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I will give you this: the signings of Phillips and Lloyd pretty much mirror the signings of the guards in 2024. So they are kind of a wash. But you look at the draft picks invested it is lopsided towards the offense. And when you do that make sure to count every pick that was used for our franchise QB. And DJ Moore needs to count as something too. You add that haul in with the picks we had left that went for offense, the defense is still the red headed stepchild and deserves some day one attention. edit: due to the OL crisis that we are just starting to go through, if the right left tackle falls I think you have to bite the bullet and do your duty, but we may be able to address it as a right tackle issue on day two. If we do not address either tackle position at all it will be dereliction of duty. IMO.

The emphasis on the age and stage of career these FA players are in is becoming pretty clearly a policy. I don’t remember us making that a core value, until Morgan.

I enjoyed this, from a Packers perspective. I think people are getting out over their skis on the enthusiasm over what we actually will get. I mean, it was a great move that we needed to make, but I see people talking about no falloff, there are high expectations. This guy isn’t sugar coating, but it isn’t necessarily all bad either. On the level of Walker’s play, he takes the view that it has fallen off, but has played very well before. I guess it epends on which one shows up, and I am hoping the old ‘change of scenery’ benefit could be in play.

True or not, I would only even consider him for a lot less money than he made this year. He has turned 30. And had that one fantastic year but his usual production isn’t really all that great. Looked at his yards per reception and they have been in decline annually for a bit. Fell off from SF 2024 13.x ypc to Wash 2025 10.1 ypc. 10.1 ypc is Bryce’s kind of number, so I wouldn’t think it likely to increase. If he is cheap enough and they think they will use him, I guess I am okay with it.

I think it was a thing for sure. Panthers weren’t too many people’s first choice. Or 5th choice. 2022 and 2023… coaches fired mid season. Consecutive years. You want any of that? He has definitely overseen a rehab of how the Panthers are perceived. Because we are a place that is seen as up and coming. And just the little thing of he accommodated Theilen so graciously, that gets noticed. It all adds up. Dan is doing a lot of things right, probably most things. Needs a good draft.

If we had someone that good at returns, they would be on the field doing something else. WR or RB.

My not so well made point was I am out on 1st round WR yet again… out on 1st round TE. If we were to go offense day 1 or day 2, I don’t know if there is a C worthy of it but tossed it in there because we should probably draft one. OT, QB … and I know it won’t be QB. Defensive line. Maybe S. Maybe ILB.

Yeah if we don’t draft C OT or QB forget offense high.

Some random cherry picking here too. I think I want to say Dan is going to be really good. Continue to be. This thing with Phillips is his injury risk. They took a pretty big chance. But the talent is there. His thinking is good. He learns pretty quickly, we lost out last year with our big FA swing, he did not lose out this year. He seems to be handling Tepper very well, that in itself is a feat. All the people were are signing are young still. Big windows for them compared to 29 and 30 year olds. He will have on odd older one here and there but I bet you it will be a small deal, or a one year deal. To me that is a new way of doing business. And is is a good policy. It looks like he is building a good team, methodically. After this FA period, this could be be a very interesting draft.

I am not reading into Brooks’ situation off of this. As far as what have to work with I believe a pass catching RB helps more than a pass catching TE. Also we need a short yardage hammer. If it is the same guy, okay. Ideally the alternate RB can do a lot of that. The catching.

This was cool:

NM,wrong thread.

I would have been great with him. The ground rules though, were the coach comes from offense. And the latest trend was playcaller so that too. And Bryce is our QB. I am not throwing Canales a parade right now, at all. However, for the sake of argument, if results are the final arbiter? He came in not ready for the job and in year two, technically, they were a division champ. So whatever you think of him, he has some ammo for his cause. This year should tell a lot with the reorganization of offensive chain of command and Bevell on board.

No? Lol. As if you have a clue. Get back to me when you escape that cloud of delusion. The people Tepper wanted to hire wanted nothing to do with job. poo is documented.

He was hired because there was no one that wanted the job. Tepper and Bryce Young in early 2024 after that 2023 season? People they wanted to hire were ducking out of the way. It was openly discussed that maybe we would need to hire one that wasn’t ready and let him grow into the job. And that is what they did.

Notice I did not use his name, and repeated my wish for a Tolbert type. Which for me would completely justify keeping 4 RBs. I am not sure he is what I was calling for, but I am glad to see a bigger back brought in.

We could. If we had a Tolbert type, short yardage beast and good as an outlet receiver, I would probably rather do that than have 7 WRs or 4 TEs

Yeah. Until they know 100% about Brooks they have to replace Rico. At the minimum.

Morgan gave a press conference on FA today.

What won’t happen is people won’t see a real NFL arm putting Bryce to shame on a daily basis so they got that part right.

The main thing Field’s has impressed me with is his attitude after leading Pittsburgh to a winning record and being sat down because Wilson was healthy. He handled it like a man. A pro. I wasn’t sure he would. I don’t know about his actual quarterbacking potential having any real chance to parallel Darnold’s progress.

Warming up to him. I expect good things. Turns out he is from a military family and was raised with discipline and decent manners. Hard to go wrong with that sort of foundation.

Tempted to watch Luke do something one more time but no. It’s flag football.

I think DT would be an excellent place to invest. And ditto for Rodriguez or another compliment to Lloyd. We could set this defense up right this year. But if a left tackle of merit is there in the 1st or even our future RT is in the 2nd I have to be practical. That is a major impending issue on the field and in the pocketbook and has to be addressed.