panthers need to find an RT for life afterwards. The preferred method would be to bring in a guy to develop behind Moton for a season, but having Membou means having a big body that can plug in right away should Moton go down. This would leave Christensen to take over at any other spot on the line should there be another injury.

Have you been converted to the Church of Tyler Warren yet? I have literature!

No, but considering that over a third (~35%) of their schedule are the other three teams in the NFC South and all three have strong starting (and back-up) RBs that the offense leans heavily on to open up the pass game. ATL: Bijan has this season and next season before the Falcons have to make a decision on his fifth-year option, Tyler Allgeier is a proven back-up RB that could start for some teams, and 2024 sixth-round selection Jase McClellan returns from a knee injury that sidelined him for the remainder of the season starting in early September. Combine that with their QB situation, and that's a team that is going to lean heavily on the run just like they did last season when they were 8th in the league in rushing attempts, 10th in rushing yards, 8th in rushing TDs, 9th in rushing attempts on 1st down, . NO: Similar situation as ATL, but for different reasons. Derek Carr is in the second to last year of his deal and the QBs behind him are Spencer Rattler, Jake Haener, and Ben DiNucci. However, they also have Alvin Kamara. One thing that we know about Kellen Moore from his stints as an OC is that he likes to lean heavily on a versatile RB1 while bringing in an arguably equally versatile RB2 to keep their foot on opposing defenses. When Moore had Zeke in Dallas, Zeke was 4th in the league in touches during those four years but Pollard still averaged 10 touches and nearly 60yds a game. Look for the Saints to shore up their RB room in the draft with Kendre Miller, CEH, Jordan Mims, and Xazavian Valladay all competing for touches behind Kamara. TB: Bucky Irving exploded onto the scene last season, but we can't forget more than capable (now-)RB2 Rachaad White. White is on the last year of his rookie deal, but Irving is under contract until 2028. Last season, the Bucs were 10th in rushing attempts, 4th in rushing yards, 3rd in YPC, 7th in carries of 20+, 8th in carries of 40+, and 7th in first down rushing attempts and that helped Baker Mayfield be one of the most efficient passers in the league with a 71.4% completion percentage (good enough for 2nd in the league).

Pretty good plan imo considering the following RBs on the schedule: Bijan Robinson (x2) Alvin Kamara (x2) Bucky Irving (x2) Christian McCaffrey Josh Jacobs Kyren Williams James Connor Breece Hall Plus there's back ups like Jets' Braelon Allen, heavy rushing attacks like the Bills, and teams with an entire stable of backs like the Seahawks to account for.

~3wks to go... Feels weird to be at peace with a draft... I'd prefer to trade back and still land a top guy as is the usual draft dream, but I'm probably going to be okay with any pick the team makes. Mykel Williams? Cool, I remember how excited I was the first time I saw him line up at Georgia as a freshman. Shemar Stewart? Alright big dawg, time to live up to those measurables. Mike Green? Team masseuses only for you, champ. The only pick that I think I would lose my poo over is Shedeur.

I would do obscene things for this.

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Mason Graham -> Tyler Warren -> Jalon Walker if unable to trade down

