Jay Roosevelt

It's actually kind of fascinating to see these negotiations like this.

The issue of stadium funding one that needs to be addressed with legislation at the national level. No way should any city or state be handing billionaire team owners hundreds of millions of dollars to help build stadiums that will be 100% owned by the team. At the very least the taxpayers should have partial ownership of the stadium and receive revenue from any events held there or have the team(s) that play there pay rent. poo; something.

What city is going to hand over billions of dollars to build a stadium for an owner who hasn't produced a single winning season in nearly a decade? Especially after Rock Hill.

Was this not expected? Who here actually thought a RB who tore his ACL in November was going to be ready for training camp?

I actually think we stand a higher percentage chance of winning the NFC South than just making the playoffs as a wild card.

This should have been a focus last offseason. I get that he had the whole pre-draft process and there's a lot that goes into that but both he and the Panthers (after he was drafted) should have prioritized this a lot more than they did. Then again, you can say the same thing about footwork. I have no idea what that staff was doing last year. Just a total shitshow.

How do they figure out OL is still bottom 10? By what metric?

Hoping for mostly 1:00PM games. I wouldn't think that'd be a problem given how we've played.

Laughable. No NFL team is 5-10 years away from competing in this day and age. That's not to say it isn't possible we continue to suck for the next decade but there's no reason why we HAVE to. If Bryce isn't the answer then we draft another QB next year. Or give Bryce another year and if he doesn't work out we go QB in 2026. That's how it works. It wasn't that long ago that the Texans were viewed as a lost cause. Then they drafted Stroud. Same with the Bengals pre-Burrow. No team in the NFL is more than 2 years out of contention theses days with a little luck and the right moves. Again, not saying we'll have any luck or make any right moves, but missing on a top-5 QB is no longer a 5+ year death sentence in this league.

Probably in roughly the same spot, TBH. With that coaching staff we weren't going to win many games regardless. We may have finished with 4 wins or something.

Numbers can change.

$225k is a lower income?

Hoping for Brendan Rice if he's still there.

Sounds like a nickel to me.

Troy Franklin Brendan Rice Ja'Tavion Sanders T.J. Tampa Mohamed Kamara Malik Washington

Meh. Reach.

Let's be honest, those two 5th rounders were going to be on the waiver wire after camp next year anyway.

Trade Miles Sanders to a dumpster behind the stadium.

Dionte Johnson is the big move. XL is a coin flip, as basically any WR drafted at the end of the 1st round would have been. Mingo is still a mystery + we'll likely add at least one more receiver tonight or tomorrow. We're better than last season with the Dionte Johnson trade alone; how much better will depend on how XL (and any other wideouts we draft) work out and on Mingo's development.

The 5th year option is arguably more valuable with WRs than any other position, so trading up one spot will be well worth it if XL ends up working out for us. TBH, I like him as a player but I'd have preferred Ladd McConkey due to his route running ability. However, Dave Canales has helped develop a similar prospect to XL in D.K. Metcalf in the past and XL does have higher upside than Ladd, IMO. Plus, there's always the chance we double-dip and take Ladd tonight.

My final mock this year...

Edgerrin Cooper is my choice for #33 if he's there. Then grab a WR.

I'm certain we double-dip at WR, just not necessarily in the 2nd round. I think we go WR with one of the 2nd rounders and get another WR in the 3rd/4th.

Every time a team debuts new uniforms that try to be all "sleek" and "modern" they always end up looking dated within 5 years. See the Browns, Bucs and Jaguars re-designs from the mid-2010s. All three teams ended up changing back or to a new design by the end of the decade. Then look at the most iconic uniforms in the league that have been roughly the same for decades: Steelers, Packers, Raiders, Cowboys, Giants, etc. The one common factor is simplicity. Everyone wants to be the Oregon Ducks of the NFL. They should stop trying so hard to fix what's not broken.