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Jackson has been phenomenal for what we paid for him and compared to expectations. I’d consider keeping him around depending on contract. I don’t view him as a huge priority. And let’s not act like we’re set at CB because he’s been average. The position group is still a weakness, like every position group on D. Yes pass rush is the weakest but there just isn’t any strength on D. Horn if healthy is borderline elite but the rest of the corners are underwhelming and the safeties suck. We need to completely 100% overhaul the D

We’ve been watching different games apparently . MJ has been average at best. Horn has been a shutdown corner. Not even close

Lol I'm not trying to disagree here as I do get the sentiment but this also works both ways... plenty of guys could (rightfully) think that they will have more production on other teams that can put better players and coaching around them. Diontae in particular still has never played with any QB coming even remotely close to being elite (Big Ben the last couple years of his career wasn't even close to what he was in his prime) -- put him on the Chiefs, Bills, etc. and he probably has a good chance to blow his production up to this point out of the water. It's no guarantee but these guys also have huge egos and I'm sure this type of thinking enters his mind when thinking about where he wants to be longer term after this year.

If I'm a year away from FA I'm not re-signing in Carolina for "fair market value."

we had Alex Armah who actually was pretty solid for a FB these days. It's a dying position and hard to find an elite lead blocking FB; they don't come developed and polished out of college like the old days

Yes. OL is legit good this year, just as it was 2 years ago. Still not sure I'm a fan of how much $ we are investing in interior OL rather than drafting/developing, but the OL is easily our biggest strength on the team right now. It's just that everything else sucks lol

Didn't word that the best but basically an abundance for our situation this season -- depending on how we want to invest in Diontae going forward. If we don't plan to keep Diontae long term there is absolutely zero need for him this year. Also Thielen is not a long term option for us and while I like the guy he's not some amazing leader we need to keep around to change the culture. He is an easy trade candidate. Coker is earning more reps/looks, and Diontae being a guy who wants the ball in his hands every play is impacting Legette's development as he should be getting more opportunity as well. JT Sanders while not a WR should be getting more looks too. Season is already over and it's time to look at the future. No obviously we don't have an abundance of WR in general and going forward but if we don't plan to keep Diontae we have 2 WRs who we could get good assets for and probably should look at trading.

I don't follow college football closely so I can't really say much but it seems the '25 QB class isn't that good and we badly need some cornerstone players. If there are "sure-thing" (or as close to one it as you can get) defensive players at any position available at our pick I'd consider that, but would really love it if we could trade down and get a haul. I've generally been of the mindset recently that we need to keep drafting a QB kinda high every 2-3 years until we hit on one, but the D so badly needs an infusion of some talent that I'd be ok postponing that plan this year and looking at QB in '26. Or maybe look at a QB in the 2nd round with that Rams pick we have.

I've come to be a big fan of Chuba but I'm also pretty excited about Brooks. Chuba is a UFA and playing himself into a big contract (for a RB anyways). If we can get a real good look at Brooks before the trade deadline and he plays well I'd definitely consider trading Chuba to a RB needy team for draft compensation. We need to build up the D badly, and I don't see much reason in the modern NFL to have a double trouble type situation at RB. Chiefs would be an interesting deadline partner as we potentially have an "abundance" of both WR and RB, 2 areas they are weak in this year due to injuries. I could see us getting a 1st and 3rd or 4th for Chuba and Diontae, who would both be rentals for them and possibly (likely?) guys we won't give big contracts to. But worth it for the Chiefs to help them with the threepeat effort. Could also swap out Thielen for Diontae if we decide to keep him longer term, which is certainly possible the way he's played lately. Would absolutely suck to either let Chuba/Diontae walk for nothing in free agency or to be forced to overpay them to keep them here, as I can see them wanting out due to us sucking unless we overpay.

We were up 7-0 and were running the ball early until things spiraled out of control. Again, I don't disagree at all that we should focus our offense around running the ball but it's damn hard to do with such a terrible defense. In the modern NFL you just can't base your offense around the run unless you have an elite defense. When you need to score a lot of points these days you do it by passing the ball. The rules are just so favorable for passing offense that if you don't take advantage of it you won't put up big points. Which we need.

I do agree but it’s hard to commit to the run when you know the D is going to allow 30+ points a game

Trash from Dalton. Pure trash

Not sold on Canales yet but yeah I love this mindset that no coach in our history would have

Nice drive to close the half. I think Coker is gonna be a fuging stud

LOL that play perfectly sums up the Tepper Panthers

I never ever wanted to see Bryce again for us but at this point we might as well just put him in

Not sure what point you’re trying to make? 10 catches across 4 games is not a lot. And what is the yardage/TDs?

This team is completely incompetent all around. The Raiders gave us a mirage but we are still the worst team in the league

I didn’t say that about the O outside of Bryce. D this year is way worse off than the O last year. And despite the spark from Dalton I also think the O is years away. We’re on our way to another 3-4 win season at best

This D is 3+ years away from being able to make the playoffs

I hate the falcons obviously but lol bucs

We were all sick of Rivera being unable to adapt in the modern NFL, why in the world would we stick with a guy in the exact same mold who is just a poor man's version of Rivera. Wilks is an awesome human being, loved having him here pretty much the entire time he was here. Great leader of men and secondary coach. Despite it leading to a HC opportunity I thought he was in over his head in his year as DC here, but he did do well as interim HC. He was just never going to be the long term guy here. His style is just too old school. I prefer that style of football, hard nose defensive oriented game with special teams and time of possession focus and ground and pound on offense. I wish it was still around. But the modern NFL has adapted and coaches need to adapt with it to have success and win. Belichick who despite being a cheater is one of the top 3-5 HCs ever and dude ran the pats into the ground lately because of this same thing -- the game has passed him by. Wilks too. Just because Tepper has made even worse decisions since then does not mean that hiring Wilks permanently would've been a good move. It wouldn't have been. Our ceiling would've been occasional 10-11 win season and playoff berth and getting run off the field by elite teams in the playoffs but with most seasons missing the playoffs. Better than what we've gotten under Tepper sure but still not what we should be striving for.

got us to 7-10 and that was largely the D and running game. we did not have a good thing

Sam was solid here for the first few weeks before McCaffrey got hurt then the wheels came off. He could easily fall apart in MN too, and reality is MN has elite offensive coaching and personnel including the best WR in the league. Sam has been great and credit to him, I like him, but based on what we had seen from him here letting him go was not a bad decision. Honestly Dalton so far this year has looked better than Sam ever did here -- small sample size of course and Dalton is much older but still I have no regrets about letting Darnold or Mayfield walk.

You're probably right for the Chiefs but he's really not necessarily a rental for any team that acquires him. The guy gets open at will and any team could use him. I know people here are low on Donte for some reason but Donte absolutely had the value of a 2nd round pick so we basically gave up a 2nd for a "rental." I honestly think we keep him and extend him though. He fits really well in Canales' offense.