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Morning folks! So Terrace Marshall, Chuba Hubbard and Tommy Tremble all look super super promising. I mean, I'm really impressed and quite excited with the young offensive weapons we brought it. Haynes has been one hell of a sneaky but effective player the past few seasons and his situational rushing role could serve us very well. I can see him being used in a variety of ways with his hybrid size and style. D Line depth got decent penetration, looked tough. Room to grow but you can tell the energy from our starters has fed off with these younger guys. Our current OL is Erving-Elflein-Paradis-Miller-Moton. We just started Scott-Kaskey-Tecklenberg-Brown-Christensen with the right side looking aight. While Erving and Elf aren't ideal, we didn't see our starters, and we didn't even see our depth with starters. We saw a full second team that includes guys that won't make the 53. Wasn't pretty but had some moments. We drop into the non-53 level at Trent Scott, so we're about 7-8 deep on the line with 2 injury prone guys in Erving and Daley. We DO need to snag maybe a waiver wire/late cut, but fact is we still have 4 of our 5 starters on the OL going into 2020. It's not dire. But yeah, I'd like to see Christensen advance and Erving and/or Elflein competed with. Dennis Daley: please come back and stay in tact. I wouldn't mind seeing what you got if you can stay on the field. I think he's got the talent but his availability is starting to push him into the limbo zone. He's the one to push Elf IMO and really serve as our best depth & emergency LT. Sax's projected line (This is a bold prediction if Brady C pushes into the lineup): Moton-Elflein-Paradis-Miller-Christensen PJ PJ PJ, I like that he just pushes the ball down field, and I look around the league and don't see much quality at backup anyways. He is likely our backup. Sam Franklin w/ 2 TFL, I'm rooting for him to push Burris. Could be a good battle. That, LT and LG are the remaining non-rotational starter battles from what I'm seeing. So yeah, keep our eyes out for an OL in coming weeks. Cheers, stay saxy

I would say it more being a bad second team than OL depth. I.E., we have swing linemen that back up so we're not going to be seeing the Matt Kaskeys, Sam Tecklenbergs start or backup during the season. This is why I'm not overly concerned. We didn't see any of our starting linemen but we saw potential in our two rookies which is good. Daley didn't travel (family thing right?) So I'm still optimistic we'll be just as slightly below average as we were last season with maybe some better spurts with a young active crew. Current Starters: Erving-Elflein-Paradis-Miller-Moton Current Depth: Daley T/G, Christensen T/G, Brown G, Scott T/G Scott did himself no favors after looking alright last season. But if the trend continues and Brady keeps pushing, could be looking at this week 1 with Erving's iffiness: Moton-Elflein-Paradis-Miller-Christensen

A poor line can have a ripple and he showed better than anticipated. We started Trent Scott, Matt Kaskey, Sam Tecklenberg, & our 6th rounder along side him so definitely give him credit.

I don’t think saying the line doesn’t look good is some doom and gloom over reactionary thing. The line is simply iffy. The convo has got a bit silly. I will say, I think we have the right coach. And the defense could become a force. Just need Brady and this offense to find a way. Luckily, his spread works quickly and the lesser quality guys we have were picked because they fit the system. We’ll see. As the Inuit shaman once said: “Iof en feltor de pulpi in the orange sauce”

Seriously, if Daley proves his injuries were a hiccup to start his career, I think he's a fine linemen to have. And you're right about Scott being totally serviceable. Problem sounds like Erving, Elflein, and Brady C. Which is frustrating because they were our 3 main offseason pickups for the OL. My question is: Why bring in competition at the same-ish level for the line rather than focus on an upgrade at one spot? LT and LG needed upgrades. We decided to pick the battlebots who had been through a few rounds on the losing end and threw them back in the pit to fight it out. Still like Rhule but I don't get how we can't find something better than at least Oher these days.

Maybe one of our new backup QBs was on the Colts side today. I wouldn't be opposed but considering how shaky the Wentz situation is, they may carry 3. So who did well? Colin Thompson's name keeps popping up. Rodney Smith, CJ Saunders. Thompson is probably kicking Ian Thomas off the squad (well I guess he really didn't need to). Line wise, Moton and Trent Scott have looked good and the rest have been meh and below. The bad: Shaq, Little, Erving, Elflein, Brady C Erving and Elflein are looking how, well, how they've always looked. Still very odd signings considering how early we signed them and the marketplace.

Kugbila over Bakhtiari (next pick) is the bigger one, arguably the biggest miss in our history. Bakhtiari was right there in our laps, a huge need, many tied him to us, projected maybe a G more than a T at the time, and we took a guy no one heard of from a small school. That right there could have been Cam's saving grace and I deem it the pick that forever was a miss. Biggest miss in our history for a "shouldawouldacoulda". Trey Smith hasn't played a snap yet so let's please hold the moaning for him. Nothing has played out minus training camps.

Can be pricey but just have to find the right peeps. Just moved my 2bd condo in Chicago for ~800. It took such less of a toll compared to the past where I decided to rent a truck, save the slot for the service elevator, and take forever with a few friendos. Moving indeed is the worst.

Yeah if the Nixon situation fell into our laps/he grew up (there were background concerns for his drop from a day 2 pick to where he was), then we may have landed a legitimate impact lineman late. Taylor and Smith are exciting, Taylor must be quietly impressing. He has great size, speed and footwork.

