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So... yeah, "primarily outside".

He played some nickel. He primarily played outside.

He specifically said Chinn will be the "big nickel". I don't think that will be our primary package. Chinn will get eat up by prototype small, quick slot receivers.

Sounds like Horn is primarily gonna be a nickel? Okay...

Nice. Not a long-term solution but a great bandaid in a proven dependable receiver who should be a great veteran mentor for our young guys at the same time.

Because we haven't been playing Chinn to his strengths the lady two seasons. He's been playing primarily as a deep FA the past two seasons. NFL teams watch the tape on players they're trading for. No one would be trading for Chinn to play him as a single high FS like we've been stupidly doing.

Yeah man, we get it. You don't like that we traded up to #1. That's cool. But you don't have to try to spam every thread with it.

They just lost Von Bell (to us). Bell and Chinn are similar players stylistically.

I guess you've missed that this is the best TE class in at least a decade. Not all drafts are created equal. #39 is not "really high". There are TEs taken prior to #49 in virtually every draft. I don't think you're proving the point you're trying to prove here.

Yeah, and you can get Steve Smith in the 3rd. Tom Brady in the 6th. These guys are noteworthy because they're very much the exception not the rule

If we could pull this off we could just go straight BPA without hesitation on the draft after getting our QB.

Okay. If we end up passing on a TE who becomes the next Olsen or Kelce to reach on a WR who becomes a JAG I'll be sure to remind you of this take.

Weak WR FA class and a weak draft class at WR if you're looking for a #1. It all helped to drive DJ's value up. The Bears WANTED DJ.

Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me. Rhule definitely had "his guys". I mean, he absolutely insisted on playing Elflein over Bozeman when Bozeman was obviously the superior center. While Ron's depth chart decisions seemed to have a lot of sense of loyalty built in, Rhule's depth chart decisions seemed to be primarily driven by just pure ego.

I love Jeremy Chinn and in a perfect world I'd want him to be a career Panther but given our roster needs I'd be talking to the Bengals about Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd. They're stacked at WR and fresh out of safeties. We're stacked with defensive tweeners and fresh out of WRs. It makes all the sense in the world.

I'm just anxious because I've seen the results of drafting a stud QB at #1 overall and then failing to surround him with an adequate supporting cast.

I don't think TMJ is a near bust but I'm also not nearly certain that he's ready to be a top target. I really hope the staff sees serious untapped potential in our current guys... and that they're right about that. Because on paper we probably have the worst group of receiving targets on the league right now.

We'll see. Competent coaching should help a lot but we gotta nail this upcoming pick and hope we can make up for the loss of DJ in the receiving corps.

#39 is "super early"?

I'm a lot more concerned with his weight and frame than I am his height.

I don't at all see the desperation for edge rushers. Burns and Luvu look like solid starters with Haynes and Barno as the primary rotational guys.

I don't think there's anyone in this draft that checks all the boxes. Young has the size questions. Richardson and Levis have the production questions. Stroud has the system questions and dealing with pressure questions. There's no Andrew Luck or Trevor Lawrence type in this draft. But that doesn't mean there won't be an All-Pro QB. Mahomes, Allen, Herbert, Burrow, Hurts... they all had serious questions coming into the draft. Didn't ultimately matter.

It's a weak class if you're looking for a #1 but I think there's a lot of #2s and #3s in this draft. We wouldn't be in rage at #39 to get a guy anyone is projecting as a #1 anyway. Those guys go HIGH.

You're just looking at next season. Thomas can easily be cut after this coming season. Hurst can easily be cut after two seasons. A rookie could compete with Thomas for the #2 role this year and likely start competing with Hurst for #1 the following year.

Agreed. There's probably 4 guys in this draft who could be the #1 TE prospect in a lot of drafts. It just feels like there could be some really good value there at #39 while WR needy teams ahead of us might leave us needing to make a significant reach at #39 to go WR. I really hope this staff sees a lot of untapped potential in our current guys. It's either that or we're gonna swing a trade or we're gonna go full Gettleman in the draft and just draft every WR we can and hope some of the mud sticks to the wall.