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Coincidentally, watched the Ross Tucker with Greg Cosell linebacker edition just now and Cosell singled him out with one other guy at the end of the segment. Also on the Panthers relevant front, Cosells was big on Rodriguez. Earlier in the video.

My thought on the division is it is weak. We could tiebreak a 7-10 season into a Division crown. Who is buyi g the hat?

I think the expectations should be 10 wins, division title. Top ten D. Do I expect that? No.

Just as surprised they are not downgrading Atlanta and Tampa Bay just a bit. Our bar should be a winning season and the division title though.

A lot of it is the salary but that knee brace is a whopper, and I just think the decline has started with him, watching him the last two or three seasons. Not throwing dirt on him, It’s business. I said last week it feels like we are riding on bald tires with him. We can keep on riding and eventually we are going to need to change it out. After a wreck, or before a wreck?

Well, he wants to get paid. I am sure we could have signed him more years for more money.

You have a hard on for him frankw. I always thought the brand new GM with a defensive background let the brand new offensive staff have a lot of input on the WR. Along with Bryce and his dad, and the Teppers. Who probably backup up Bryce and dad. I am more pissed at Morgan for Trevin Wallace than I am for XL. He should have known better there.

I would prefer to keep him and hope he learns about two feet down in bonds and can focus better. And work his way back onto the field, if he can. He is running by people a lot of times in that video and made some really good catches early in the season. Plus he didn’t drop everything, he improved that. His money is relatively chicken feed and we pay it if he is here or gone. He is been paid for depth at the worst.

I am seeing a lot of movement in the mocks and it looks like people are getting slotted and re-slotted. The mocks are starting to settle in to a consensus.

We need a short yardage guy agreed. It isn’t just the because of the QB but it isn’t not him either. There are things you normally can expect from the QB that we don’t really ask Bryce to do. But we really do need a guy to pound.

Saw what I think is a good video on Legette. Didn’t want to make a new topic. And he hasn’t been traded, yet. Putting it here. This guy is pretty unbiased on it I think.

We are in a unique situation here. Just my opinion. Three things: Moton’s playing health has been gradually declining as he is aging, while his contract is a drag on the payroll. Something will give with him sooner than later but I think 2026 could be it. So.. need a right tackle by 2027. At the latest. Icky’s individual situation is unique as well. They would have had an extension done by now if not for the injury. We only have him for this year. With no assurance he will ever be the same player. It would be reckless just to assume. Now we have Walker for one year. And that is a major relief. Maybe he is the answer, but the team that knows him best let him go and it was cheap for us to sign him. So how much did they value him? We look to be needing two tackles by 2027. And have poo for depth this year as well. So anyway we could draft a guy for 2027 RT and groom him this year, and see how Icky does, and act as needed in 2027. Spread out filling the two holes over 2 years. Then I remember, hey if Bryce doesn’t get a Lot more consistent do they extend him? Hoping not, if he isn’t really good. So then we are looking at the 2027 draft which people say is gonna be loaded with QBs. If we need a LT and a QB what is the pick gonna get spent on? Taking into account the recovery success rates cited here on the Icky surgery, you might want to plan for him to not be the same player. rather than assume he will be and get caught with your pants down. It is a tough situation. And factor in that it is critically important to protect this QB, always, but especially this year where it is said to be make or break. And how you might feel about that. All of it points to a real possibility that these things converge in the negative, like Bruce sucks and Icky is not the same. In that case if you want to be assured of getting LT secured, the only place you can do that through the draft could be very well be 2026 1st round. For me, I would like to err on the side of caution. Cover for these outcomes. It wouldn’t be fun. Added benefit is if we do have a tackle go down this year we will have a guy there. Because I don’t know what we have now.

It is a scenario that was made for us. It’s like, a no brainer for me.

I have wanted to do that since I first looked at the draft order and the crop of players. A lot of it is, just not that impressed with the selection we are likely to have at 19. And then when I learned how good some of these ILBs are I never bought that we could sit at 51 and get one. So trading back helps us have a chance to move up for one of those guys. To me it is a win win. Get better value with your 1st, and assure you can get your dawg in the 2nd? Yes, all day long.

Well somebody has to look like a 19 pick or there won’t be any trade propositions. I hope one of these overhyped guys falls and we can trade out to pick later in the first.