Rookies

[Jmac]

I think at this point it's safe to say, Morgan has done a bang up job in the draft and FA. Compared to what the last guy did, he is kicking ass and taking names. 2026 needs to pick a top edge rusher, linebacker and Oline. The back end is good with our corners and safeties.

Everything is pointing up and really looking foward to what we can build up from here.

Keep Pounding

 

[electro's horse]

People heard scourtons name yesterday so the whole draft is good again 

[csx]

3 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

People heard scourtons name yesterday so the whole draft is good again 

It was always looking good. Watch the games.

[Jon Snow]

4 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

People heard scourtons name yesterday so the whole draft is good again 

I watched him live and he looked damn good to me.

[PantherChris]

17 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

People heard scourtons name yesterday so the whole draft is good again 

Hes a 2nd round rookie edge rusher, a postion that typically takes 2-3 years to develop 

[electro's horse]

18 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

I watched him live and he looked damn good to me.

He had a good game yesterday.

been a mid rookie season at best 

also Bucs have lost 7 of 8 and Bowles looks so fired 

Edited December 22, 2025 by electro's horse

[Jon Snow]

If you say so. I tend to trust my eyes when I’m sitting in the 2nd row behind the bench. The kid was damn near unstoppable. When he gets more experience he’s going to be a problem for opposing offenses.

[musicman]

His 1st pick last year was XL, even moved up to get him. But so far so good overall. Hope it continues. 

[electro's horse]

2 minutes ago, musicman said:

His 1st pick last year was XL, even moved up to get him. But so far so good overall. Hope it continues. 

XL feels like Dave to me and I can’t really explain why. 

[DaveThePanther2008]

You're never going to nail every pick.  For a while there at the beginning of the season it looked like Princely was going to be better than Scourton. Just about every pick as produced somehow this season and that's rare.  Not to mention the FA in Coker and Thourton. 

What I do like is most of these guys have that "Dawg" mentality and in year or so they are going to really start paying dividends. 

[mav1234]

49 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

People heard scourtons name yesterday so the whole draft is good again 

We have a good rookie TE in relatively limited usage, a OROTY candidate in a rookie WR, a rookie made the game-ending pick, and a rookie got us the game winning points. 

This is more than just Scourton's play imo.

[electro's horse]

6 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

a rookie made the game-ending pick,

Oh come on

Anyone on the team not named Mike jackson makes that pick 

kicker…yeah he’s pretty good

[methodtoll]

41 minutes ago, PantherChris said:

Hes a 2nd round rookie edge rusher, a postion that typically takes 2-3 years to develop 

But I think Scourton had 1st round grades and he fell to the 2nd... I think I remember him saying that when he got to Texas A&M, that he played out of position and he dropped a little.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Dan's been part of 5 drafts, 3 as an assistant to the "last guy" and 2 leading the way. The first 3 with Fitts were pretty ugly overall. Last year's draft, his 1st, isn't looking hot. This year looking like a winner. 

He's been part of some bad FA decisions, some good ones, and right now we have the most expensive OL in the league with our franchise LT on the last year of his rookie deal. That's going to get even more expensive. 

I'm not ready to crown him as a GM god quite yet because one good year isn't making up for all the bad that's been done the previous 4.