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In 2020 Howard only played in four games and about matched Ian's season total. I'm not exactly sure what happen to Howard last year, but Ian Thomas has never put up more than 350 yards in a season. Howard has done it three times; just under 600 yards in 2018 which is more than Thomas' totals the last three year COMBINED. Again, take his draft status out of it. Who is the better TE, Howard or Thomas? It isn't even close.

IMMEDIATE upgrade over any of our TEs. Yes, he's under-performed as a former first round pick, but take that draft status off of him and he's actually okay. Better than Ian Thomas, that's for damn sure.

Is he better than Ricci?

I'll be keeping my eye out for a backup Mike LB to pick up. Watson or Graham-Mobley doesn't cut it for me.

Just in time. I figured some cuts would start leaking out tonight...per "sources."

I'm not sure if this has been said, but Brees was coming off a shoulder injury too when the Chargers decided to move on.

Calling it now, Daley sticks over Jordan. I know MJ is listed ahead of him on the depth chart, but Daley can play every position besides center. Jordan is a pure guard. I know they 'say' he can play center as well, but I haven't seen him take any snaps there.

Also bumping this one back to the first page.

Bumping this back to the top as cuts will start leaking out soon. Veterans that won't make the 53 man roster will probably be among the first to go so they have a chance to be picked up elsewhere. No need to start a new cut thread.

Exactly. Baker has dealt with enough coaching changes and doubt he'll want to stick around for another. He'll want to go to a stable situation on a long-term deal. My worry is Tepper is all-in on Matt Rhule and any improvement may keep him in Charlotte for 2023 citing 'progress'. It will take a complete dumpster fire of a season for Tepper to pull the trigger for certain. This team is too talented for that to happen short of a bunch of key injuries.

If we have a top 15 pick and Baker turns in anything less than a stellar season, I'm in the 'draft a rookie QB next draft' group of folks. This is where Fitterer and Rule butt heads--Fitts wants to build a solid core team and draft a rookie QB to become the QB of the future while Rhule wants a veteran QB to help save his a$$ NOW. If Rhule is fired after the season, I think Fitts plays hardball with Baker at the negotiation table...again with the caveat that Baker doesn't absolutely ball-out this season. We may bet outbid. If so, so be it rather than continuously throwing money around in an attempt to stay competitive.

And I didn't like ANY of those picks. TMJ was a cock-block pick to keep the Saints from drafting him (leaked out they were taking him a few pick later). That's a cute move in like the 6th or 7th round like when the Saints took a day 3 QB we were looking at a couple of drafts ago, but not in the freaking second round! I don't like RBs out of the Big XII, generally speaking, and I think everyone agrees taking a LS in the sixth round when he would have been there as a UDFA was mind-numbingly stupid.

Baker is going to give us the best QB play we've seen since 2017 this season and take us out of the basement to mediocrity. That said, I'm not sure that's going to worth the extension he'll be looking for. IF he likes the organization/the area and takes a 'home town' deal, I wouldn't be opposed. However, Baker will be looking not only for QB1 money, but franchise-type money. Considering the QB deals of late, I don't think he will be worth it.

It wasn't exactly a joke. He retold a conversation between him and his wife regarding Hubbard. He said he and his wife were talking and she mentioned how good Chuba looked when he played against Baylor and that the Panthers should think about drafting him. Obviously she has no power on this team and Rhule certainly could have kept that conversation to himself. Possibly the Panthers were planning on taking him anyway. Point being, unless Rhule fabricated the story, the yes, Mrs. Rhule "told" him to draft Cuba. I bet now Rhule wishes he had never shared the story with the media. Also offensive stats in the Big XII are often inflated...it's a 'heavy on offense and lite on defense' conference historically. That's why Texas Tech QBs rarely pan out in the NFL (Mahomes being one of the very few) even though they put up stupid stats just about every season. Spread offenses create natural running lanes and with more DBs than LBs on the field, getting to the second level and breaking some tackles is a bit easier than running against defenses, say, in the Big 10.

Chubba is not a power back, he's not a 3rd down back and he's not overly elusive. He has one thing, straight line speed. If he gets the corner on the outside or the OL provides a decent lane for him to hit, yeah, Chubba looks good. However, In the NFL, one-trick ponies don't last too long.

Not a Chubba fan and never will be. Foreman should be the #2 back and Chubba the 3rd down spec...crap, never mind.

We only keep 5 LBs? With Shaq's injury history?

Hekker is our QB3, at least on game days.

Yes. It's a deep QB draft. Baker likely will just be a mediocre QB for us. Corral is an unknown. Unless Baker somehow turns into Aaron Rogers, we need to look to the future.

Yeah, the center is supposed to hold a common thread with all three circles, but it doesn't. Baker has nothing in common with either USC's, Carolina (North or South) or Sam Darnold. I think that's the joke.

The Gamecocks portion makes no sense unless it merely shares the USC moniker.

GUYS! $4M cap hit. Why does everyone think Erving is getting cut? I get he's not worth the money he's getting paid, but that doesn't mean he's getting cut.

Daley/Erving/Jordan. I wouldn't let the first team reps that Jordan got at the start of camp fool you. Jordan is a LG and that's it. Daley and Erving can play tackle. While Jordan may be a slightly better LG than Daley or Erving, his limitations elsewhere may make him expendable.

Outside of Bozeman's injury and potentially LG, the starting OL is actually set. Ickey, BC/Jordan, Bozeman, Corbett and Moton. I don't think Brown, Tecklenburg, Horton or Erving is pushing for a starting spot. Elflein may get the nod at center until Bozeman is healthy again. Mays is good depth but isn't taking Corbett of Moton's job on the right side. Camp competition is over, let the 1's all run together and get some continuity.

He and Mays were the right side swing guys. I guess Mays made him expendable. I figured he would. Mays can play all five positions, he ain't getting cut. Brown and/or Horton should be the next out the door. Pure guards and not very got at it either.