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i know that he's not Cam Newton, but i think what cam did for the morale and culture of the team when he got here is kind of what we're going to see from Canales. that said, i'd rather have rookie Cam again...the player and especially the presence...but i can see Canales doing some good to elevate the team.

nothing really new, just thought an outsiders view on what has been going on in the offseason was interesting. excerpt: article linky it doesn't go into the draft, just talks mainly about how the FA acquisitions give some insight into what they have planned.

Most of the OL, but especially center and OT you do what you can to keep. unless they get way too expensive or they just aren't performing well, you aren't going to let them go. we've been trying to address it in FA and we just aren't going to be able to do that well. we need to draft one. there's about 5 in this draft that i would feel really good about and another 4-5 that i think would be ok with. i mean there's some solid choices available with some decent experience even working in zone blocking schemes so they should be an easy fit. don't see why wouldn't be making it a priority. i'm just hoping that it's just a matter of not wanting to tip their hat towards someone in particular.

with a smile.

get me 2-3 of these guys. i like the direction, though. get guys that aren't so predictable with usage.

just saying he's huge. there's tall...and then there's massive.

dude's listed as 6'3 but i swear that's the biggest 6'3 i've ever seen.

who was that mountain that went in before clowney?

jersey/pants combos are, by far, the least of my concerns with this team. if they are losing, it doesn't matter what they wear...it all sucks. if they are winning. who cares what they are wearing? but it's the offseason and we're bored, so here we are...again.

it just seems inevitable that leggette will be a panther.

well, this is a different uniform thread than i've seen before.

Sure why not?

We'll be back to Ian Thomas.

That's one of the signs of the eclipse. I kept my dogs in just in case today.

Washington players get a LOT of love. Lot of hype for them.

One thing about these rankings is who decides them? I mean there's a consensus, but it's just media consensus, right? And by consensus, I mean kind of sort of consensus. Like who decides who the best players are? Who ranks them? Who's ranking do we go by? Is it all some hype machine? (Yes, it is) And when we shout "just draft the BPA" who's list are we using? Who decides who gets picked too early or falls below where they should have gotten drafted? Who decides where they should be drafted?

I think he can get it done, but I doubt it will be quick. I think it will be a slow and agonizing process (I hate that word) and just like the run game with Tampa, we could be a half season in before things start to click at all and we see any progress. I'm just not expecting much the first half because it's a lot of people who have to learn their roles and get comfortable with their place in the big picture. I do think it will start off relatively simple so they just have to learn how to do simple things really well and build from that foundation.

Now I know there are draftniks with connections who are getting fed stuff from insiders, but every bit of information is suspect. It all comes with an agenda and these draftniks are getting played, not that they are all that concerned because it gives them clicks. So I guess it's us who ultimately get played because we dig into this poo take it seriously thinking that we're educated.

True and you can say the same thing about the combine. it's overrated as poo. In all facts of life some people know how to manipulate evaluations of all kinds. I know people who interviewed well who don't know poo and those who interviewed poorly and missed out on jobs that they should have had. I know people who test well and are idiots and people who are brilliant but just suck at taking tests. The only thing that really matters is the tape. You can gauge true performance and true progress if there's several years worth.

Yeah that's the weird thing to me. What can these guys possibly do to raise or lower their "stock"? It's all completely speculative in behalf of the draftniks who all feed off each other's takes.

They go through weird phases like that. You'll see guys like Brock Bowers going in the top 3 one moment And then you've got him available at 33 the next time and then he's back in top 5. I try not to take it as exact players when I mock, even though there's guys I prefer over others. I think it's more about positions that would be available at that moment. But the draft itself in reality is really wonky because there's guys that you and everyone are sure are going to go early who inexplicably fall and then there's others that go much earlier than all the experts go. You never know what really any team has in mind when they go into the draft and you can't predict what they will do when their board changes. Maybe teams see a player fall that they were sure would have gone earlier all of a sudden fall a bit below where you thought they would go and then think maybe other teams passing them by know something you don't so you pass them as well. So many reasons for players falling where you think they shouldn't. We think we know where players should go, but we don't know how individual teams actually perceive players that we mock to them. So basically, as crazy as it is to see Rome there, it's good to see stuff like that happen because it prepares you for the actual craziness of draft day.

Posting videos of his workout?

What is he supposed to be doing?