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Yeah, I know, I saw him tearing teams up with limited snaps. I'm sure that's also why Georgia helped sell him on switching sides. The talent is there.

Well, as you probably have picked up along the way, I am a Georgia alum, so I kinda have to like them. Glad you don't hate 'em. SEC rules!

Not trying to be a homer, but Georgia doesn't recruit bad backs. Anyone who knows the Dawgs' history knows that our backs will at least be solid. Etienne is that. https://youtu.be/DLMNJuNqvAU?si=0GjDoMLSI85mN5wd

Gotta have something to complain about. You know.

Didn't know anything about the guy? Are you kidding me? Go Dawgs!

I despise draft value charts.

That's easy to say because you're not privy to their boards. It's hard for me to believe that DJ Johnson was the best on our board. The higher graded LBs were running out, we felt that we had to get one, so we reached.

Ah ha, would he have been? I would say we gave them a pass on the reach even with Cam Ward because he was a QB. There were likely a handful of players whom most NFL types were generational type players during the pre draft process, and Ward wasn't one of them. That being said, we give teams a reach pass in the first round for QBs because franchise QBs are so hard to find, but also central to a team's success. But, take the Falcons, I'm pretty sure that most will say that they reached for James Pearce by giving up way too much value to jump up and get him.

Sometimes it just makes you feel better to pay, at least until you don't have to. Peace of mind in lean times until you're rich. Sure it's a mindset, but you gotta actually have to prove to yourself that you're rich first.

Well, as far as I know, teams don't publish that information, nor should they. We can only draw conclusions based on the knowledge and opinions of others. It's just the nature of the beast. For example, if Tennessee has drafted Jaxon Dart at number one, we'd all have been like WTF?

If we can keep aging veteran Clowney on a commensurate deal, I'd prefer that. It's not like he's some scrub. He can be of good value to the room.

He's been here since last spring (May), but not before the last draft.

No, because some team's reach out of desperation, especially for a QB. That's fairly well known.

Well if you give it your stamp of approval, then I feel better (not that I feel bad about days one and two), and I'm not even being facetious. Now tell me what you (really) think of Nalo.

Well, I've always said this: PFF provides a lot of value pertaining to how they grade players. It's not perfect, but they can usually separate the wheat from the chaff. It's the other things that they do--all the rankings--that are more subjective in nature, and that seem to cause the most controversy among fans.

I'm not saying that T-Mac was for many people, but he was for many people, including Dan the man. It's all a part of it. I was once labeled the "Wide Receiver Extremist," so admittedly I may not be the most objective, but I love the pick. I think that we can agree that we all can learn to love why Dan made it.

We went BPA, and we should have.

It's a good draft so far, but we gotta show it when the rubber hits the pavement---err, AstroTurf (fu<king Tepper--cheap motherfu<ker!)

We seem to have a philosophical difference. Of course every team has a board based on their needs. What we must be cognizant of is that not all prospect are on the board of every team. That being said, presumably a board is full of players that can fill a team's own needs, or "holes" if you will. That being said, you should stick to the board. In no way should you pick a lower ranked player over a higher ranked player. Good teams don't do that. You can't necessarily fill every hole via the draft. And, to be honest, if you're forcing yourself to fill a hole, you're probably going to end up with more holes after the dust settles. Fill holes the best that you can in free agency, and then use the draft to choose the best players. Having patience and discipline is generally a good philosophy when it comes to building something. Team building is no different.

And, that's another thing: Bryce has to continue to improve. The Panthers ceiling, to a large degree, is his ceiling. I want to believe he has turned the corner, but let me see it beginning in September against good competition.

I mean, I understand the excitement, but I have to see it on the field. I think we also must remember that the only real place we can go is up, as the defense--the run defense in particular--was pretty horrible last season. I'm not going to get excited over crackers because I only had crumbs. I gotta see some damned meat. So, I'll withhold judgment, and simply give an optimistic nod at this time.

I suspect Morgan has at least a couple of more years before his ass is susceptible to seat temperature changes. But, you're right, we have to start seeing some perceptible improvement in 2025.

Yeah, I think we'll probably end up rolling with Wallace and Jewell, and we probably should. At least we know what Jewell is (solid), and Wallace is still developing. It's way too early to be giving up on him.

Let's see how it all plays out. Paper impressions aren't really impressive.

No no no. Stick to the board! Draft BPA! That's what the top tier teams do. FA (and to a much lesser extent, UDFA) is for all the needs stuff.