kungfoodude

I think a trade back would be very unwise. This draft doesn't appear to have the crazy depth at multiple positions like the 2025 draft did. It all also is going to be next to impossible to remedy in one offseason. We are still multiple offseasons away from building a quality roster so we need consistent improvement on that front and we cannot afford more 2024 offseasons mixed in. It's going to be interesting to see what happens and the trend. I could see a possibility that we are offense heavy this draft or offseason. That's something to watch. If so, I think it is going to speak volumes about the general mindset of the organization.

Yeah but so many of the worst players on the defense are "Evero guys." That's what I mean.

After the Rams offer was published, we were screwed permanently. It was either pay him an exorbitant price or trade him for nickels. All remaining leverage was completely gone. The return on the draft picks is a larger issue with completely incompetent front office personnel. What can you say that hasn't already been said on that front? It just is what it is. I will again state he would likely have been very, very underperforming here. This should be obvious when you look at his pressures and sacks which were at career lows for seasons which he started more than 4 games. He isn't the only pass rusher that can immediately show dips in pass rush production when they are playing in Evero's scheme. Clowney, Wonnum, etc. I gotta be honest, it's going to be hard to find a double digit sack guy in an Evero defense. In his 4 years in the NFL he has only ever had one player break 6.5 sacks for a season and it was Burns at 8.0.

This is complicated by him being a UFA and being unable to pass a physical. Also, he isn't young to be having that sort of injury. As fantastic as he has been, the plan SHOULD be to get another quality utility OL in the draft and if BC becomes available, sign him off the couch when he is ready to go. He won't have many suitors(as he didn't last season) so I suspect this will be an option. Curhan was fine...for a PS player. I do think we need to aim higher there, as well.

Pretty sure Carter led the NFL in quick pressures and had the lowest Time To Pressure in the NFL. I think he helped that Burns sack output dramatically.

I think people drastically underestimate how bad Canales and Evero are at personnel management and talent evaluation.

There are ample good options for us to not choose.

I don't really think he is good at either. That's the problem.

Ryan Leaf would like a word.

He didn't quit on us. He was just not effective in Evero's defense, which limits pass rushers. Umanmielen was correct in what he said/implied, IMO. Scheme is a bigger problem than pass rush talent here. It limits pass rushers. He will always be weak in rush defense.

Which is extremely possible with Darnold back there. Saleh has done a good job of shutting down their offense. They have to get Purdy off the ground and cooking without hurting them with TO's. CMC will not be a factor in the run game at all but he can bridge that massive gap that Kittle being lost created by exploiting LB and S mismatches.

I would caution that it is highly unlikely BC will play in 2026 after that torn Achilles. If he does, he will miss a significant portion of the season. So we do need to attempt to replace him in some way. For some reason we just refuse to address critical positions for years on end. It's a franchise trait.

I agree with him on the "explosive player" focus. I am never going to say that I wouldn't want to add such a guy but I do think Canales offense is specifically tailored to limit explosive players from being effective. Also, same poo a lot of us have been saying for a while about Evero. His scheme has limitations when it lacks elite or at least near elite players. It doesn't disguise or attempt to get the best out of what you have on the roster, it's just going out and running his defense and hoping that some of these misfits work out more often than not. Hence why it is so easy to pick on the LB Corps and Nick Scott so frequently. Evero and Canales need more talent to work with, I think we all know that. They also will be a limiting factor when that talent is there. That's the bigger issue.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11806464/ Read through this entire thing and it is about as grim as it gets. QT = Quadriceps Tendon PT = Patellar Tendon RTP = Return To Play Highly encourage everyone to slog your way through the entire thing, it is worthwhile but I definitely came away thinking we need to be serious about a long term solution at LT.

You should absolutely trade any home grown, pro bowl talent for 2 firsts and a second. Everything after that disastrous mistake was inevitability. Also extremely glad not to be paying Brian Burns. He would not be producing in this defense and we would all be furious about it.

Darnold not playing will be a net positive for the Seahawks. Not being flippant.

I will say "not yet." I have qualms regarding his independence from ownership and also involvement with past FO mistakes under Rhule/Fitterer. To that note, his first draft in 2024 looked like a carbon copy of a Fitterer draft. An absolute disaster. The 2025 offseason was a mixed bag but the draft looks good early. I need to see better and better offseason results in 2026, 2027, etc.

Yeah, if the Pats running game doesn't get off the ground, they will be in a LOT of trouble. As good as Maye was this season, the Chargers gave him fits and this defense is far better than that one. The one X-factor that can hurt Houston is Maye's legs.

Corbett is most valuable provided Mays leaves or we make a mistake and commit a large sum of future money to him as a starter. If we can finally get a starting caliber center on the roster, Mays will immediately become the top backup to resign. Nijman is a good backup. We should attempt to get him back at a league minimum or similar deal. Outside that, we have to be serious about a LT signing or draft pick. We have no player on the roster that is capable of average or better LT play.

Morgan was also responsible for one of the worst drafts in franchise history with that 2024 draft. I think it's some of both. We have to hope he has another 2025 caliber offseason in 2026.

I think it's more empty than some will admit. But I also attribute some of that to Evero's piss poor talent evaluation and personnel management. I am not a believer in Morgan but Fitterer is a bar that hopefully will never be lowered.

They both have to overcome terrible QB's, though. I agree on the elite power of both defenses but the suckage of those QB's is something that has to be accounted for.

Yet as the FO has failed him somehow he has been one of the worst personnel evaluators on the defensive side of the ball. Both things are true. The FO has set him up for failure but he is one of the worst talent evaluators in the organization and proves it every offseason. Again, I don't think any serious NFL person would consider HC interviews as a serious measure of coaching prowess.

Stroud was pressured like hell against Pittsburgh and they are a FAR better pass rush team than NE. Collins being out will be a thing, for sure. New England is a less effective defense than Pittsburgh. I think it still comes down to which QB fugs up the least. Weather may be a huge factor with LA. Don't forget that finger injury to Stafford too. In that weather, no less.

Propaganda is the direct implication that this is he being used by the Panthers to spout a message. This is a poor example of that, in my estimation. He is far more likely to just be a homer. This isn't abnormal behavior from him. It's hyperbolic because you are spinning it as some greater thing from Panthers HQ, which is very likely is not.