45catfan

It's an offensive heavy first part of the draft. BPA will likely be an offensive player, probably even a WR. Although it could be a QB....just say'n.

Michael Pittman Jr., Calvin Ridley, JK Osborn?

I guess the question is now, since Higgins is likely tagged, who is the FA WR target now?

I'm warming up to both the Texas guys, especially Worthy.

Yup, being reported on sports talk radio as a very real possibility Higgins being tagged.

Preaching to the choir bother. All our starters on the OL are under contract and should be healthy by the start of the season. We even have several backups inked too. Let's see how they look if we go back to a run first approach, which has been implied, and they excel at. There's too many other holes on this roster to sign "competition" for the sake pushing these guys. They all know they are on the hot seat...so to speak, so wasting money on signing FA O-linemen to motivate our exiting guys is simply dumb.

Lol, I've been mocking that way. We aren't taking a QB (sadly) and there will be 1 or 2 premier guy(s) remaining. Somebody will want to jump up for McCarthy and possibly either Nix or Penix (whomever is left). Move back to the low 40's (thinking Giants, Vikings, or Raiders assuming they don't go QB in round 1). The elite WRs will be gone and there is a glut of second tier guys in the second round. We will still get a good WR 10 spots or so later.

Weak class for TEs. And no, we are not getting Bowers.

Back on the Minshew wagon.

The 2023 season is over, so why hang on to guys a few more weeks when you know they will not be on your 2024 roster? Some players have early March roster bonuses. Plus this gives time for their agents to get some things lined up prior to FA agency starting, which begins exactly in one month.

Davis did NOT look natural at LB his first year or even his second. The staff kept flip-flopping him back and forth because they wanted him to be a LB but looked more comfortable as a safety. Thomas had to grow into that LB role. Chinn can be a really good safety, no doubt, but could be an absolute terror as a OLB for opposing QBs.

WR, RB, OLB/Egde, IOL (G/C), DL (1-tech), DB

Eh, I'm not impressed with Beck. I mean, look how that roster made Stetson Bennett appear. Again, not to beat a dead horse, but I'm more intrigued by the second and third tier QBs in next year's draft as flyer picks as opposed to the "top" guys.

Next draft would be an ideal time to take a flyer on a day 3 developmental pick for a QB. Lots of fringe guys that COULD develop at the next level, but a horrible draft for drafting a franchise QB.

Yup and unless something drastically changes, they are likely QB1 and QB2 next draft. Neither of them are franchise material to me. Cam Ward may climb up the board to make it a 3 person race for the top QB, but again, not an elite prospect either.

He's kinda stocky, compact and fairly athletic, built similarly to Baker Mayfield (college) with the same gunslinger mentality. Throws well off platform and has a range of throwing motions. Really good arm, but I would not call it elite. Anyway, that would be my comp at this time.

Bryce's ceiling is mid-tier in the NFL and that's even if we can get him there. Deep outs are Bryce's Achilles heel. He doesn't the arm talent to get the ball to that section of the field with enough mustard to keep from getting defended easily or picked. He doesn't have the height to step up in the pocket, which limits his ability to see the shallow crossers unobstructed, let alone keep the ball from being batted down. So the flats and medium-to-longer in-breaking routes are his comfort zones. Shot passes for Bryce are seam routes. Opposing teams caught onto this and made him take the throws he's uncomfortable with.

I wasn't talking about their college eligiblity, but projecting their stock versus to whom is likely to be QB1 in 2025 in Ewers. Put like this, if Ewers was in this draft, he'd be QB6 or QB7. Why do you think he went back to Texas? Did he want to skim NIL money from Arch Manning or some petty thing? Texas will likely make the playoffs, but will not win the Natty. So chasing a ring isn't the realistic reason either. Dude knew he'd be a top pick in 2025 and be no higher than a third rounder this year. It was a no-brainer for Ewers.

Worth it, you mean taking a shot at a QB in the first round? Unless we want to take a stab a mediocre veteran in FA, then our hands are tied, so we kinda HAVE to. The very point I'm trying to prove. We never learn our lesson until we are out of options, good ones anyway.

Problem being Penix and Nix would be vying for QB1 in next year's class. Ewers would be QB3. See the tragic irony there?

Ahhhh...this so refreshing to learn. I couldn't agree more on all points. If these are things emphasized by Morgan, then I already am loving his tenure as GM. I've been saying the same thing about Burns, Chinn, Luvu, and Brown. Chinn should take a page out of Thomas Davis' book, if not, that's narrow sighted on his part. We can't mortgage the future for Burns. If he agrees to a reasonable contract, great, if not tag and trade. Sanders is a bust and Hubbard, while improved, is still not a short yardage move-the-pile RB. Estime and Allen would be great targets in the draft for that role. Glad to know that we are going back to our roots as a rushing team. Utilize the strength of our current OL while trying to upgrade it. I think it would be mistake to have just a 2-man QB room, camp bodies excluded. Dalton is older and in the last year of his deal. It would make sense to have a longer term back up to Bryce and if he isn't the answer, the new veteran QB can be a bridge guy for the rookie in 2025 so as not to throw him to the wolves if said rookie QB is not ready to be the day 1 starter.

Seems to work for Green Bay who never gets stuck be in QB purgatory. The Panthers will never learn. Say what you will about Purdy, but that was a total flyer pick when the 49ers did not need a QB. Revisionist history may say otherwise, but at that time they did not.