Pup McBarky

Depends on who the coach is. Plenty of college coaches get things like this wrong.

I'd be happy with the first 3 picks. After that, pick others please & thank you.

Yeah, our resident Green Beret should have some input on this after he sits down with the prospects.

Human beings look for patterns and then often apply stupid interpretations to them. Sometimes they mean something, most often, though, they are random and meaningless.

This is precious.

It's the time of year when podcasters and other talking heads discuss stuff nobody knows so they'll get clicks. They're pumping for serotonin to gain listeners.

He has both an excellent coach and excellent on-field mentor this year. He should improve significantly.

Don Felder. Walsh turned the Eagles into a legit rock band, but Felder played lead on that track, with Walsh playing the harmony.

Where are everyone's feet pointing?

If you're gonna look bad, practice is the place to do it. Colts apparently wanted to put on a show for their fans. I expect the Panthers will be fired up to look better today, but I'm not expecting a miraculous reversal. Still early and not even close to time to panic.

They said a LOT of stuff prior to the draft...you can't take that as gospel. You think they are gonna show their hand at that point? If they wanted Fields or Jones at 8, regardless of Darnold, you don't think they would've picked one of them? I honestly don't know how they ranked the QB prospects. I just know they didn't think Fields or Jones were franchise QBs or they would've picked one of them. As you say, it's as simple as that. Don't listen to what they say before the draft, watch what they do. That tells you more about their big board than any nonsense they say to the press.

So your argument is that the draft capital used to acquire Darnold somehow factors in to not taking Fields or Jones? Because if it's not Darnold's mere presence on the roster, I'm not sure what difference it makes when he was acquired.

Without acquiring Darnold, we likely trade up for the QB we actually wanted. Or we pick Horn and sign someone else. But we would not pick Fields or Jones at #8 even had we not had Darnold because if that was the case, we would've picked Fields or Jones anyway. That's the way it works. A lot of people questioned why pick Keuchly with Beason on the roster. You pick the guy you you think is worthy of the pick. Fields was not that guy. That may turn out to be a bad decision, but they weren't letting him get away if they actually believed he had a good chance to become a Franchise QB.

Everybody knows our strength is defense and with Saleh the head guy in NY now, not surprising folks expect a low-scoring game.

We could lose, but I don't think we will. And no, it's not a must-win.

No. If Moton plays LT, I'd rather either play Scott or Christensen at RT. Only way to improve is with live reps. We could possibly make the playoffs this year if everything goes well, but we aren't exactly a "contender" yet. No one-year rentals until we are poised to challenge for a SB birth.

It's PFF, so take with a grain of salt, but it gives us an idea... https://www.pff.com/news/draft-2022-nfl-draft-position-rankings-offensive-linemen Then there's this: https://www.si.com/nfl/draft/prospect-rankings/2022-nfl-draft-positional-rankings

You were. We should've taken Trey Smith. Hell, I would've taken him a round earlier.

What is Reddick? He is the destruction of Tom Brady's back-to-back fantasies.

I said in another thread, don't be surprised if Fox starts ahead of YGM. Fox played on a stud DL and learned a few things. He's got skills. He's like a better version of Obada.

Still early. Concerning that he hasn't taken a snap with the ones, but I'm not gonna lose sleep over it.

Um...thanks?

This happens frequently around here. People make statements and suddenly that's what the coaches/FO are thinking. It would be funny if people didn't actually take it so seriously.

Rhule said Chinn would line up more as a safety, but he'll be used much like he was last year. Sometimes he'll be up on the LOS, sometimes he'll be deep, sometimes he'll be one-on-one with someone. In short, they're gonna put him in position to make plays.

This.