Cade Mays

[ellis]

Still plenty to work on as a rookie, but when Greg Cosell hands out praise, it means something. 

 

 

[Pejorative Miscreant]

Looking forward to seeing how he develops. He has a good chance to make some noise. 

[Khyber53]

We can always use a great lineman. Hope he pans out as a league leader.

[DaveThePanther2008]

Mays was chosen because he has the tool and now he has one of the best O-line coaches in the game.  We are clearly looking to pound the hell out of teams on the ground.  

You have to give credit to Fitterer because they said O-line was a priority and we add a couple of solid vets and two rookies that could possibly start.  That doesn't count our very good 2021 rookie Brady Christensen.   

It's not going to be impossible for us to believe our worst unit, by far, becomes one of our best units in one off season.

[Waldo]

The line had so many soft guys on it last year. Physical talent is great but that unit needs to be tough. It looked like Iike a wet noodle 4/5s of the time most of the year in 21.

Bring it young man. Great to hear. 

[ForJimmy]

This is why we always need to grab an OL in the late round as well. They seem to have higher success rates than other positions in the later rounds. It looks like we might actually have some OL depth now. 

[DJ feed me moore]

the OL needs a leader, I love Moton but dude does not seem like the most vocal guy in the locker room. Really hope cade can become our next Kalil in the leadership role.

[Mr. Scot]

Loving what I hear and see about him.

Doesn't hurt that Campen is gonna be coaching him.

[hepcat]

Everything I’ve heard about him lends him to be a center in the future is that right 

[BrianS]

Same sort of college success as Andrew Norwell.  Would be an amazing draft if we ended up with one of those.

[45catfan]

How about this for an oxymoron:  I am excited about the Carolina Panthers offensive line.

[Mr. Scot]

22 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Everything I’ve heard about him lends him to be a center in the future is that right 

I think that's Bozeman's role if we can keep him.

[mrcompletely11]

2 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

This is why we always need to grab an OL in the late round as well. They seem to have higher success rates than other positions in the later rounds. It looks like we might actually have some OL depth now. 

100%.   I think we should be drafting at least 2 linemen per draft.   You literally cannot have enough of these guys. 

[45catfan]

This year I think Mays will be the backup RG.  My question is who is the starting LG?  Elf, Erving, BC or Brown?  I mean Mays isn't out of the question, but he's best suited to stay on the right side where he's taken a majority of his snaps, IIRC.  Ultimately I'd like to see either BC or Brown win LG as the other two are out the door after this season.  Speaking of which, if either of those two (Erving, Elflein) can't win the starting LG spot, that's a LOT of money tied up into backups.  Yes, their dead cap is significant enough that riding the bench is better than cutting them outright.

Outside of Moton, last year's OL starters will likely be backups this year and last year's backups are likely cut after camp.   What difference one year makes!

Edited May 15, 2022 by 45catfan