CPcavedweller

Bryce scored five touchdowns in a game for playoff elimination for the Falcons. He had us in position to beat the two Super Bowl teams. All while having the leagues worst defense. I was a Bryce detractor. I am not.

Linebackers don't require time to master their position?

Or we draft Walker and trade for Garrett? Receivers are a dime a dozen, most often. You have just a few truly elite guys but defense still wins championships.

He was injured…and the injuries that were publicly listed were not long term problems.

Seems you haven’t watched San Fransisco much. He and CMC are their offense. Purdy is good, but they are the game breakers that can take a 2 yard screen 75 yards to score anytime. pairing Deebo with Theilen and, id hope, a young speed guy, would be an awesome combination.

It's not hard to decline an 8th pick for a receiver. Theilen is better, and he's old. We need to go after the Dolphins mold of guys. Think Devonta Smith type with a slot guy like Theilen and then another shifty guy. We've had the Twin Towers before and it failed. We've gone after big body guys lately and that is an outdated approach.

As a Sun Belt fan, I’d say he would be a solid pick but I wouldn’t take him until the 2nd round.

Cam may have said something different before, and it mnay have been a lie. And this is the issue I'm having with Cam as I listen to more and more of him away from football. He almost seems anti-social in a way, and extremely superficial. I never bought into those criticisms before but some of that is surfacing now.

It doesn't have to be an either/or question considering he had one opportunity for both. Accepting of individual awards in place of a team accomplishment in the ultimate team sport just shows that maybe some of the criticism about Cam only being worried about Cam was, and remains, accurate. I won't dive into the psychology of the man but he does have some traits that are indicative of some reasons why he could never maintain a high level of success, and why people in the building were afraid to truly hold him to account so he could get better. We never saw a leap in Cam's performance like we did with Bryce this year. Obviously Bryce's floor was so low that he had no where to go, but up, but he went from cut bait to scoring 5 touchdowns against a team competing for a playoff spot. That took a long look in the mirror, and real work, and accountability from everyone in the building to make that change; we never saw that from Cam. I am on record as a Bryce detractor as well, before you go down that road.

It's likely that if the refs make the correct call on that 4th down, or even the catch/no catch, that the Bills win that game. I don't think the NFL is "fixing" games but reffing inconsistencies certainly steer them. The Bills allowed one second half touchdown and it just happened to come on a short field following that horrendous spot on 4th down where the side judge without a view of the ball overrode the other judge who had a view of the ball. That was going to end up being the 4th quarter drive similar to the Ravens game where the Bills just milked the clock down to 2 every snap. NFL got what it wanted: Taylor Swift in the Super Bowl On a side note, I am almost done with this league, and maybe even the sport the way college football is going. Industries do not leave billions of dollars up to chance. Gambling will have an impact on games, at some point, whether people want to admit it or not.

Allen is a much better version of Cam, I agree. Most anyone can see that.

But why?

Picking in the Top 10, you go best player available regardless of position, in my opinion. Drafting to fill holes outside of QB rarely works well because the comparative value added of a hole filler versus the best player is lower.

Having watched Jerrod play against App State several times and just take two and three bodies and anchor them to the field, I like this signing a lot. keep in mind that over the years that Jerrod played against App, I think App ended up with 3 or 4 offensive lineman in the NFL.

Gets to two super bowls in a row, isn’t the offensive coordinator, is overrated. Got it.

You think the Pats bringing Vrabal and potentially McDaniels back is a bad thing?

That's a project, but I don't think they were as bad as their record. Coaching was a massive failure there.

We don't need to be that woke, come on man. No need to pick a kicker out of college. Team has too many holes elsewhere. Letting Pineiro go is stupid, though. He'll go be Harrison Butker somewhere else.

If he was what they were looking for he would be playing. You don’t think they see him in practice and meetings daily?

I don’t know how good being 6’5, 240 lbs would be in special forces. I’d think average height with above average strength would be better. also, no one would be able to carry him out of a combat zone if he were wounded and that is a consideration that they have.

Right. This is a massive country, which is effectively all of Europe wrapped in to one. There is no one culture. He is living the country life. You live this city life. He’s not hurting anyone.

Why would the Panthers, as an organization, embrace hang bangers like DaBaby. I appreciate his story and how he came up from nothing but man, he’s left more than a few bodies in his wake doing it. The only way you do this is if he has fully cut ties with that life. the last thing we, as a society, need is the glamourizarioj associated with that life. I understand many guys don’t have a choice when young but unless he’s out giving back to the community and actively helping kids stay away from that life, it’s a hard, hard pass from me. we already have that sort of representation in the NBA. Tired of reading about dead rappers and the lifestyle has only gotten harder with social media. Killing for clout now.

We need a Theilen mold receiver, and we need to re-sign Theilen if he wants to play another 2 years. I think a playoff window for us could open and instead of burning it down, as has been done in the past, we need to double down. If you go receiver, you go finesse to counter the Legette size, and I really think you need to develop a Deebo style cut-out for Legette to fully take advantage of his athletic skills. I also think Cam Skattebo would be a huge miss for anyone who doesn't take him. He ran over and around Texas like no one has all season, playing behind a Big 12 offensive line. By the end of the game, every guy he was hitting was bouncing off and by the very end, nearly every play saw someone have to leave. I didn't see someone make Texas look like they regretted hitting him all year long. For anyone who didn't watch the ASU - Texas game, go back and watch it.

In 2002 the Panthers defense was one of the worst. In 2003 it was one of the best. We need to add some depth on the defensive line, and we need some aggression at the second level. Watching the Rams defense last night was insane. O'Connel couldn't adjust his game plan well enough to match, Darnold couldn't react quickly enough, and they couldn't run or throw. I want to follow the Rams model, whatever it is. They were nasty.

Not sure how old you are, but the older I get, the more ridiculous the NFL looks. Like every play looks like life or death to me at 33, whereas at 21 I wouldn't bat an eye. The fact people aren't hurt more often is a testament to the refinement of technique these guys play with.