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All-pros? 

Brown to me absolutely, Horn has more competition. 

We can have nice things again? 

Coker for QB

DC may have anticipated the Jets to send the house early and often, necessitating the better blitz pickup back in the game. Wilks was never afraid of dialing up a good blitz, especially with a banged up O line. 

Someone correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Chuba far superior with blitz pickup compared to Rico? Maybe this was DC’s rationale? 

Prime 77 is lofty praise, but it certainly passes the eye test for me. Brown’s leadership skills are definitely superior. 

8 hours ago, Mage said:

A WR with bad hands does not have "upside for days."

We're talking about a guy who had 423 receiving yards in his first 4 years of college.  I had more faith in guys like Funchess and LaFell than I do Legette.

He’s the Factory 5 Shelby Cobra kit car that has yet to be assembled and the motivation of the builder is in question. 

D Brown is a bad man and not taking anything away from him, but Tet is the biggest *potential* game wrecker this team has drafted since Cam. Just let that sink in. 

XL has upside for days. The question has always been: Does he possess the aptitude and desire to realize his true potential. The mitigating factor in all of this is his true love of the game and how powerful is his competitive spirit. Does he truly love football? Only he knows the real answer to this question and it is those 2 qualities that will determine his success. Before choosing a dude in the first 3 rounds, the answer to those questions better be obvious. 

Doubters, myself included are salty over the fact that anyone who has payed attention to football for a few years could see this coming. How many 1 year wonder first round picks have turned in to all-pro players? which is the goal in any team’s first round selection…. And then they go and pick an RB coming off a major knee injury. Of all positions to have picked a dude coming off of a major knee injury and they choose RB? It was just so f-in stupid, and very Tepper/Fitt like. It’s like buying a near totaled Lambo at full sticker price. It had to of been ALL Tepp/fitt. I refuse to believe Dan would have been that dumb. 

Consistently successful franchises do not whif first and second rounders. It’s just simply not allowed. They pick major college program dudes who were consistently studs throughout their tenure and don’t have an injury history. They pick big impact positions in early rounds and they go LB, safety, RB in later rounds unless there is a true stud that fell to them. 

Look at this year thus far with us. Undisputed best WR in the draft and then 2 edge guys from big schools. First 3 rounds.  How’s that shaping up? 

It’s not really THAT hard. Pick the damn obvious pick in the first 2 rounds…. but we’ve drafted out of desperation, reached for the high measurables teachable workout warriors who then don’t amount to anything…. And then double down on it the next year. 

I don’t see it happening either, which is good. We need to continue the young talent infusion. 

I’ll keep saying it. In Dan I trust. 

Another contributing factor is bringing in dudes that are more ‘football smart,’ not just workout warriors and tell them ‘go get man who holding on to football.’ 

Boom plays better downhill. Tell him what to do and he’ll give his all. He’s not a green dot kind of guy. He’s not a great coverage guy (how many LBs are?)  but he’s decent at pass rush and playing the run. He’s got a little wild man to him and I can appreciate that. Many will disagree, but I consider him to be a high motor JAG currently. 

Now to get Evero to dial up some better blitz pressure.  

That entire defense is going to be playing for Steve. Believe that. 

Dan said they were going to stop the run.

Dan got intelligent players who play the run well. 

95 got healthy. 

This team has now shut down some very good RBs. 

What a great game

It’s the same thing EVERY time we play the boys in the regular season. 

Horseshit refs

Just now, Chief Keek said:

Refs conveniently don't see any of the penalties committed by Dallas

Move along. Nothing to see here

Just now, MGH1989 said:

Refs fuged us.

Regular season game with the Cowboys tradition. 

Just now, t96 said:

Just tuned in and saw Tet’s first TD, love it. How bad was Bryce’s pick?

Went right trough Tet’s hands. Perfect pass

Rico is going to open up everything today

I can’t be mad at Horn. That was just a hell of a pass.

If the pass rush can get to Dak early and often, I actually like our chances. 

4 hours ago, strato said:

And it wasn’t really that it was more Morgan centered than anything. 
 

shotgun I think Tepper had a non specific but huge influence over  the 2024 draft and already said stuff about that but it really feels like he let the employees do their work in 2025. 
 

The 2025 draft felt COMPLETELY different than in years past. They selected the obvious dudes. Nothing cute or weird. No head scratchers. The Tet pick had some initial detractors, but to see what he already is and is going to become… 100% blue chip game breaker. He’s probably already racked up over 100 yards in just PI calls alone. The last time the Panthers picked a dude who from his first NFL regular season snap showed elite talent… was Cam. Just think about that. 

Scourton is already flashing potential 5 games in to his NFL career. He looks like he is going to be a very solid piece if not more. If nothing else, he’s not a liability. I haven’t paid much attention to Princely but I don’t recall him getting beaten anywhere near as badly as Burns used to. 

For a 7th round pick, Horn has already surpassed his draft position expectations (which for 7th rounders ain’t much). Is this due to true potential or are we just that damn desperate? Maybe both? 

I guess where I am going with my rambling is that this last draft WAS different. Good different? I feel like it was but that may be my naturally optimistic bend. they did not go after tweener, injured projects. They got dudes to play their natural position from big schools whose game looks like it’ll translate to the NFL at impact positions. How good (or bad) it truly was won’t be known for another couple years, but at least they went about it differently this year.

He reminds me of a Hurney first rounder. 

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