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Yeah that was my thing. What is special? Above average? Only thing that could be legit special is something we can’t see. He not special in any way, physically, relative to NFL special. That does not add up to that level investment to me, not close. I know I said third round ands maybe not with the over valuing of QBs but that guy just is not a player you assign that value to before he has ever played an NFL down. I need to see him vs NFL players before I do that. My thinking pre draft.

The NFL... it is not like it used to be. It’s gone way past making a buck and putting a product on the field. When they take public tax dollars and funnel it back to a team the poor lose big time. They take people's money and give it to a multi billionaire. While he prices lower income people totally out of being able to afford to support the team by attending games. Good plan for the billionaire. And his people.

I go back to the hole the Panthers put themselves in and his positive track record with getting production from ‘problem’ QBs. Which, we have one. I go to the idea people were putting forth on these younger HC prospects - that maybe you take a guy early and let him grow and give him all the help you can. Like a QB go figure. I think that is pretty much where it is right now. I think Canales could be good.

Trigger word warning... I thought the consensus was that it couldn’t be done in a year. So it was not all going to be done and we knew that. I guess we have a fan consensus that they should have fixed C before RB. Or, maybe C is fixed and we don’t know it. Or it is just down their list a little.

Apparently they had a backup there they like already. Competition.... what a concept. So maybe it does matter a little. Think Rattler would get poached off a practice squad?

Saw a headline saying Rattler is struggling in OTAs. I was on him too, so look for word but didn’t go past the headline. Just FYI.

Can't let that runner break up the double play.

When you put it like that.... I guess if C is handled we can deduce someone knows something we don’t over there. But how would we know? It just seems typical. Seems like every plan has a black cat component.

And you shouldn’t.

He seems to be saying that our staff recognizes Young as having “prodigious arm talent”. I’d settle for average. Prodigious, whew that is really good news.

I think I remember saying that last year.

Yeah you can’t play without a QB and other players. I’m guilty. I look at being able to get a couple of yards when you have to, as one of the big tells. And feel extra good about the team when they have that kind of ability. Getting that line of scrimmage to move forward, or on defense stopping them from that advance is such an important part of winning. I just hope Icky gets the lead out of his butt and the fog out of his brain. Too slow physically and mentally too last year. I know he can be better than that.

Yeah, up front is really where it’s at for competing. That’s your floor really.

Those blind and or crooked fugs need some help that’s for sure. The league not having full time refs defies belief. Wiith the money that is flowing through their hands, it would be spillage to pay those refs on a good contract.

I don’t feel that. I am a never take a RB high person but it is significant that they advertised the run game and we had Sanders and Chuba and a couple JAGs basically. If you look at it through the lens of propping up the QB, it may be more understandable. They are going to the extreme on that.

I think there is a UDFA in the mix.

I hear that too but he is not new to NFL DL size and speed, and is maybe less likely to have his brain overloaded. All I got. But for whatever reason I sort of knew they would skip a C for something else.

I’m going to remain hopeful and try to remember that this season probably isn’t why we took him. And people can argue we had more pressing needs, we probably had reasons I can’t know for not moving on a couple of them (in the C department, just guessing they didn’t want a rookie out there this year).

Yeah, I mean Troy Aikman had a horrible rookie season. Thing with using that, is so did Ryan Leaf and a bunch of guys people have mostly forgotten about.

Yeah there is a lot to learn about players. Coaches too, and we might see if Morgan is or is not getting it right. If watching them is just a little more fun than painful, I’ll take it.

Well just look at the hugeness of his hands around that ball. It looks like a toy in his hands.

Tell it.

I went blue top black pants. I generally don’t much care about uniform fashion but will say I hate the color rush look. Which I didn’t see listed.

Yes I believe they did cancel the last day.

As I remember Frank just gave him the job. Probably under pressure to do so.