M Kaye on roster ahead of combine 3 positions not drafted by Morgan

[strato]

17 minutes ago, frankw said:

That's because everything that has been done offensively the last 2 years has been about trying to get instant results to justify the selection of Bryce Young instead of methodically building the roster up in 2024 and 2025.

The OL is what it is at this point in time. They cannot treat it as if they have to completely solve it in one offseason because even with an elite OL Bryce's limitations are there on the tape for anyone to see. We should do what we can within reason for the OL and focus on filling out a more balanced roster.

 I admit to having a lot of resentment over that. To the point that whether it would help or not didn’t even matter, I was against it. Enough was enough. That still lingers.

Watching that defense in 2024 really pissed me off, knowing it was neglected in order to prop him up. After we had already put so much into him. 

I want nothing to do with another WR drafted in the 1st or 2nd round. Ditto TE. Especially TE. 
I understood McMillan last year way up at 8 and the defensive value not being there. And it worked out too, but that has to cap it. 
At 19 we shouldn’t run into a big value gap, taking a guy a couple of slots too early back at 19 won’t have that same impact. Except in some outlier scenario where a top ten guy is way down there.

And that better be a LOT.  
 

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[frankw]

4 minutes ago, strato said:

 I admit to having a lot of resentment over that. To the point that whether it would help or not didn’t even matter, I was against it. Enough was enough. That still lingers.

Watching that defense in 2024 really pissed me off, knowing it was neglected in order to prop him up. After we had already put so much into him. 

I want nothing to do with another WR drafted in the 1st or 2nd round. Ditto TE. Especially TE. 
I understood McMillan last year way up at 8 and the defensive value not being there. And it worked out too, but that has to cap it. 
At 19 we shouldn’t run into a big value gap, taking a guy a couple of slots too early back at 19 won’t have that same impact. Except in some outlier scenario where a top ten guy is way down there.

And that better be a LOT.  
 

I am all for BPA this draft. And no trading up. Let the chips fall where they may.

[strato]

I am a little bit for a hybrid approach. BPA relative to positions of need, where if the difference is small between need and straight BPA, go for what you need. 
If the difference is too big to ignore, you have to accept what you are given and take straight up BPA. 

[TheSpecialJuan]

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[fanpanther]

6 hours ago, strato said:

I shudder to imagine the level of excuse making that we will see if Bryce falls off behind a degraded OL. 
I don’t know that he would be taking any heat at all from a lot of people.

And to the article, it is slightly less critical to draft OL when you went out and spent what they did on FA guards. But yes it is time to get a plan going for the draft that includes supplying the OL with fresh blood. 

oh if young isnt a top 10 qb this year its def not on him its the coaching the oline the wrs. the rbs the defense his personal chef anyone but his fault bc he is awesome its the team that sucks.  seriously thoigh i am so sick of these articles acting like young had a much improbed year...his qbr went down and his yards per gamd went from 170 to 180 still terrible

[strato]

11 minutes ago, fanpanther said:

oh if young isnt a top 10 qb this year its def not on him its the coaching the oline the wrs. the rbs the defense his personal chef anyone but his fault bc he is awesome its the team that sucks.  seriously thoigh i am so sick of these articles acting like young had a much improbed year...his qbr went down and his yards per gamd went from 170 to 180 still terrible

Yeah the people that go there can’t seem to see it any other way. Everything else is the reason. 
 

Pretty sure there is more to bringing in Bevell than just helping Idzik learn to call plays. Maybe he can help to better fit an offense to this player and his skill set.
Can only hope because we don’t scare any defense that is good. They don’t respect the pass they way we need them to. If you do happen to burn them once, they don’t adjust. As if it was a fluke. I think they think they are playing the odds. 

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[Panthero]

Tackle has to be a selection in the first two to three rounds. As does C and LB. Also need to shore up Yosh and go get a true MLB. Edge and TE need to be addressed in free agency. 

[Donald LaFell]

23 hours ago, PanthersNCSU said:

We need to draft OL, but if our OL is meh at best, it will help answer the Bryce question. Not advocating for trotting out a bad OL on purpose by any means, but in the continued up and down assessment on Bryce, I don't want the decision to be made solely around when he has "perfect" circumstances around him. 

Bryce has 2 years left on his contract, and I'm sure we're planning on using every bit of it to assess him unless he balls this year, or fails miserably. If not having a quality LT means we suck, we're draft high and get a new QB. If our OL is eh, but Bryce plays well, he's answering questions. 

Again, not advocating for ignoring the position because I'd prefer to constantly pour resources into the OL, but we can't or won't always have a Top 10 OL for the duration of his career here. poo or get off the pot time, because the 2027 draft class might be too good to pass up if we even *think* we need a QB. 

I think the Bryce question has already been answered. I just want to see the team be competitive. I’m not sure(or I really hope that) Bryce doesn’t get a huge extension if we have a similar near 500 year again. A beefed up o line can help serve the next QB. 

[strato]

57 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

I think the Bryce question has already been answered. I just want to see the team be competitive. I’m not sure(or I really hope that) Bryce doesn’t get a huge extension if we have a similar near 500 year again. A beefed up o line can help serve the next QB. 

It was a really unsatisfying year if the goal was resolution of the Young question.

That was me, my big picture view. I can zoom into individual games and find a lot of satisfaction with some of them. We had some wins we haven’t had in years, and games that were competitive even in a loss - like the Wild Card game. We have been starved for even a taste of good for years, so from that standpoint it was good. 

But looking at it as confirmation that Bryce is the guy? Welcome to Yo yo roller coaster bi-polarville.  

[frankw]

1 hour ago, Donald LaFell said:

I think the Bryce question has already been answered. I just want to see the team be competitive. I’m not sure(or I really hope that) Bryce doesn’t get a huge extension if we have a similar near 500 year again. A beefed up o line can help serve the next QB. 

What would significantly help serve the next QB is a balanced roster sir.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/position/offensive-line/_/year/2026/table/active/sort/cap_total

Here take a gander at the salary cap totals to the offensive line for each team for 2026.

Take note of how far down the list a number of playoff teams and the current Super Bowl champions are.

[Jon Snow]

I'm surprised Juan hasn't posted any of the Combine interviews yet.  I've listened to both of Morgan's interviews as well as both of Dave's. I found them all a good informative listen. But the best interview for me was the Tillis interview. I would advise you all to watch that interview.