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Henderson’s tackling has been as bad as advertised, but he’s a good athlete in coverage. If he improves his tackling at all then we’re going to win that trade and have a good young secondary.

According to the NFL chart, a trade back from around 5 should get back a mid and late first, not three day-two picks. Something like getting 14 and 23 from the Eagles for our first, fourth, and fifth. So Horn, Chuba, and Daviyon Dixon vs. Alijah Vera-Tucker and Christian Darrisaw is a closer comp.

Taking Terrace Marshall over Creed Humphrey was the real flaw. The trade backs didn't take us out of the position to take good players, we just picked the wrong guys.

This draft is the same as the last two: we have needs everywhere, we aren’t competing now, and we should trade back to pick up additional picks this year or next. It makes me sick to see the Giants double-dipping in the top ten because they were smart and patient enough to take advantage of a desperate Bears team last year and we weren’t. We need a safety, at least one linebacker, an impact tight end, a quarterback, and four new starting offensive linemen. Plus depth across both lines. We’re not winning a championship with that many holes and these problems don’t go away when CMC, Horn, Erving, Darnold, etc come back healthy. Trade down. Build future capital. Improve the whole roster.

We might end up right in his range. He’s rated highly now, but some QB’s and athletic freaks always climb the boards closer to the draft. Linderbaum’s only knock is that he weighs about 290, so the combine could push him down to us. Having a good center is a huge help to a young quarterback and if we think we’re going to end up in that situation any time soon, picking Linderbaum would get us a good head start.

lol they kicked a field goal down four scores.

Love getting CMC a meaningless touch on 3rd and 15. Aaaaaaaand he's in the blue tent.

None of those posts said anything about Moore

That was a weird play; it looked like he was going to have time for a deep read. Nobody would've expected that Paradis would get instantly choke slammed like that. I'm sure there are some other examples, though.

If we get an effective Darnold game then we'll know that this team is real. The whole idea was to improve his surrounding talent, and now with a reworked offensive line and no CMC, if he doesn't fall apart then we're chalking it up as a W, especially given how easy the schedule looks after this week.

He has basically no passing game ability, I don't know if he's a fit here. Nice runner, but not for us.

The Panthers defense last year: dropping eight guys into coverage constantly and basically unable to blitz anyone because nobody in the secondary could play man. The Panthers defense this year: Tops in the league across the board with Phil Snow throwing so many crazy blitzes at the Saints that Jameis started throwing left-handed, and we just added a second top-ten talent at corner to man up opposing receivers. Folks, it's a great day to be a fan. And next year's going to be a great time to be a Panthers pass rusher.

Take his draft stock out of it and he's cheap, young, absurdly physically talented, and has been underdeveloped in one of the worst situations in the NFL. That's a heck of an upside shot to take at a position of desperate need.

The very first thing that Urban tried to do was hire a coach who got fired from his last job for abusing his players. Gonna go ahead and place my bet on Urban being a prick.

Fitt's on the record with the opinion that there's a drop-off in the draft after the top ~15 guys. After that he sees a big tier that extends through the second round. At 3-0, it seems unlikely that we're too far into the top 15, if we end up there at all. A trade back in the first is likely. Regardless, it is weird to frame this trade as happening at the expense of the offensive line specifically. We drafted an offensive lineman in the third round this year, remember? It's unlikely that anyone we draft next year will be more immediately ready than Christensen is now, and he's on the bench. Plus, it's all a zero-sum game, so you could just as easily look at it the other way; any offensive lineman that we draft represents a pick that we could've used to shore up the secondary. The secondary has been in about as bad of shape as the offensive line. We needed a lot of guys in both places. We got a really good one cheap in the secondary. That's not a bad thing!

I'm confused by the lack of love for this trade so far. This is a straight up robbery. We traded a marginal journeyman out of a crowded skill position group and a third rounder for a top-ten talent who's only on the trade block because he doesn't get along with the most obviously unqualified NFL coach in recent memory. And we got a pick back! It's a massive win, this thread should just be gif reactions and pie

YES! Fitterer's going to build a perennial playoff team by fleecing the worst teams in the league over and over again. I couldn't be any happier.

We still haven't gotten Bouye back, either. The defense should only get better.

The team put up a video saying they had him graded as a 3rd round tackle and a second round guard, so they always viewed him as a swing lineman, not the solution at a specific spot. Certainly not "the answer" at LT.

That's a slightly above-average stat line with a lot of picks. It would be a huge improvement over what Teddy put up. If he does that, we've got a good chance at the playoffs. It's also probably a best-case scenario.

The flipside: How much value is destroyed when good quarterback prospects are wasted or outright ruined on bad teams?

If "do Millennials watch baseball" is a question, then "do Zoomers watch baseball" is just as important since they make up most of the twenty-something population now. It's also easier to answer: no.

An Iowa staff kind of famous for being draconian and out of touch with their players, though. I don't know what the note about avoiding suspensions indicates, but given the source, I'm not that worried about what the staff thought.

It's a real potential liability. Just look at what Burns does to guys who can't get their hands on him fast enough. The question is whether elite athleticism/movement skills for his position and good technique can make up for it. He was a consensus All-American, so we know it was good enough in college. I've got hopes for him in the pros. And if he absolutely has to kick inside, I think he'll be great there.

It is worth noting what's not included in this measure. Christensen's number probably looks worse if they include arm length with height and weight. His arms are shorter than Jaycee Horn's. Also, if you move him to guard, he jumps to a 9.97. Playing around with the positions really highlights how explosive he is. He'd have a good broad jump for a wide receiver.