After setting franchise and league records with their incompet run defense last season, Dan Morgan and Brandt Tilis had their work cut out for them this offseason. Losing key contributors like Derrick Brown and Shaq Thompson at the beginning of the season did not help, and neither did the lack of a pass rush when teams did decide to throw the ball. So what did the FO decide to do? Throw bodies at the problem until it solves itself! Not just any bodies though... it's important to make sure that the ingredients they're cooking with this go around are better than the ones they had before. Looking at the lineup the team ended with and at the one they're projected to start with gives us fans more than a few reasons to be optimistic about the quality of play increasing. Let's start with the front seven. The team's final starting DL was Robinson/Tuttle/Ray with Johnson getting most of the rotational snaps at EDGE. As we can see below... things were not good for our heroes. Shy Tuttle has been panned for his performance while A'Shawn Robinson was supposed to be the guy that rotated in on run downs up, but man oh man was LaBryan Ray atrocious. DJ Johnson is another player that's gotten a lot of flak on the Huddle, but in his third season he didn't exactly break out. DJ was always seen as being strong enough to play because of his ability to set the edge, but he has no tricks in his pass rush arsenal. Robinson and Johnson had the highest run defense grade of the bunch, tying for 100th in their respective position groups. There was nobody worse than LaBryan Ray at rushing the passer last season according to PFF... and Shy Tuttle seemed to almost make an effort to be as bad. Compare this to what the Panthers are bringing in and... well... it takes a special kind of pessimist to still say with no uncertainty that the defense hasn't improved. The return of Derrick Brown (* because those are his 2023 grades when he played the full season) alone is a massive upgrade. I don't think I have to convince too many of y'all that his grades/rank compared to A'Shawn are night and day, but to be fair to A'Shawn he was supposed to be the guy that rotated in for run downs (not the starter). The Tuttle -> Brown III upgrade is massive: 198th in pass rush to 140th (and Brown III was often subbed out on passing downs!) and 205th to 27th in run defense. The Panthers went from a quick, undersized nose to a space eater that's going to occupy two blockers. Much ado has been made about Tershawn Wharton's contract... but compare his performance to that of LaBryan Ray and the upgrade is undeniable: they're going from a guy that at BEST was 209th out of 219 other defensive linemen, and at worst he was 219th of 219. Tershawn Wharton, on the other hand, while posting a poor run defense grade, is a massive improvement when it comes to rushing the passer. The team went from the worst graded pass rushing DL to the 38th best. I'm not too worried about his run defense grade considering that Wharton and Robinson are going to likely be rotating with each other. Finally, our boy DJ Johnson... oh DJ... The one thing you were alright at the Panthers went out and got somebody even better. DJ Johnson and Pat Jones II might have similar pass rush grades, but Jones II is really good at stopping the run. He's what they were hoping DJ Johnson could be by now. While Jones II doesn't have the most impressive numbers, he's got an important set of stats when compared to Johnson: 7 sacks, 13 hurries, 4 QB hits, 24 pressures. Meanwhile, DJ Johnson posted a stat line of 1 sack, 0 hurries, 0 QB hits, and 1 pressure. That. is. terrible. So the team is clearly bringing in upgrades along the front seven to get the run defense back on track, but was that all? They also went out and picked up a new starting SS in Tre'von Moehrig to replace Jordan Fuller and back-up LB/ST guy Christian Rozeboom to fill the same role that Chandler Wooten play. So how did these guys' PFF grades/ranking compare to one another? Rozeboom's pass rush grade was slightly lower than Wooten's, but that's it. That's the only signing that has a lower grade than the previous guy, but he's also got significantly better run defense and especially in coverage. Wooten was considered bottom three overall out of all LBs, so there isn't many other options worse than him. There's also been some grumblings about Moehrig's coverage grade, but it's important to also point out that it was better than Jordan Fuller's (who is now the starter in Atlanta). The one thing Fuller was somewhat successful at (run defense), Moehrig is elite at. Moehrig is also a much better pass rusher than Fuller is as well, and with the way Evero likes to disguise blitzes using safeties and linebackers that's going to help Jaycee and Mike J on the back end. The entire DL has been upgraded with a top-10 DT returning to the lineup. The EDGE room got a little better and is likely going to see a draft pick added to their ranks as well. One of the safety positions (which Evero's defense depends heavily on) got a massive upgrade. Hell, they even went so far as to try and upgrade the ST guy that plays back-up LB. If this doesn't at least look like an average NFL defense then there isn't much left to defend Evero... but man is it really hard to believe it won't be better just looking at the stat sheets.

I'm thinking they leave Brown III on the field because he was vocal about leaving the Rams due to not getting opportunities to pass rush. Robinson/Wharton I think is the run/pass down rotation with DB/BB3 being the anchor guys.

I really liked how they pointed out that he wins his one-on-ones. He's going from playing next to Chris Jones to playing next to Derrick Brown, so he's still going to get singled.

I think Harmon might just be the best 3-tech in this class

I know that some folks are probably not interested in anything they have to say after the recent mock collab with NFLStockExchange where they traded a ton of assets to move up to #3 and select Abdul Carter, but for those looking for any and all type of draft content, here's their lists Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama Kevin Winston Jr, S, Penn State Malaki Starks, S, Georgia Omarr Norman-Lott, DT, Tennessee Alfred Collins, DT, Texas Josaiah Stewart, EDGE, Michigan Cobee Bryant, CB, Kansas Jahdae Baron, CB, Texas Shaun Dolac, LB, Buffalo Derrick Harmon, DT, Oregon Honorable Mentions (EJ) Walter Nolen, DT, Ole Miss (EJ) Andrew Mukuba, S, Texas (EJ) Bradyn Swinson, EDGE, LSU (EJ) Jonas Sanker, S, Virginia (EJ) Elijah Williams, DT, Morgan State (Brett) JT Tuimoloau, EDGE, Ohio St (Brett) Chris Paul Jr, LB, Ole Miss (Brett) Billy Bowman Jr, S, Oklahoma (Brett) JJ Pegues, DT, Ole Miss (Brett) Collin Oliver, EDGE, Oklahoma State I love the Shaun Dolac shout out. He has done nothing but produce numbers at Buffalo that I've followed for the last couple of seasons.

Austin Mock's 2024 projection model was... interesting. 1. SF 2. KC 3. BAL 4. BUF 5. PHI 6. DET 7. DAL 8. MIA 9. NYJ 10. CIN 11. HOU 12. ATL 13. LAR 14. CLE 15. GB 16. LAC 17. SEA 18. JAX 19. LV 20. NE 21. TB 22. PIT 23. MIN 24. NO 25. CHI 26. IND 27. TEN 28. DEN 29. ARI 30. NYG 31. CAR 32. WAS

I had originally seen that on Reddit (hence "allegedly" since I hadn't gotten a chance to vet it), but it looks like the Virginia accusation was the second one. He was first accused in high school.

Draft prospect Mike Green denies sexual assault allegations, explains transfer from Virginia tldr; was accused of sexual assault @ Virginia. There was allegedly another accusation while at Marshall which was what really gave teams pause. Dude is a beast and was one of my favorite prospects during the season, but I'm incredibly wary of any player with SA accusations. The fact that he was accused again while at Marshall and his answer(s) apparently did not satisfy teams makes me even more cautious.

gimme that

To be fair, both of those franchises have been much more stable for much longer than Carolina. Also, Nacua was picked during a draft where the Rams had 14 (!!) picks. Nacua himself was the final pick of the 5th-round after they had already selected three other players in the 5th. Was one of those situations where they bought enough tickets to get lucky imo.