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Man, our WR room is full as poo. Somebody is gone. Probably TMJ or Smith-Marsette. Ideal is one of those two looking good in preseason and moving them for picks at the start of the season.

Dude hit somebody so hard he broke his own facemask. Also he's a grad student who is the winningest player in school history? Yeah gimme that guy. I think he'll be more than a ST guy in time. And if not, he's a 7th so no biggie

From watching film and being a linebacker obsessed maniac for the last 22 years, here's what I can see in the kid. Pros - great athlete. Closing speed, ability to cover from hash to hash, can tell he understands the routes coming and likes to undercut them. - sure tackler. Now granted, I haven't seen a full game to truly judge this, but his form looks fine. He closes and hits and finishes from the clips I have seen, even on backs like Etienne. - seems to grasp blocking assignments and know generally where to go. When he does see it, he gets there in a hurry. - seems to enjoy blitzing and gets the fug after QBs Cons - doesn't always understand blocking assignments totally and thus, doesn't get downhill like you want to see. This could've been the way they coached their 4-2 as patience is a way to play it, but it's not how I would run a 4-2 (and I did in high school and college). Some may even say his patience is a good thing because that means he's not running himself out of the play and leaving a cutback lane. Bullshit. Linebackers getting downhill fast and violent is the play. Ray Lewis, Dan Morgan, Luke Kuechly, Zach Thomas, Brian Urlacher, all the greats dominated this way. He needs to find that every down. - unsure on his footwork. He does some hopping and sometimes stops his feet waiting to see where the hole is, and this is bad - pad level starts really high and in the NFL, this is how you die. RBs are about to be second level consistently fast. He's gotta be more aggressive downhill to solve this pad height issue.

I'm getting big time DeAngelo Williams memories with the pick the more film I watch. Not quite as twitchy, but similar athletic ability otherwise. If he gets a little bigger and keeps the speed, I think he'll be a great back for us.

Hubbard's job until he loses it. Brooks will spell him. Legette will line up in split back sets and sometimes start there with Brooks in the slot, I'm guessing. Allows for misdirection. I think this is a good pick, but it all depends on that knee. If it goes this season at any point, bad pick. Also ..dear God get grass in that stadium now

I too don't like prototypically sized receivers who put up over 1,000 yards and 7 TDs on 70 receptions with Spencer Rattler throwing the ball to him.

TDA is either gonna be solid or absolutely cost us. There's no middle ground with him.

Yeah I've been a Canes fan long enough to not care about Vegas odds. If we can lose before the finals in some heartbreaking way, we tend to find that. Lol. I want us to take these first two series in 4 or 5 before I really believe.

Dup

Seeing guys come into the team mid season and mesh so well gave me hope and now we're seeing the dividends of that. We have some scoring power, we have a tight defensive zone and neutral zone game, an oppressive forecheck. We have the tools, it's just execution at this point. The problem in playing so aggressively for a full game is your mistakes can cost you and the bad bounces hurt more. It can deflate you. The fact that the 2nd period happened the way it happened and we kept our heads about it until those last few minutes of the third when we finally found the net again, it says a lot about this team's tenacity. Too early to call us cup contenders, need to see us close this series in 4, but we are definitely on track. We look good as fug

Maybe in Canada. Dundon took over a bottom feeding low point Hurricanes team and turned the team into perennial contenders for years to come in a single year. Selling out at home, max capacity at all times, team turning a profit. And that's a hockey team in the South. Not exactly ez mode.

It's the off-season, most of the talk is pre-draft hope. Meanwhile, over in Raleigh we have a hockey team about to enter the playoffs hot with one of the best owners in professional sports (if we're basing it purely on results of what they bought and where the team has gone since) running the show from a very involved approach. Which again stirs in me the question of why in the fug Tepper isn't begging Dundon to show him what he sees and how he runs a team because I think Dundon is specifically the type of owner Tepper is trying to be, he's just way better at it than Tepper. https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/04/15/tom-dundon-hurricanes

TMJ and Mingo have potential. Whether they develop and grow into that remains to be seen. We haven't had a functioning offense in years. Kinda hard to judge

I think he'd be fine as an NFL QB...given the time to develop. This instant success requirement of rookie QBs is just dumb. He was never going to be that because most aren't. Corral could've been our guy. Just needed a competent organization to see it through, let him ride pine and learn and turn him loose in year 3 or so. Instead we abandoned him immediately. He'll sign somewhere and ball.

I mean in theory I get the line. In practice, it just doesn't work. But wtf are you gonna do with those guys? Kuz third line? Svech third line? Necas third line? These are all top 6 guys. But I do think you're right. Gotta shake it up. Necas third line, Turbo up with the Kuz and Svech. If that doesn't fix it, what, Marty up? Drop Jarvis to 2 to put Svech with Aho?

It was hilarious for a while there. It was a given that his shot was hitting glass or board, so every goal felt like a moment lol

Look, we all grant Jordan a pass for his stretches of "and Staal's shot misses the net", so we can do the same for Svech lol

Yeah I'd test and consider. But rod is bullish. How many cold snaps did Aho play through?

I think people expect more dominant play out of Svech because of his style and talent. We know the potential when healthy and hot, so people want that. It's why everybody got down on Eric Staal late in his run here. Svech's contribution is still felt, it just isn't translating to 5v5 goals right now.

Howell is objectively the better physical guy. Bigger arm, bigger body, more prototypical in general. Between the ears is his question mark. We don't have that as much with Bryce I don't think. One's issues can be coached. The other can't. If it's offered I think you have to do it, if Canales wants it. But I don't think anybody is ever doing that trade head up. Howell will be a solid starter in the league in time. Never an elite guy, but can make a playoff run on the right team I think (if he can clean up the turnovers).

Did you even watch last season? DJ was destroying when Fields wás healthy

DJ Moore

First pick has to be a success. Period. I don't think anybody will really give a fug the position as long as that player produces at a high level.

Pretty sure if the ball is inside of 5 yards of the LOS it's good.

I think he's gonna play to Bryce's strengths. Doesn't mean the pass game will necessarily be short. Canales' history says he likes going deep, but it's a fast, decisive deep shot, not waiting for things to develop. Scheme will be there, so execute. If Bryce falters, I don't see him remaining if whoever we have in the QB room is capable. He wants to win now, and he's not as married to Bryce as Tepper and Morgan are. Hopefully Morgan has told him "nobody is sacred, win above all else". That seems to be his mindset, and consistency is talked about a lot, so let's hope