kungfoodude

If you surf back to the decision to get rid of Norman and Bradberry, you will see that our fans do care quite a bit about CB's.

Now that I agree with.

I also just generally don't have high expectations for rookie CB's. Not many of these guys start out as elite NFL CB's. There is usually a little bit of a learning curve.

Oh I agree. If my suspicion is correct, we are going to see a lot of losing.

Douglas actually played well. So did Elder, actually. Even Jackson played well when he was somewhat healthy. The only guy that was consistently bad was the rookie.

The FA OL signings also left a lot to be desired. I just get the feeling their mentality about OL is that you can throw together a unit from JAGS and make do. We are in year two of doing exactly that. But....still lots of draft left to prove me wrong.

I am not prepared to say that he is better than what we had last year. I definitely do not like the pick but it isn't wise to judge CB's harshly on year one of their career. If he is shaky in 2021, that doesn't mean he is a bust.

It will be a mistake to not end up with 2-3 OL in this draft. I don't expect us to end up with 2-3 OL from this draft. I am honestly getting the feeling that this staff/FO may have a lower priority on OL than the previous coaching staff/GM. I sincerely hope I am proven wrong over the next two days.

There are some good IOL prospects available. I don't expect us to go OL in the 2nd, however.

I don't think there are many elite LT's waiting. But I am okay with a LT that ends up being a very good OG. Hell, I'm happy with an NFL caliber OL at this point.

Wrong franchise.

Within the organization or within your inner spirit?

I don't know that I can blame the urgency on Tepper. You definitely get mixed signals. I honestly think Rhule has more of a "win now" mentality than maybe Tepper does.

I think it was the wrong decision to take Horns over Fields(or Slater). Very glad Tepper didn't meddle. VERY glad.

TBH, he would probably have to have a monster year to get national stage love. Small market team that isn't likely to be a playoff contender makes the spotlight smaller. Once he establishes himself as a consistent elite player, I think he finally gets that kind of love.

I think DT, S or LB are likely. For some reason I don't think we start going OL until after the 3rd.

Yeah, for the shade that some of the posters here threw at him....they definitely didn't pay attention. He was having an elite year in the advanced stats.

Lots of question marks with that Jackson, Horn, Bouye secondary. Could be really great, could be kind of bad. Maybe the most athletic CB unit we have had.

Yeah, CB isn't a boring pick, IMO.

What was your grade for the #8 overall pick, Jaycee Horn?

Well plenty of teams passed on Pat Mahomes. Just because other teams make bad moves doesn't mean those decisions are sound. It is all about the careers these guys make for themselves now. Horn could go down as a massive mistake/bust, a Perennial All-Pro or something in the middle. Same with Fields. Time will tell how good/bad bad move is. I am definitely not confident it was the right choice.

The real nightmare scenario is if Horn isn't at least as good as James Bradberry.

I just expect us to go for a need position that the fans view as a far less than the team. DT fits that mold.

I have to assume we are going to draft a DT in the 2nd. Seems like a Panthers move.

We need players, period. Trading away picks doesn't make sense. Those top 3-4 round picks can all be two deep players for us. Trading back in means you believe a guy is a star player. I don't really trust our talent evaluators enough to want that to happen. Perhaps Fitterer and Rhule look like geniuses in hindsight but I am pretty skeptical at the moment.