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There you go, the Rams. Nobody else was taking Ty Simpson in the first round.

Yeah that's definitely his kid.

Let's hope so.

He fell to 15. We picked at 19. It became doable and I think we'll regret sitting on our hands.

I wouldn't even bet on us winning the NFC South. All four teams had excellent Drafts.

Did you read the article? It's all about trading and navigating the Draft...

Lee Hunter dropped weight for the Senior Bowl and Combine and it benefitted him greatly - he was far too top heavy in College. He was playing NT (and overweight - like Scourton during his last year at Texas A&M) for the benefit of the team. I don't think he's naturally big enough to play as a 3-4 NT like Cam Jackson who actually carries that weight well. I think he's a 3-4 DE in a similar mode (although not as powerful) to Derrick Brown.

Rueben Bain - the guy that's going to wreck our OLine for the next 5+ years.

I assume Al Wallace lives in the Carolinas somewhere and has a good deal of his income tied to a media job with the Panthers?

I do feel like I'm living in an alternate reality. Everything Scott said there is bonkers - they're happy not outscoring teams (his actual words), they're happy with 185 yards a game and playing ball control, Young has more value here than on any other team in the NFL. That's a man with job security who's sipping the Panthers Kool Aid. The other NFC South GMs are dying for Morgan to extend Young. That tells you everything - he's holds this offence back and is such a replacement level player. I get they're embarrassed that they traded the world (and crippled the franchise) for him a few years ago, but they simply have to move on.

Good article, but no mention of the generational prospect they let fall to the Bucs...

"In fact, they’ve worn silver pants just six times since 2023. Compare it to the number of times they’ve worn black (20), white (15) or process blue (11) pants in those same seasons and you start to wonder how long it’ll be before they promote their black alternate helmets to primary status and phase out silver entirely" Basically this - just eliminate silver from the colour scheme. Maybe experiment with white matte helmets as an alternate to the black ones too.

Yeah I think 9 is very generous. We don't have a quality starter. We know Grier can't play in this league and Pickett is poor. It's the worst room on the roster by some distance.

We know he can't see over the middle - just ask Jessie Bates.

Hecht for me.

It's a very hot take because he's done absolutely nothing to rectify the problem.

Tepper only picked Young. He wasn't picking Johnson et al.

Franchise crippling Draft. We're still digging ourselves out of that hole.

C I can understand, people seem to really, really love Hecht (and to be fair his Senior tape is sensational). S I'm more dubious about, Evero seems to love him some Nick Scott and we're obviously not benching Moehrig as he's one of our best players.

Biggest need was, and remains, QB.

No, Darin, you're better than that. Nick Scott is absolutely terrible - I could put together a 30 minute lowlights tape of his time as a Panther with minimal effort. OT is the hardest position to play on the OLine, that's why they go in the first and second round. I'm fine with you being set out by the Panthers to temper expectations, but don't outright lie.

He's a Temu The Golden Calf of Bristol. He has the right attitude, he's an absolute dawg and I hated playing against him, but he simply can't throw at an NFL level (unless he's miraculously reworked his throwing motion between December and now)

Basically. Their blind spot for this guy is amazing. They've upgraded every room in the building except the QB room.

They all toe the party line. Look at Smith - didn't like Razzle Brazzell pre-draft, now suddenly he's a great fit for the Panthers. Tepper must line their pockets.

I would have loved Branch, Ponds or Terrell here - they're all sub 5'10".