It’s time to discuss DANimal Morgan as our GM

[TheBigKat]

Hurricane Dan is starting to show his work! He’s paid his dues as a scout and assistant GM, this wasn’t some ‘token’ hire. He’ll be in the likes of Lynch as former players who became good GMs. I was always salty about letting Beane walk to Buffalo but I think we’ve finally found ‘our guy’

 

the work he’s done on the offensive and defensive lines respectively along with two draft classes that are contributing has been nothing short of master class in a team decimated of talent due to Fitterer and Tepper.

 

 The only thing that can stop Morgan’s ascend as a top tier GM is David and Nicole Tepper who by all outside accounts seem to have ‘gotten it’

 

We got ourselves a GM

[ImfromClayton]

I'm a big fan of Dan. His ability to find productive players deep in the draft will pay off.  I'm going to give him 1.5 draft classes right now, because I do think it's a little unfair to evaluate his first year when he got the job in January, especially when we went into that draft not having a first round pick. 

XL and Brooks are still big time TBD players. Both still have incredibly high ceilings, but both have also given us legitimate reasons to have a lot of pause. Trevin Wallace, Chau Smith Wade and Jatavion Sanders have IMO outplayed their draft position early in their careers. That's a great thing. He also got Coker and Demani Richardson as UDFAs that year. Given the situation we were in, I really don't mind the gamble on the high ceiling guys. Still may work out, still may not, but if you made a checklist of ideal situation for an NFL GM to walk into, ours was near the bottom of that list. 

Every single 2025 pick is contributing in some way. That typically doesn't happen. I am absolutely blown away by this draft class 6 games in. Even the best GM's miss on occasion, and we can't expect Dan to be 100% on drafts moving forward. Ryan Fitzgerald was an excellent find as well. 

Comparing our last two drafts to the previous few is pretty shocking. Can you imagine this season without our Rookies? It would not be good. Additionally, this roster only has 6 players with more than 6 years of experience, and two of those are specialist. 

The next step is equally important, and still very much TBD. We have to avoid Cap Chaos. 

[Sir Big Spurr]

He’s responsible for two drafts classes. The first was one of the worst drafts I’ve ever seem. The second one is showing a ton of promise. I’m somewhere between skeptical and hopeful on Morgan. 

[Tbe]

6 minutes ago, Sir Big Spurr said:

He’s responsible for two drafts classes. The first was one of the worst drafts I’ve ever seem. The second one is showing a ton of promise. I’m somewhere between skeptical and hopeful on Morgan. 

2024 looks pretty bad, but it’s still early. We still don’t know what Wallace, Sanders, and XL are going to be. Brooks may come back and surprise us, but that is a long shot. 2 years off football kills most careers.

[CarolinaNut]

Ehh I would pump the brakes probably need another year or two to see what he's really done for this team.  Last year's draft was absolutely awful.  This past one looks ok so far it really will come down to Scourton and Princely and how they develop into pass rushers.  T-Mac looks like a hit.

[The Huddler]

let him cook

 

 

fixed OL, fixed DL

 

let him continue to cook

[Khaki Lackey]

The upcoming draft will determine whether or not he learned anything from 2024.

[CRA]

The swings this board is wiling to make on a weekly or couple weeks basis is pretty entertaining….such huge 180 degree swings on random folks 

You can pretty much look ahead and spot where the next ones will fall.  Board going to be wild after the GB game.   Wild after the Rams game.  Probably wild after week 18 pending the Bucs got anything to play for.  

[Gapanthersfan]

I’ll keep saying it. In Dan I trust. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

I've always thought that Dan would be a good GM.  Though the 2024 draft class has a lot of questions but I think the picks he has made were made with the future in mind, not so much of what you can do for me now but what you will do in the future. 

XL wasn't a first round talent but I think there is some growth with him and hope he gets better.  Wallace is showing some serious improvement and I think our defense has improved greatly since he took over the play calling from Rozeboom. Sanders could really be good but he can't seem to stay healthy.

2025 draft class is really impressive.  T-Mac will at minimum will be on the all-Rookie team. Our rookie edge rushers are playing well considering their rookie status.  Edge is one of those position that normally take a couple of years development.  Just all the rookies are really impressive.  Horn IMO reminds me a bit of Agent 89.  He won't be the beast that SS was but remember SS really didn't come into his own until 2003.  Two full seasons after his draft pick.

Overall Dan IMO has done a good job turning this roster around.

[HaricotVert]

His stock is moving up for sure but its a little soon to give him keys to the executive washroom.

[ImfromClayton]

31 minutes ago, CRA said:

The swings this board is wiling to make on a weekly or couple weeks basis is pretty entertaining….such huge 180 degree swings on random folks 

You can pretty much look ahead and spot where the next ones will fall.  Board going to be wild after the GB game.   Wild after the Rams game.  Probably wild after week 18 pending the Bucs got anything to play for.  

I don't think it's swings as much as the positive people post after wins and the negative people post after losses.  Most people haven't changed their minds on much. I'm overly positive. Tend to avoid the board after a loss. 

[ImfromClayton]

What I like most about Dan is that it appears he values production over measurables.  I know that's ironic considering the XL situation, but I also think you are far less likely to miss if you draft that way. 

[Paa Langfart]

Don't know if it is fact or fiction, but I read somewhere that Marty Hurney is helping Dan behind the scenes.