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Mingo sucks, but even if he didn't/somehow doesn't signing a guy like Gallup (assuming a reasonable price) doesn't really impact the ability to develop him. It does arguably provide some more flexibility with those first picks though.

I don't necessarily agree with that for Brown. He's shown the ability to dominate top competition on a consistent basis and appears to have that tough attitude you want. There is a price for most everyone not named Mahomes, but I think Brown's is even higher than 2 firsts.

Where did I say not to sign him?

Injuries aside, Williams's strength is defintiely downfield jump balls. What is Bryce going to do with a guy like that?

I think there have been plans every year but they were either: a) Dumb, e.g. Rhule, Bridgewater, et al in 2020 b) Terribly executed, e.g. focus on better QB and OL in 2021 but attempt it by getting on Darnold, Elflein, and Erving or c) Both, e.g. 2022 offseason and 2023 as a whole

Absolutely no one should think this guy is meant to effectively compare to Burns, and if someone does then they're insane. He is meant to provide a portion of that production at a fraction of the cost in combination with a couple more players, and the odds are that most of the end/edge group this year are short-term trials (thus the 2-year contract). That's how it was always planned to play out, and if one of them suddenly develops into something more then that's icing on the cake.

It's nothing directly against Canales, Morgan, et al, but there is nothing that can be done to increase my excitement. I am very tepid about Bryce Young, though no conclusions can be drawn by anyone at this point, and Tepper's years of dumbfoundingly stupid, and yet still so easily avoidable, decisions have killed my passion for the team. It's strictly objective/academic/'just friends' at this point. The energy might come back if things go well for a year or two and it appears that Tepper's head is finally out of his read end.

Good god you're a drama queen... "wait until the regular season to open your eyes". Please. Burns' pass rush double-team rate was 14%, exactly what's on the chart even though that's only through Week 13, and since that's very clearly measuring pass rushing I can't even tell what you're trying to insinuate - they won't include run plays in that calculation. Wonnum was double on a higher percentage of passing plays than Burns... it is what it is. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38356170/2023-nfl-pass-rush-run-stop-blocking-win-rate-rankings-top-players-teams Burns is not worth $30MM and needed to be somewhere else at that price, full stop. The defense might suffer a bit this year because of it but the team wasn't winning jack crap anyway. His overpriced contract isn't on the books and that's what needed to happen, as we're already seeing that money spread out across multiple positions. It will be up to improved drafting to continue the restock, as that is really what has left to cupboard bare.

Interesting that Wonnum was doubled more than Burns.

Wouldn't agree to the 'pay docked for walking on the field' clause.

The guards that guard their quarterback.

Absolutely. I'm skeptical as hell about any and everything Tepper touches at this point so am almost entirely apathetic toward Canales and the FO, but it's pretty clear what they're trying to accomplish on offense, which is just to have some semblance of an NFL-level one at all.

Who is Luke Combs and why would anyone care what he has to say?

Have to have a 'D. Jackson' in the defensive backfield. It's the law. Good on Morgan for staying compliant.

Well, no one can accuse Morgan and the FO of standing pat.

Burns was useless on this team, a non-impact player eating up a huge cap amount with so many holes on the roster. He is a quality player but this team needs to spread his value at this point, not consolidate it. 2nd and 5th rounders are pathetic, as I said before, but Carolina did this to themselves. Sunk cost and move on, and hopefully the FO does better in spite of Tepper being a massive idiot thus far.

Luvu was a pass-rush OLB that had to step inside due to injuries. He was out of place and still made an impact, covereage or not. Y'all are easily impressed.

And the Dolphins once gave up a draft pick for Greg Little - the Giants 'trading picks' is irrelevant. They gave up peanuts because Carolina had less than zero leverage thanks to the past FO regime and the Giants paid him for whatever reason they paid him, which my guess is that they felt it was worth it since Kayvon is under his rookie deal for another 3 years and they feel like the combined impact of the two may be worth the total average cost between them. Burns himself is just not an impact player, and 5 years of tape is the reality here. Carolina just royally screwed it all up, as they've done for years now.

Fixed it for you.

In on every deal, yo.

That warrant was signed as Fitterer turned down the Rams haul.

They restructuring him out the door? No? Ah.