Jon Snow

They want to but there will be no trading partners in round 1.

Something had to trigger a D-bag move. It's usually something of equal D-baggery. Something like that doesn't come out of nowhere.

...and an open bar.

I'm sure there's more to the story. But yeah, on face value that is pretty disrespectful.

The Panthers suck. The fans suck. Tepper sucks. Pretty much business as usual.

I think we all have the same sentiment.

Those guys you mentioned are ILB at the next level. They will be really good too. We could use any of them and like you I hope we can get one of them later on in the draft. The teams need on defense is great than the amount of picks they have. If they are sticking with the 3-4 base they will need another ILB and a OLB that can play DE in 4-3 packages. The front 7 is far from complete and the secondary will not get every need addressed this offseason. The talent is just not going to be available when we are picking I'm afraid.

They have to be able to read and react in either position. It depends on down and distance, assignment yada yada. I will say that I'm shocked in the reactions from Panthers fans to an undersized linebacker given where the Keep Pounding chant came from. It's not the size of the dog in the fit. It's the size of the fight in the dog.

Off the ball just means standing up or hand in the dirt. He can rush out wide or move inside with his hand in the dirt in a 3-4.

He's an OLB. Jihad Campbell is an ILB if that helps. Someone listed as an edge rusher is either a 4-3 end or an OLB. Campbell is strictly an ILB that can blitz and cover a TE or RB out of the back field. An OLB can do the same but his main job is to rush the passer and set the edge like a 4-3 DE.

When I heard the evaluator call him a safety I did a double take. I hadn't even considered the position shift in the nfl.

I'm hearing he may be a safety at the next level. I guess it is a team specific plan I'm hearing.

I'm not so sure they do. I could be reading them completely wrong but I would be shocked if it's Williams. Membou would be a better selection over Williams if they are looking at the trenches. Williams needs a lot of development as a pass rusher. Dan is serious about production mattering in the end and Williams doesn't have it yet. It's one of the reasons they want to trade down. I seriously doubt they will be able to so it is going to be a wild 1st round.

It's that or a 3rd round TE. The TE from The U is an option in the 3rd if he makes it that far.

Dart and Mykel Williams will not be in the Green Room on draft night. Wonder if they have been told something?

There's probably some intel gathering with a lot of those visits as well.

I fear they will have to take a wr early on day 2 if there's a run on them on day 1. You know how we fair with 2nd round picks and I think the best will be picked by round 3.

If you go by last years 30 visits they will probably take about 4 of those guys in the draft. Whether that's by design or just plain luck I'll let you decide. Last year the 1st pick couldn't keep his mouth shut before the draft but this year, so far, it's been silence.

As far as I know they've only met with him one time. I suppose that doesn't matter that much in the end as they've kept things close to the vest so far. Maybe the production thing has some weight, maybe it's just talk. The truth is they would much rather trade down and get more ammo to move up in the 2nd round. Who they are targeting is anyone's guess.

I only the 1st pick. The rest are disappointing.

Dallas now finds themselves in the market for a tackle. Tryon Smith just retired.

We certainly hope so. They need to do a better job of finding day 2 and 3 talent or this team will continue to be bottom dwellers.