Wundrbread33

Fully agree. I’ll admit to not watching all his snaps so it’s likely you saw things I might have missed. Agree on the pass rush. He is physically impressive, but doesn’t know what to do yet to keep hands off of him, even though he is strong enough to hold his ground. But naturally, you don’t want to hold your ground while rushing. You want to get by your man. But I think Evero saw DJ holding his ground, and saw him as being useful against the run right away. Bare minimum he is hard to move, as he is already physically mature, so maybe pass rush technique can come later, while he contributes early on run downs. He’s the anti Burns/Barno type rookie edge coming out. DJ’s speed is special though…if he actually builds a pass rushing repertoire…watch out. That’s easier said than done though.

And if he pops his Achilles?

He said publicly that we wanted to move in a different direction. I believe it was during the interviews during the Super Bowl. Two sides to every story, but what he said indicated that at the very least, it wasn’t just his camp making that decision.

DJ showed me that he has fantastic power to hold the edge, and solid closing speed to make backside tackles. He isn’t getting pushed around, and is build like a unit. Holding the edge is something that isn’t flashy though and you have to specifically focus on it. Kinda like watching the details of interior linemen. However, he is definitely and understandably full blow “thinking” out there, and he isn’t “playing“. I could see him being more of a factor mid season or late season. I just hope this isn’t a redshirt year because he’s already 25 or something.

Feel for Haynes. The stars aligned for him to have the perfect opportunity, and an unlucky injury ends that. He finally had a system that fit his skill set. Damn.

Although I continue to like Corral as a prospect, I agree that it’s silly to remain hung up on it. Like any former panther, I just wish them good fortune in their career, and let it go.

There are always a few who get mad at the player who wants to get paid the most they can.

Chefs kiss brother.

As long as it isn’t falling apart…well…yeah that’s fine.

Curious of your opinions. Additionally, outside of QB, what would you focus on first when building your roster? And what would you hold off on/fill will bargain free agents? One more excruciatingly long week to go…

Yeah turning down those 4 first round picks might end up getting him fired.

People forget this part.

Yeah there is no patience. Glad we moved on from Darnold, but I never understood trading for him, knowing he was a project, and then being shocked when he wasn’t the fix in year 1. My brother in law is like that. Buys project cars to fix…doesn’t fix them…then sells them for a loss after a couple years. Don’t get a project if you won’t follow through.

Just spit my afternoon coffee.

I thought you misread, and it turns out I misread. Communicating through text sucks sometimes lol.

Corral is gone lol.

That’s not what I’m saying at all.

Wouldn’t mind Book in that type of role. Luton is big but his arm didn’t look NFL strong to me. He had nice touch on some throws, but I didn’t see much else to his game to make up for that lack of zip.

Burns hate is delusional, but I don’t mean that as an insult: it’s an exaggeration about the player he is/isn’t. It happens to all of us from time to time. I think some over analyzing is happening due to his upcoming contract, some animosity is being held due to the Rams trade offer, and people are naturally terrified of his cap number hamstringing the team…. That said, he showed he belonged right when he came in the league, has improved every year, became a top 10 guy last season, and is entering his prime. His contract will have some projection in it, and that’s okay. Dude is 25. He has the respect of the staff, other teams, and the locker room. There’s always things to improve on, and for him, it probably is run defense, but I can also find examples of Peppers getting run on in his day too. Sometimes it was his fault, sometimes it was scheme related. It’s a complex game. He’s a damn good player, and he deserves to get paid. Bryce being on a rookie deal gives us flexibility too.

I meant it like “now they have 3 of our things.” But yes they originally had the pick. So yes. They originally got 2 of our things, and we got one of their things, and we drafted a player with that thing, but now they have the player we picked, and they still have the others 2 things of ours. Math hurts. You’re right. I concede. fug the Pats.

Incredible. I think we are in good hands with Young. I just would have liked to keep Corral around as a fall back until we KNEW we were in good hands with Young. Good for Corral though. He instantly has the most physical talent in their QB room. Now the Pats get a free shot at taking a raw thrower and seeing if he can be an NFL quarterback. And if that doesn’t happen, that trade still looks hilarious that we basically gave the Pats two 3rds and a 4th for funzies.

I’m just excited about this new chapter. Going 7-10 or going 11-6 both wouldn’t surprise me. Main thing I want to see is being competitive every week. There is part of me that always wants to say “we were 7-10 last year and everything improved so we should be playoff bound”, but in reality is more complicated than that, and other teams have improved and regressed and we don’t know yet.

Low or just realistic? New staff. New schemes. New and rookie QB.

Guys let’s keep this discussion focused on the Young Lion please and thank you.