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Carolina Panthers Running back The caveat of "if he stays healthy" looms large, but a healthy Christian McCaffrey is one of the best players in football -- ranking in the top 10 in both receiving and rushing value in both 2018 and 2019. There's concern that his repeated ankle and hamstring injuries will zap some of his explosiveness, but if he can get back to his fully healthy form, you can count the better backs in the league on one hand. If McCaffrey does get injured, the Panthers added a reliable back in D'Onta Foreman, who finished in the top 10 in rushing yards over the back half of last season while filling in for the injured Derrick Henry on the Titans. Foreman is tough to bring down once he gets a head of steam and provides a nice contrast for McCaffrey.

If we don't see TMJ carve out a role this year, I am gonna start the "Ghost of Hurney" rumor.

I don't see why anyone would consider Ekwonu starting at LG anything but bad news. We drafted him in the top 10 to be our LT. We will have to take some lumps and he might not have a Slater-esque start but I'd rather him get the reps and accelerate his learning curve than play LG.

Yeah, didn't like the pick given the options still available but if he's an above average depth OL then it definitely isn't a disaster. We probably still have a couple of offseasons of trying to fill out that OL but if we just improve from last year that is a step in the right direction.

Yeah, these aren't rare. I won't argue the point about player leadership because Rivera did have a very, very, very strong veteran led teams. I'm not sure if it's traits or just general inexperience/youth but we don't seem to have much if anything like that on our post-Rhule squads.

I think the "undersized" more so related to him doing some tough running in college that he is going to have to curtail in the NFL for longevity. Which, Cam was a massive, physical specimen and playing the way he did eventually cost him his career. He definitely can't be averaging over 9 carries per game like he did at Ole Miss.

Watch him play. Retard.

Lots of guys rated behind Darnold that shouldn't be there. I guess EA Sports still believes too.

Some linemen do have relatively long careers. If he develops he could have some time in the league as a high caliber player. I don't see it happening but it is possible.

It's just basically the difference in seeing one guy play versus not seeing one guy play. Christensen is more athletically talented but he was not good last year and didn't show much promise. Mays is a long shot and less talented guy in theory but he hasn't played a down of NFL football so there is still hope he can do something. I don't mean to say that there is no hope for BC but I think reality showed how steep of a hill he has to climb to be an NFL starter.

I think Brown was always fool's gold. Mike Wahle is right about what he says about him, IMO. If you keep struggling with weight issues you aren't doing what needs to be done to be an elite player. I suspect he will be gone as soon as this staff is.

Well, that depends on how much the cap skyrockets. It's projected to go up tremendously when the new TV deal money hits. So, that being the case, these contracts may not seem big at all in 5 years. Especially when compared to the cap. These contracts are a bet on the future cap going up a LOT.

https://cardswire.usatoday.com/2022/05/30/qb-trace-mcsorley-says-kyler-murray-sees-the-game-in-a-way-many-cant/ That wasn't exactly it. He is basically saying he doesn't need as much time as most QB's because of how well he processes/retains the information. Perhaps that is true. Even still....I am not sure I am putting Kyler Murray as a top 5 QB in the NFL and that is how he is getting paid.

I meant outside of injuries but obviously that would be thr most likely reason we see some of our failed signings again. I am not a believer in BC as much more than a decent backup caliber LT. Perhaps Mays makes a splash right away and supplants Elflein but I wouldn't personally bet on it early in the season.

Either high level favoritism in play or our offseason signings were a fuging disaster if we see both.

I suspect we see the initial starting lineup as Ekwonu and Moton outside(obviously) and some combo of Elflein, Bozeman and Corbett inside. I think most other options are probably a little far fetched. If it doesn't work this way, I would think it's because Elflein struggles and we just generally have to make do from a bunch of less than stellar options available.

Yeah, Donte is likely to always be streaky. Not sure I would have given him that contract but he is probably the biggest ball hawk at CB the franchise has ever had. I will give him that.

He doesn't generate a lot of push because although he is a great athlete he is not very strong and his technique is still lacking. He is definitely a project player.

Listen....this isn't Great Britain, we use an "s" in "offence."

Skip Bayless is a useless troll.

Well, I do believe in the talent level. Most of those guys were productive in college and have tested well athletically. But talent only goes so far in the NFL. You really need a lot more than just natural talent. I don't think CJ Henderson has shown that he is that interested in professional football yet. Taylor and Horn are just younger guys that we have to see what they have. I do think the ceiling is very high for them, I will say that.

Yeah, I believe in the talent level of that group but we haven't seen the production to warrant any real hype yet. It's very promising but, again, more than one thing needs to go right for that to be an elite unit.

Yeah, that's another thing. Maybe when Rhule is gone these players all perform better. Could be that he is such a disaster as a coach that he is dragging everything down. Or maybe his players are so bad that it's making him look bad. Which, he did pick most of them so that's kind of also on him. Or(most likely) it's some of both.

Yeah, our path to success isn't things being maintained at their former levels. It's a lot of players having breakout years or figuring out how to become good NFL starters/rotational guys. And most if not all of that having to happen in 2022 if Rhule is still gonna be around. That's why I can't get on board the "Oh we are right there" bandwagon. We MIGHT be close to being a playoff caliber roster, IF a LOT of things go well in 2022. Our roster has a lot more questions than it does answers.

@SizzleBuzz hopes to one day be upgraded to being able to touch his unwashed balls and care for them.