Mr. Scot

I'd list the guy who got married today and announced the Giants pick with his new wife as one of today's "winners'. His lady was definitely someone Biscuit would appreciate

You know where else you see an awful lot of poor tackling these days? In the NFL. The contact rules that the NFLPA got put into the last CBA have made good tackling a rare commodity (sadly). That, plus you've got lots of guys wanting to make the highlight reel with big hits. Textbook tacklers like Luke Kuechly are increasingly difficult to find anymore.

Yikes... Max Henson @PanthersMax · 44m 44 minutes ago David Mayo is describing life in a shed while he was at junior college in Santa Monica. All he could afford. Incredible.

Seriously doubt we're even gonna need any of the UDFAs to make the team this year.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you mistyped here

Sounds about right. Wouldn't expect much out of that, though. The final roster is now harder to make than it used to be.

You're not in much danger of that.

LaCanfora isn't a great source. Not someone I trust. But then neither are you, so yeah, it's pretty easy to dismiss.

Team website says he's 22.

The problem with Hurney was never the positions he picked. It was the players. Hurney had no real talent evaluation experience, and it showed. Beyond the first round it was a total crap shoot.

I'm actually reminded more of Jonathan Stewart, specifically because of his balance. He's got that same weeble-like quality Stewart has, meaning you have to wrap him up to stop him. Just hitting him isn't likely to knock him off his feet.

Never quote Pete Prisco unless it's for laughs.

Actually, if you look back at prior posts, you'll find many times where I've said LaCanfora is a very iffy source. Sometimes right, often wrong. A 'hit or miss' type guy. That's why despite being part of CBS, you rarely hear him talked about in the same vein as guys like Schefter, Rapoport or Wilson. So unless you've got better than LaCanfora, you haven't got much that interests me.

The same Jason LaCanfora who told people we were offering Hakeem Nicks a three year, 4.5 million a year deal? Yeah, there's someone I trust

You have links to back this up, of course. Right?

I actually think the UDFA's are gonna have a tough time making the team this year. That's a good thing though. When your team is harder to make, you're doing well.

Valid point Heh

Mentioned in a previous thread that I thought Gettleman was taking fewer picks deliberately because he didn't think nine rookies could make the roster and he wanted every pick to make an impact. The Seahawks are actually doing the same thing, and have said as much.

Everybody happy now?

Tackle

Traded up again

We've all done it. Lord knows I'm not immune. It happens.

There are things I've disagreed with too. I wasn't a fan of Kelvin Benjamin. Didn't like the 'double dip' on DTs in 13. Hated giving Byron Bell the LT job. But the truth is anybody who would have argued against me on those things by saying "the guy in charge knows more than you" actually would have been right, even when it came to Bell. What I see on here a lot is that argument being turned into "Gettleman can do no wrong" by dissenters, when no one is actually saying that. It's not a good tactic, but I see it used a lot (not saying you've done that). I've disagreed with plenty of draft picks in my time. Sometimes I've been right. Sometimes I've been wrong. I've also loved picks that were absolute crap. It happens. I'm just a fan. I can point to forty-plus years of watching, studying, playing and coaching the game, but in the end I'm still just a fan and my opinion has only as much importance as others choose to ascribe to it. I believe what I believe, but always accept the notion that there are people directly involved in the game, and even the bad ones still have more info and resources than I do, so my opinion is just that, a fan's opinion. Best advice I can give you: State your case. Support your case. Just accept that you're disagreeing with people who, while they aren't perfect, do legitimately have more knowledge, loads more experience and better resources than you, and don't be offended if someone points that out because it's true. You may turn out to be right. But time is the only thing that will answer that question.

I think you will. I also think Norwell actually may have been a bigger find than we even know at this point for one big reason: attitude. Trai Turner has basically sai "I thought I was mean and nasty, till I met him." And Turner may not be the only guy to benefit from that.

Thing of it is, the point that he's an NFL GM with lots of experience, a proven track record and success with the Panthers is a valid point. I'm a decent chess player, but I'm pretty sure if I compared myself to Gary Kasparov people wouldn't take it all that seriously. And me saying, "Yeah, well he's lost some games" wouldn't really help my argument. Gettleman certainly isn't perfect. I don't know a GM who is. Heck, Ozzie Newsome is generally acknowledged as one of the best in the business but he's drafted busts too (Sergio Kindle comes to mind) and he horribly mishandled the situations of both Steve McNair and Ray Rice. Do those things discredit his body of GM work or somehow make me smarter? Not really. Every year, 31 GMs are going to fail to reach their goal. Some will get closer than others. And under Gettleman, we're getting closer to being a consistent winner than we ever did before. You wanna put yourself in opposition to that, it's your right. But you're putting yourself in a spot when you do. And trust me, I understand what it's like to be the bearer of an unpopular opinion Don't take this too personally. And don't make it an ego thing. Trust me, you'll do a lot less typing that way.