45catfan

True, they still have to prove themselves all over again. Some could have bad years or get injured. However, the Panthers just signed the lone first round QB in the worst QB class in a decade plus. So calling the '27 class mid at the moment is the face of the Kenny Pickett signing is like convincing yourself the 2am last chick in the bar is just as good as the model your buddy took home hours ago.

Please tell me you are being sarcastic. This may be better than the '24 class.

OT or defense at #19.

Take a gander at this: That's about as appealing as going to a buffet after being on a being on a strict diet. So many options, all of them look really good.

That's right, horde those picks for '27 in case we need to move up for...you know what.

Yawn.

Do I care? Nope, not one bit. We will bring in a QB for certain now, either draft one of priority UDFA.

Production is production. That should trump one substandard physical metric. Plenty of players do well with so-called substandard measurements/tests in a certain area. I remember when we passed on Slater because his arms were to short. All he did was dominate future NFL Ends in college, but the staff couldn't overlook those stubs for arms.

We re-signed James Mitchell. Yay.

Trey Lance back to the Chargers on a 1-year deal. Maybe, just maybe we will take the backup QB position a little more serious next offseason than Kenny Pickett. Goerdert's is also a 1-year deal. Again, maybe we can get this right in 12 months.

Tremble is in the last year of his contract. We can keep, cut or trade him. Time to move on from another Rhule guy. Besides Chuba and BC, that will leave only the first round guys during that era. That I can handle because yo are supposed to hit on first rounders.

He's firmly a second rounder and I don't think we would go that high for a TE this draft. Third? Possibly. I mean Rhule drafted Tremble in the third round who clearly was just a blocking TE.

While we might not like the quality of some of the depth, we can now go into the draft without our hands tied.

Here's our transactions.

I'm liking the guys in our zip code after the All-Star games and Combine. Initially I was in favor of a trade back, but several dudes have climbed the board.

I had a feeling that would end up being the case. Probably a short term deal. Once the next one expires Philly will likely move on. Goedert is still in his prime, productive and on a playoff caliber team. It made sense for both sides. Him coming here was a pipe dream. *sigh* Oh, well...

He made every type of catch you could ask out of a WR, let alone a TE. One-handed, diving, boundary top-tap, high point, extending on inaccurate throws, securing an ant burner, boxing out, back shoulder. Check, check, check, check, check, check and check. Not to mention finishes a TD run on a bum leg after pulling a quad.

Joly has the one thing our current TE groups does not, really, really good hands. Tremble has gotten better at catching, but will never have 'natural' hands. Evans is a blocking TE that has okay hands. A passing game threat is what we thought we were getting when drafting Sanders, but have found out otherwise. With all the TEs we have drafted over the recent years, none of them have been considered a true weapon. That needs to change. Blocking TEs are a dime a dozen and can be had on the cheap. The miscalculation of the front office, folly if you will, is the idea of the Swiss Army knife TE, the guy that can do everything. It takes a real gem to find a TE that does everything and do it well, so our jack of all trades ends up elite at nothing especially the one area where we (the fans) think the weak link is--a receiving threat.

Justin Joly in the 3rd.

One-year deals for the bulk of these guys means they are purely placeholders. Phillips and Lloyd are the only two the front office wanted here long term, meaning we got a bunch of rentals in FA for next season. It's like shopping at the Good Will store for a Halloween costume only to donate the items on November 1st.

The 3rd through the 5th rounds are where the value is if we are interested. I really don't like the idea of Sadiq. While he's the top of the group, it's a depth year for the position. He would have been TE3, at best, in last year's group.

Yeah, I have been exclusively mocking a LT for well over a month now at #19.