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He is being talked about in the first, but I see him gone long before round 4--of course, it depends on the intelligence teams have on him.

Yes, you should. He is a stud, but even in that photo, he is wearing a shoulder brace. for a LB, a shoulder problem can be devastating.

I had 2 concussions in high school--one was based on friendly fire when a teammate hit me in the side of the helmet making a tackle. They other was on a kickoff. I had amnesia for 2 days--When I realized what was going on, it was Sunday night--In college, I was put on the kickoff return team for a few weeks and hated it. The side of the helmet is where a lot of the concussions occur. My doctor said a concussion is basically due to your brain "sloshing" around during impact. that is pretty scary.

If you played on a kickoff team, you probably would not remember it either.

The way it is now: 22 men run on the field and the kicker kicks it out of the end zone. you think they are safe when that happens, but they are still being blocked. The way it is now with the new rule, there are plays you can run after catching the ball in play. Finally, if you have ever played on the kickoff team, when you are running full speed, watching the returner, staying in your lane, and the receiving team is basically blocking you by running at you at a 90 degree angle, sticking their helmets in your ear hole, you would appreciate this rule. It is different. and I always worry about NFL records. But the more information that comes out about CTE and concussions, the more the game will change. I realize the closest many of you come to getting injured on a kickoff is if you get a chicken nugget caught in your windpipe, but we want to see the best players on the field. The data explains that the kickoff is the play with the highest concussion rates, so they addressed the problem. These are not gladiators. They are professional athletes and we came to see them play not get blue tented and it would be nice if they could function at the age of 50.

Folks you all may be right--you may be smarter than me about this and you may ignore things such as the difference between Baker in 2022 here and 2023 under Canales in Tampa. You may think that Russell Wilson's decline was not due to Canales' absence, and you may think that Geno Smith would have excelled in Carolina or anywhere other than Seattle. You may think that constant penetration through A gaps is no big deal, and you may think that getting sacked and blitzed when nobody was open is no excuse for a rookie QB. Having said that, I am on hopeium and know that if I claimed to know that he is a bust when most experts are still unconvinced, that would mean that I am on dopeium. Boom.

We all knew this when we were discussing getting rid of Burns--and I agree with that decision based on the variables (cost mainly, but Brown has to be the priority) Instead of paying some mediocre has been $ to come here and get 6 sacks, I would rather play the youngsters. With Burns, Haynes, and YGM on the field, we did not get to see much of Barno, Johnson, and Leota. We have had a few DEs who were very good (Charles Johnson, Greg Hardy) who did little until year 3. Add a situational edge and lets start building instead of being a pit stop on the way to Shady Acres.

At the end of the day, it is what it is, you know. (John Fox) "He is a natural LT because he is left handed." (Ron Rivera) "You have to be willing to fail to succeed." (Matt Rhule) So if this sounds like music, it is because it is.

We gonna be OK

Yes--we will win big. Moral victories.

Compared to Burns--who was protecting himself by not going 100%, this guy never leaves the field, he chases RBs and QBs to the opposite sidelines, preventing cut backs. His motor is incredible and he never leaves the field when the other team has the ball. Build around him.

I love it rounds 1-4. Elliss is going to be very solid. Personally I think he is gone in the top 50--horribly undervalued on these draft boards because he played hurt--no bowl/all star games. Mark my words!

Id give you 2 pies if I could. We have had leaky plumbing that has been flooding the kitchen year after year and we are wrapping the pipes in electrical tape

What bothers me is we have spent about 6 years in denial- signing one year contracts and not developing young players. Not drafting well. Too much dead cap---QB carousel. Crazy Now, even if Bryce sucks next year, and I really think he will improve a lot, but let's face it, with the QB draft next year, he has 3 years to prove himself. Regardless, we are building a young team across the board and we are going to rise the tide to lift all boats instead of renting boats. I think we discussed (about 5 or 6 weeks ago) that McCarthy would be there at 33--and debated whether we'd take him. Washington brass, allegedly, mentioned him repeatedly as the #2 overall pick. Would that not be something? I think they are lying--I think they will go with Daniels. However, that could make the first round wacky--wonder what the Giants/Vikings would do? Popcorn

Did you all see the recent news report that claimed the Commanders are putting it out there that they could go with McCarthy at #2? That reminds me of the Niners putting it out there that they might take Matt Jones over Lance with the third pick. By the way, remember that everyone was calling that a great QB draft? Lawrence Struggled early--OK now. Wilson..... Lance..... Fields.... Jones....

I think he knows that other OLB spot is yet to be filled.

good catch

Which means he pays attention. In Charlotte, going back to Richardson, the Panther's owner has had its hand on the pulse of the local press and the national press has never been that interested (Small market). I study conflict in some of my courses, and when a person cannot stand by their achievements, they make it personal. Tepper does that. Talks like it is a bad thing to criticize him--like its McCaffee's fault, and then makes a joke about his appearance, then says, "There you go," as if the problem is PM and not his record--while walking away. Good news? Tepper knows. Did not like being called the most "entertaining" owner--making your profile picture true.

I already disagree. DJ Johnson will be fighting for a roster spot. Barno showed more last season

Fake News. he was 2-15

Yep. They could have pulled the "Jonathan Stewart stationary bike w/ floppy hat" out of storage.

For starters, nobody here thought you were an idiot with a keyboard. We thought you use a tablet. Seriously, excellent breakdown. I love data-based thinking (over emotion).

I am happy. We already have 2 veteran WRs. If Mingo and a rookie aren't allowed to play, how do they improve? We draft players that are developmental and we want to discard them as soon as they don't become superstars. In fact, we are more patient with first round picks when we should be more patient with the day 3 picks. Develop them. I am OK letting Theilen and Johnson be the veteran WRs this season. We have a WR deep draft. I think a first rounder will fall to us at 33 and I think we can find one later in the draft. Even if we lose both Thielen and Johnson after this season, we would still have 3 or 4 non rookies--add another WR then.

If we took Ladd McConkey at 33 and then (assuming we don't sign any legit edges) I would love to see us grab (and you need to see my post in the 2024 draft section to understand why) the Edge from Utah at #39 Jonah Ellis. He is under the radar because he had a bad shoulder during the second half of the season and he still played-- and his recovery kept him from participating in all star games, so the experts on social media have him much lower than he probably is on teams' boards. I doubt he makes it past pick 50. I would then like to see us take another developmental WR later. McCaffery from Rice or Jalen Coker from Holy Cross--we might even take Jerry Rice's kid in round 3.

I had forgotten about Ricky Manning's pick. Without that, no X Clown.