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I mean the big guy did play in the SEC....and never allowed a sack in his career. The weight hasn't been a complete liability.

I don’t disagree about expecting more. As I said, that’s a statement from a team that lead the league in cover 3. Some are acting like we will be a man defense. It’s rare a team runs more man than zone.

I mean they said they wanted to play more man....but that is coming from a team that lead the NFL in cover 3. we aren’t running man all game. We would get abused.

Gilmore is win now piece

Hopefully we will need a long snapper more 3 times a game this season

I think this pick sealed Reggie’s fate. I think Reggie is done here with this pickup. Reggie to me was more athlete than RB. Which will be a shame if he leaves and we never got a chance to tap into Reggie’s back of tricks. would have love to of seen some creative trick play with Reggie.

I mean...in 2019 Hubbard did rush for 2000+ yards and 20+ TDs out of Ok St. That’s crazy. I mean he has got to be better than Reggie doesn’t he? But I did think they would go for a power back.

Well, if makes you feel better...I’ll give you a stat. since Sam arrived in the NFL...he has beaten more playoff teams than the Panthers have.

A man got to have a code... Fitt’s is apparently 57 trade downs

yeah, and I am not opposed to calculated gambles. I mean negative plays are a given if you do it. It’s not always going to go your way. But Teddy wouldn’t take them. You have to take them in the NFL.

13 wins in his career 4 wins over NFC teams

I think Sam makes substantially more plays downfield. But he is going to have more negative plays too than Teddy. Just comes down to what the ratio looks like.

Sam is going to be a 4th year starting QB in the NFL. He simply isn’t going to get 2-3 years to see if it works like a actual draft prospect....and many drafted prospects now only get a year to show what they got.

I don’t think he was at the bottom. I wanted Sam because I thought he had the biggest positive/upside out the guys available we would be able to pursue. But they forced themselves into the position of having to get someone comparable to Teddy at minimum. I don’t see us really that much different now vs the start of last season on the QB front. Just hope the outcome is better. Which it likely should be. But we still need a QB. Just like we did when we brought in Teddy. I viewed Teddy as a bandaid until we could bring in someone. That’s still Sam from my outlook. And I don’t think the coaches would or should say that reality then or now. They give traditional coach speech on it.

well, they are 6th rounders. Gross Matos had off field concerns and we took him in the 2nd. So I think last year was a bigger concern than this one. He was a high pick and his troubles were big enough for us to know them. Not worried about it. They clearly weren’t big enough to leak out.

In fairness, they worked themselves into a position where they forced themselves into having to bring in someone. At least someone generally on par with Teddy. Teddy got thrown too hard under the bus while they scrambled for Stafford/Watson. He was done here after that. Everyone saw that. I mean I advocated for the Darnold move....because it was clear we had to do something. It was the best move to make after the position we found ourselves in.

I know about the 6th round Bama G being fat. I don’t consider that an off field issue really. I mean I guess it is...off field to me is character. I’ve never heard a peep about Shi. I’m pretty dialed in to Gamecocks football too despite being a Clemson fanboy. But Muschamp is pretty tight lipped and did a good job keeping things quiet around his program. I guess there could be something there....but he could be overreacting to standard stuff to justify himself going a tad later than he wanted.

What player had off the field concerns??

I think Sam makes more big plays than Teddy. I think he makes more negative plays too. Will just have to see what that looks like.

Horn went 8 off a combo of talent, highest ceiling and need. Pure BPA? Was probably Smith at 8.

if Terrace Marshalll gets up to speed quick...I think what Joe Brady opts to do in the slot inside is going to be really interesting. I think DJ has the best and most diverse ability in that spot.

Well you didn’t specifically ask about this...but special teams. I’m personally tired of the Joey Sly experiment at K Thought the local kid we brought off his couch to punt did a good job. I still would like someone I felt confident in as a PR guy. Just fielding them clean has been a nerve racking feeling most seasons.

Hurney era teams lived off the back of superstars and how much they could carry us IMO. minus maybe the 2003 run. That was a pretty well built team. After that we got too reliant on a handful of guys.

Shi (6th) was an incredible value especially looking at where Amari Rodgers (3rd) got drafted. I don’t think they are that far apart as players.