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Carter is way more well rounded than Burns ever was. Burns was and is a great speed rusher and he's a good pursuit run defender. But honestly he's subpar everywhere else. Carter has almost as many solo tackles in his college career as Burns had combined tackles.

I hate to break it to the folks stressing about a guy who almost certainly won't be there at #8 potentially not being ready by week 1 but what the fug does it matter? Y'all expecting to win the Super Bowl next year or something? What would a rookie missing a few weeks matter?

Reddick was a great player after the Cardinals finally put him in a pass rushing role instead of trying to force a pass rusher to be a drop back LB. They bought a thoroughbred and tried to turn it into a plow horse.

Seems about right. I mean, we've been putrid ass during the Tepper era.

Don't be shocked if that changes after the draft. Of course he's not having surgery before the draft.

Even if he has surgery he won't be sitting a year. The poster who said that is just wildly incorrect.

ACL recovery has come a long way in recent decades but it's still a very major injury. A stress fracture and a sore shoulder aren't really comparable to a popped ACL.

Seems optimistic but maybe. If that's the prevailing view it's unlikely to impact his draft position much if at all.

Seems optimistic but maybe.

To get that type of talent at #8 you need an extenuating circumstance. That's how Star fell to us. The "heart issue" scared some teams off. This isn't an ACL or an Achilles. But potentially missing camp and getting off to a slow start could potentially move some teams off of him.

Hell no. For the first time since he initially took the field as a rookie I'm legitimately excited to see him and somewhat hopeful he may actually pan out. But hopeful enough to give him a nearly $100M contract? Hell no! And honestly, if he and his camp were willing to sign it that would be a massive red flag. That would pretty much tell you that they think they caught lightning in a bottle late last season and his value is maxed out.

Virtually no chance of that. It's generally a 3-4 month process if surgery is required. Half of that if surgery is deemed unnecessary. I doubt he'll get surgery before the draft but if a team that drafted him deemed surgery was necessary he'd probably have it shortly after the draft. That would make his expected return sometime around mid-August to mid-September so he'd definitely miss all off-season activities and most of not all of training camp. I'd probably expect him to start out on the PUP list while he gets up to speed and be active starting game 5. If surgery is deemed unnecessary he'd be ready for camp.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/entertainment/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-death/index.html Damn. They're saying no foul play expected. Maybe a gas leak or something along those lines? Either way... sad.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/abdul-carter-injury-update-news-penn-state-foot/d8250ee138ef5df504b34f2d?utm_term=abdul carter,penn state football,2025 nfl draft,nfl,news&utm_medium=browser_notifications&utm_source=pushly&utm_content=US&utm_campaign=Abdul Carter gets surprise injury news

Chicago better be focusing on OL.

If we're drafting a RB at #8 overall after both paying Chuba and trading up to draft a RB in the 2nd last year then the entire front office needs to get fired on the spot.

Already addressed that

Oh fug. We beat four bad teams in a row and we do this... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6159122/2025/02/25/unc-hubert-davis-contract-extension/ Hubert is now signed through 2030. I sincerely hope this works out and he becomes a great coach but the guy's seat should've been warming up. An extension during a bad season after a disappointing finish last year is just completely unwarranted at this point. *Edited to clarify that it was actually signed back in December, we have just had such a disappointing season that we had to wait until we could string together a few Ws for them to feel comfortably announcing it to the public. Oh wee mayne...

Minter was a good SS. He wasn't a FS even though sometimes we played him there.

I would prefer an edge rusher but honestly I wouldn't hate it. In the history of our franchise it's the one position that we've never had a really good player. Deon Grant is probably the best FS we ever had and he's was basically a mid-level starter. Watching guys like Ed Reed and Earl Thomas and Brian Dawkins and guys like that over the years just really opened my eyes to what a difference a true sideline to sideline over the top deep FS can make in a defense. Everyone can play more confidently and more aggressive because they know they have that safety valve back there as a last line of defense.

Arizona is sitting at #16 and their 2nd is #47. #16 and #47 for #8. Something along those lines.

I voted Jalen Walker but no matter what I hope we field any calls from phones ringing. It doesn't cost anything to listen to offers.

Four in a row. I'll take it. Better to be beating not very good teams than losing to not very good teams. I mean, let's be real. We ain't competing for a championship this year so I'll just enjoy the wins and hope we keep improving. If Powell and Jackson come back next year could be interesting. If not, then it'll be another NIL/portal era crapshoot.

Dan Hurley is really getting some humble pie shoved down his throat this year. Good to see. He's always seemed like a dick but after back to back championships and an absolutely dominant run last year it looked like he was gonna take over college basketball.

It is what it is and they knew what it was right away. They pretty much had instant buyer's remorse. No way they pick Penix in the top 10 six weeks after signing Cousins unless they realized they'd fuged up.