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Moral around here isn't much higher right now but welcome!

We're definitely better than we were last year just by subtracting the worst QB and possibly the worst LT in football. The problem is not that we aren't going to be better. It's that this team, seemingly, doesn't have any plan or direction. We're like a kid with no attention span who just keeps changing channels

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/03/13/jordan-cameron-a-lot-of-us-in-the-nfl-dont-love-football/

There's been a lot of Pro Bowl caliber players over the years that don't have that. Will CJ be a HOF player? No likely not. But he could be an EXCELLENT #2 CB behind Jaycee for years to come which is worth it in the modern NFL

The premise is not wrong but man I do NOT want Tannehill

If it nets us a top 5 or even a top 3 pick that would be so worth it Stroud Anderson Young All three are top one overall pick type players (Anderson might be a generational prospect) and two of them are QBs

the mishandling of Brady Christensen sums up perfectly why I think Matt Rhule has not fuging idea what he is doing. You draft a lifetime LT and immediately say he projects better as a Guard. Then you spend the entirety of his rookie offseason with him playing at RT. A position a.) he has never played before and b.) the only solidfied position on our Oline. Now instead of getting to see a full season of him at LT, you draft the best LT prospect in the draft and you want to try Brady at LT NOW ??? fug off Rhule

I agree we have a great young core. The problem is we don't have the most important position in football figured out and soon that great young core is going to need to get paid. Also Matt Rhule will never be a superbowl winning coach so we are wasting time with him

My starting lineup is probably Offense WR 1 DJ WR 2 Teddy Ginn WR 3 Robbie TE Olsen LT Oher (unless Ikcey is just silly his first year, def a possibility) LG Norwell C Kalil RG Turner RT Moton QB Cam RB CMAC RB 2 Stew FB Tolbert DEFENSE 4-3 RE Charles Johnson UT KK Short NT Star LE Brian Burns WLB Thomas Davis MLB Luke Kuechly SLB Shaq Thompson (2022 version) CB 1 Josh Norman CB 2 Charles Tillman NB Jaycee Horn FS Kurt Coleman SS Jeremy Chinn Mostly 2015 about a 2:1 ratio IMO

I'm so confused by this post

I mean if you watch him, Haynes can play ball. Is he going to be the Pro Bowl caliber play Reddick had last year? Likely not. But he's earned the chance to prove himself a starter in the league

Here's my bold prediction: We start the season 1-7 and after a crushing loss to the awful Falcons in week 8, Matt Rhule is fired and Ben McAdoo is promoted to HC despite the offense being awful.

they drafted an OT in round 1 lol

Ben Albright (legit af) has alluded to there is more than meets the eye with Bieniemy

holy poo they really can not just have this guy focus on one position jesus christ

So you're faulting Ickey because he didn't play in the SEC? That's not a knock. I agree Neal was an excellent prospect as well but Ickey has a higher ceiling and the potential to be the best LT in the league

What game against high comp did Ickey struggle?

yall are tough critics, i loved it

Very interesting they had Ickey that low tbh

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rooting super hard for him that editors note, fug man

I mean the honest and easy answer is Horn The second one that comes to mind is TMJ After that I'd be interested to see Tremble's growth, Nixon and to see if Deonte Brown is going to actually contribute

I can't remember if it was Ellis who first posited this theory but I really believe Tepper basically took Rhule at the end of the season and said, "Look I'm giving you one last shot, just focus on coaching, minimize the press, hand over roster control, get some veteran coaches in here, etc." I wouldn't have done that but it certainly seems legit

I agree with the other poster who said that Rock Hill is basically a microcosm of what Tepper is planning. You either pay up or he will play hardball. For the record, I think this gets done and the Panthers stay in Charlotte. But I don't think it's a 100% lock. Maybe more like 70-30%.

every tackle in the second round sucked last year so I'm glad we accumulated picks