Bear Hands

This is the best this kid could come up with? Yikes. At least go after the obvious limbo teams like MIA/PIT/etc.

Smith-Wade for me. He has the path to some decent hefty snaps in Evero’s scheme. He held his own last year and improved as he continued to get snaps— If he makes some strides, could be a very capable nickel. I agree with Sanders. Bryce had some trust in him that final Falcons game post crazy head-stand. Bryce looked for him a lot that final game and made some critical catches to get us the W. Seems he’s put in major work so I’m hopeful about him. Wallace will have an offseason under his belt. I like him a lot, was higher graded than most remember in his draft (I.e Brugler had him LB3/70 overall) but he isn’t as cerebral of an LB as we’re used to. I think he could thrive if we get D captain/film-junky type next to him— because right now that’s Jewell. Still a bit cautious but love the talent. Rozeboom may snag some playing time from him if he’s still working out the kinks.

Which is what I hope we have happening. Canales established a new culture in house, we rid ourselves of the Rhule era and the brief hiccup that was Frankie. And now with his own thing in place, he’s created the landscape for guys like Bryce, Hunt, McMillan, Brown, Horn and others to make it an even better thing to be a part of

If roles are clearly defined and boundaries are established, and good culture comes from a healthy mix of both. For example - a great coach can be the catalyst for establishing a baseline culture, but the right player in a leadership role can take that and bring it to an even greater level.

Tobias Funke runs our PR dept

I think this puts Moore on the outside looking in / it comes down to Special Teams for me. McMillan Thielen Legette Coker Renfrow Horn (pending how they think he looks as our KR/PR)

Funny timing - was chatting with my long time friend about this game. Watched that catch from the other corner of the endzone in 336. Got rid of those seats in 21' & that memory is probably THE one most baked in my cranium of all of them. Beating DAL in 96' (have feint memories of), NE on Monday night and the NFCC romping as the others. That season overall is still the one I have the most impressionable memories from.

I feel like we're viewed/projected as a team ranked around 24-28th in the league. This is moving up from the cellar at 28-32 but I don't see it overhyped lol. I've said it before-I think realistic expectations is not a specific record, but how long we can technically stay in playoff contention before getting knocked out. It would be nice to see us hang in there until week 15-18 rather than know by week 9 that we're staying cellar dwellers.

I liked Watts as well. Forgot they grabbed him.

We may sniff around some safeties but wouldn't be surprised if we don't end up getting one of these guys like Blackmon/Simmons/etc. If we still haven't popped, we should wait and see who ends up available come preseason. Overall, it's not a position I'm super concerned about/low priority. I wouldn't mind seeing how the young guys look. Falcons and us swapping FSs would be meh. (They've got Fuller now) and don't think it serves us well getting a 32 y/o to plop in for a season. Develop.

Yeah the real burn in this situation was DG forcing Worley and that other CB pick who didn’t make it for a 3CB draft to pair with that atrocious Vernon Butler pick Overcompensated… I won’t forget DG and Rivera laughing like “see we know what you wanted and finally did it” presser. I mean, Joe Thuney was the pick after Worley lol. I will say the one saving grace was how terrible the 2016 draft was overall.

I'm putting Carrier ahead of KB and others at 4. Also because of his impact after he retired during the 2010s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfCHTAB-l54&ab_channel=CarolinaPanthers

The Cowboys also had some OL issues last year and he still managed 1k+. Pretty nice to be going into a season with (2) 1k backs, both 26/under. And a guy in Etienne who is as fresh as it gets (just 371 total college carries, 62 receptions)