The reports out of NYJ camp lol

We've got s big DL rotation so it's all gravy train

Selfishly bumping this in light of the depth chart release. Jermaine Carter Jr. is listed as our starting MLB Sam Franklin is listed as SS2 Bayless v. Zylstra v. Kirkwood v. Saunders is a battle for the WR6-7 (maybe we carry 8?)

If we land on just one of these boys, it will be huge. They’ve got something brewing that could be a really competitive team in the East.

Someone ask Steve Reed via tweeter who’s playing Center. And if it’s Elf, who’s at LG.

Yeah I'm just curious who the go to is in case of Paradis getting roughed up at some point. Was looking through things and haven't heard who the C is in the second team drills.

Time for these chunky fuglies to show what they've got.

So the OL has actualized a bit more this camp. Barring signings or injuries it’s looking like: Erving-Elflein-Paradis-Miller-Moton Swing backups: 6-Daley (T/G), 7-Scott (T/G), 8-Brady (G), 9-Deonte (G) backup center: Tecklenberg? Sounds like Daley v Miller and Scott v Erving are the battles remaining for LT and RG. Don’t love that Elflein signing but we’ll see what shakes out.

Heavy on that train. He’s studly

I'm gonna hold, it's my bold prediction. Reddick, Perryman and Shaq will prove to be a good group but I think Carter has a chance to be a really good SAM for us. This is his final year to prove it and earn a second contract whether with us or elsewhere. I just see potential with him, heck more than Mayo or Klein ever did when with us.

That senior bowl week, analysts had him as high as a 3rd/4th rounder. I have to imagine there was some type of thing with him not translating whether it was learning, attitude, etc. if he couldn't make it to the first preseason game. We quietly still have Rhule's old Baylor center in Tecklenberg on the team. Find that interesting.

If you follow extra close it’s a ping pong thang I do hehe

Alrighty, where was I? Well, I'm in a peaceful Cornish meadow middling around with some jam, venison jerky and rose after a fantastic sweat lodge session. Meanwhile, PANTHERS. Who I like this year (And some may surprise). Lets get saxy. Let's get jammy. JAM OUT Sax-takes 2021 The two men below are the most critical to our success in 2021: We have an MVP caliber all around player in CMC and one of the more hyped young offensive minds in league circles. This may seem obvious but it is just so important and I deem them our absolute must work x-factors to make the playoffs. CMC needs to go mad and Brady needs to execute in the redzone with the right calls. We've built a defense to compete with the modern NFL offense better than most teams IMO. We're in a really good spot thanks to the last few drafts and one of the better FAs we've seen in our history. The offense is what needs to get going and these two are the ones to lift us. But of course with this in mind, don't forget about #14. He's our guy now. Just razor focus right der. Jermaine Carter Jr. Say whaa? I say, "ohhhh yeah". But for reals, I saw some very nice in game awareness with Carter last year and when he finally got into the lineup instead of the Whitehead guy (adios muchacho), I thought performed rather well with room to grow. He also worked his way out of Rhule's doghouse into the main casa. He's not lightning fast but is very quick and alert, moves around fluidly and he was the one who held the LB unit together IMO. Given Shaq's meh-ness and Perryman's injury bugs (who I think can flourish here), Carter has a shot to be our most effective linebacker. Watch out for him this year. Dan Arnold Another position where I really really like what we may have in Tremble but the Darnold to Arnold connection is real and can thrive. TEs can thrive with Brady's offense, we just had none last season. I can foresee Arnold putting up really good numbers for us and being the type of guy who makes Darnold's job much easier. And I mean c'mon, look at that hair folks. I think we found a gem in him. He's only 26, 6'5, and from Wisconsin. I mean, love Wisconsin. The lakes, the northwoods, snowmobiling to Chequamegons Bar from the old cabin near Cable. Daquan Jones Do not overlook the impact Jones will have as a veteran leader (and good one at that) for a very young and feisty defense. This is something Shaq unfortunately doesn't have the capacity for and we need one. He provides a much needed void in that respect and a physical one next to Brown. However this is another where we should absolutely not look past Braviyon Roy going into year 2. Nixon is a maybe for impact but Roy has a real chance for a lot of snaps behind the Brown-Jones interior. Burns-Brown-Jones-Reddick is a solid Sax Man Predictions: Omar Bayless will make the team and could leap frog David Moore & Shi Smith on the depth chart Sam Franklin may supplant Juston Burris but I will go out on a limb to say Burris is not a scrub some make him out to be. But I like Franklin a lot. Don't discount Hartsfield either but Rhule and Franklin are tight methinks. Sam Darnold will throw min 24 TDs 3800+ yards DJ Moore will have a 1300 8 TD season Brian Burns will be a mad man My bold and saucy: Panthers will go 11-6, make the playoffs, and won't be 1 and done in it either. I feel good about the coaches, defense, everything. We just need Darnold to click and we have something. One more for the road: el fin

Well then is a skinny market my friendo

Ditto on the backup QB. I believe they thought they found a guy that could win games in PJ but it just wasn't the case. But there's not much across the league to be honest. https://www.ourlads.com/nfldepthcharts/depthchartpos/QB QBs that could be cut: Easton Stick Blaine Gabbert My boy Nate Sudfeld ? or maybe Matt Barkley (current FA)

Am curious to how Shi Smith has been doing. Hope he doesn't get lost in a crowded room; I love his energy and potential. If it translates, could be an absolute steal.