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It doesn’t bother me that people are bothered by this but at the same time I don’t get why this does bother people. Beane and McD knew people here even in the Tepper years before Morgan.They can probably get the scoop on why we let them go, if they are healthy, stuff like that. There would be a comfort level in those circumstances.

I think that DT is the only option that I would consider passing on an OT for.

I have kind of settled on Golday if we stay at 51.

Well, you can call it something else. Preliminary rankings. People are going to react. I remember years of ‘Panthers will not be active in the first wave of FA’ where we had nothing to rank. Now that we are moving and shaking people get excited. Especially when the GM performs as if the fan base has directed him. Most wanted pass rush, ILB and to fill the Icky hole with at least something. It all got done.

I haven't changed from my first thought which was trade out of 19 down a few slots. Use the booty to move up in the second to get someone we want. 51 seems just a bit out of the zone.

My reaction was “why in the hell would they do that?”

Lol and since they are not signaling that to Dallas, it means they are taking one if they can. lying season. Good luck deciphering the truth.

I always felt it should be, but when I play it out in my head we are at the end of the buffet line. The year one guys are gone at 19. The player who might be ready in year two, you could get later, so value enters into it some. Maybe it turns out better. The draft is such a dynamic process, one curve ball early can throw everything out the window for a few picks.

If Tepper is in on Morgan, and if Morgan thought that was the best strategy, he has to let him be unafraid to make his move. Whole lot of ‘ifs’ there. It is the least sexy 1st round pick next to not having one, not much Christmas morning ‘unwrap your presents’ feel to it. But when I look at the big picture it is a solid option. We have to have some rookie contracts on that OL while keeping it strong. Moton is very short term, Icky is now a totally unknown quantity, and it is very conceivable that we could be in the market for a new QB in the 2027 draft. In which case we could not draft a tackle over a QB in the 1st in 2027. So if you find the right one has fallen to you in 2026, it should be very seriously considered.

And we are still playing it.

Defense gets the draft scraps, and you have to get players from somewhere. When you use number one picks for offense 2022-2025, it will be from FA by necessity. Sorry, all due respect new LBs twice, literally made me laugh out loud. It seems like that position has been a black hole.

I guess. They say he is better pass than run. Also he was supposedly a better player in like, 2023. So find what he changed and change it back.

Okay I see that we smoked them twice in 2005 Davis’ first year. The next year not so much though. Lost 20-7 and won 10-3 or 10-7.

Okay I probably should have said for a draft pick. There are times when I would be okay with maybe trading next years 1 for an established player. But not many. Think about it, you are trading 5 years of a controlled cheap contract for a contract that will probably be your largest or one of them. It is an incredible price to pay.

They violated at least two of my cardinal rules with that trade up. I don’t believe in trading future first round picks, for anything. That’s what got Hurney on my poo list. That is the big rule. The other rule is, if a player worth that kind of investment is sitting at the 1.1, the team with the pick will not give it up. You are trading for less than that, if you trade. So maybe do not do it.