MHS831

I was watching the Panthers/Pats preseason game his rookie year. I went with some guys i used to coach high school football with---Bledsoe went out of the game after the first quarter, and I said, "Guys--this #12 is better than Bledsoe." They mocked me for that comment the rest of the night--on the drive home--the next day at school...When I reminded them of it a few years later, they could not remember.

I think if you tell him that he will be a LT (I do not see him as a guard, frankly, because he is more of a finesse player) during the offseason and you work with him starting now---he will improve. Brady is borderline starting LT now--with some work, he can be an average LT in 2022. How the new OL coach and OC see this might determine who we draft.

This. When you use him at LG, dabble at C, RG, RT, and then LT during his rookie season....

He invented the double reverse, flea-flicker quick Kick. Keeps em guessing.

I would assume that the 2 edge rushers and the three OTs are gone. I stick a "for sale" sign on the pick and trade back. Someone will want Stingley or Gardner (CBs) and be willing to move up--or Hamilton (S).

Brooks and Daniel Jeremiah work closely together---they have apparently been given some bad intel. You look at the Panthers and it seems as if we are losing Jackson and Gilmore. Heck, both were not on the field at the same time--we are not losing 2 players, we are losing 1 starting CB position. This suggests that they see Henderson and Taylor as busts. I do not.

Howell has the calm composure and cool you like to see in a QB. Most of the candidates have skills, but what happens to them when the game is on the line? Howell has the skills and composure he needs to be a success. Can we provide the situation in which he can succeed? To me, Howell's skills are easier to assess than if he played at Alabama or Georgia. We got to see him in the face of some pretty significant adversity and his stock dropped--which, to me, might make him a bargain. I would not be opposed to trading back and adding a second or third rounder and taking Howell, if they think they can bring him along. And I don't give a crap about what team a player played for in college and it is really silly to base any assessment on some team loyalty bias. I hate NC State--their fans, students, sports teams, etc. But I want Ike if we don't trade out.

Cue the Benny Hill background music.

Always thinking you are in the right is a form of narcissism-and that could be it--or part of it.

There are 3 highly-rated edge rushers. I see 2 being gone by #6---a team with a need could move up with us to get (the kid from purdue) or we could move back if a team wants an elite OT--if we were going to take a QB. That means we could draft the QB around #13 and have a second rounder for OL--not sure that is what I would do, just sayin'. For example, Philly was 28th in sacks in 2021. They have three first rounders--a second rounder to move up for an elite sack master?

I could use up 200,000 dollars on a shrink's couch before hitting stage 3.

OK, there are guys every year in the draft that have character issues, and there are Huddlers who dismiss them. Character matters. AB has a mental illness and I will not trash him for this--there is some condition or characteristic that states a person with a particular condition will self-destruct. That is what we saw. He really thinks he is in the right here.

In my opinion, JW was a statement about Payton's ego. He thought, since he coached Brees, that he was the QB whisperer. I mean, he did do well with Bridgewater, so there could be something to it. The successful NFL QB has a good line in front of him and a noodle between his ears. JW was as good as he is ever going to be in New Orleans and he sucked.

Using Luvu correctly is key

I think Taylor belongs in the CB conversation. I was also pleasantly surprised to see Mayfield at nickel

How long was Brees there?

I have seen Willis all over the place--It seems that he is a polarizing player---however, he makes me think of Lamar Jackson in Baltimore--I think he went 32nd overall--Behind four picked in the top 10, including Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, and Josh Rosen (Josh Allen was the other). This draft sure looks like that one in 2018 to me. Today, that draft would have Josh Allen #1, and I am guessing Jackson would have been a Jet at #3.

I agree here, but I would have Elf stay at C and bring in a free agent LG--and I would make sure that RG Brown has competition. Of course, there are many ways to do this--and I am not sure my way is better than anyone else's way of handling this--if we had 1 need, same page. But when you have 3 OL needs AND QB--it gets complicated.

what do they mean, "Its officially mock draft season in Carolina." Try 2 months ago.

People will give Brady credit for that Bucs comeback, but the real credit goes to the Rams.

Meanwhile, the Panthers

Mike Curtis Diggs is not.

IF we could build the OL and Darnold were to take us to the playoffs, that would make it very hard to let Darnold walk. I do not see that as likely.

How does Cooper get behind the safety in that situation? It was 10 seconds, not 13. 3 were on the clock when the field goal team came out. The Bengals give up 9 sacks and win.

the thing about the KC Buffalo game--We knew it would be incredible before the game started--it had to be.