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I don't know. Ron sure did talk a big game about the new 3-4 defense they were gonna run his final year here then it looked like the exact same D we'd been running the whole time.

It'll be wild if we actually have a staff that adapts to the talent on hand versus trying to force square pegs into round holes. I don't think we've ever had that.

This is a great short-term bandaid but it also signals that they don't see YGM as the answer and that DJ Johnson is likely not ready to contribute as a 24 year old rookie. From a 2023 roster standpoint I love the move, but I think it also says that the future of our edge rusher group is very much a work in progress. That's something that shouldn't come as a surprise to any Panthers fan paying much attention.

Yeah, the draft is definitely a crap shoot. There will always be steals and busts in every draft class. All in saying is that I'd rather not draft older prospects who are still raw with premium picks. We eventually spent a 3rd and a 4th to draft Johnson. If I'm being honest, a single 5th would've probably been the ceiling of what I'd been willing to spend. Like I said, hope he proves me wrong. No one will be happier than me if he does.

24 year old rookies shouldn't still be considered raw prospects. Yeah, Addison finally came into his own... with his 5th NFL team. Good for us. Didn't mean much for the team that drafted him. If Johnson takes a similar path the end result will still be a failed draft pick by us. Addison had more sacks in his final college season than Johnson had in his career. He went from DE to TE to LB. They were moving him all over the place trying to find a spot where his athletic talents could make an impact and it just never really happened.

The reports out of their camp regarding the OL (specifically the interior OL) have been utterly abysmal.

Not a 5th. A mid-3rd rounder. We traded a 3rd and a 4th to move up to get him. A 5th would've been understandable and I doubt you'd be seeing this thread if he was a 5th.

Hated the pick. I hope he proves me wrong. But I'm always going to be all the way out on 24 year old rookies who are still being drafted as raw prospects because they bounced from position to position in college with their program desperately finding a spot where maybe the athletic traits would click.

There's been nothing fun about being a Panthers fan for the last few years.

Meh, he was about average as a blocker. He wasn't a liability.

@RoaringRiot any chance of getting Olsen? Doesn't he live right by there?

Definitely for the best it didn't happen. I could've seen that really going sideways if (let's be honest, WHEN) folks started laughing and mocking him. Sometimes when poo doesn't work out it's for the best.

I could be completely misremembering but wasn't there a play where he completely chickened out on putting his head down and getting to the sticks on a 3rd down? Like completely laughably so?

I've been to Austin quite a few times because the Cabela's in Buda is one of the top locations in the country and then they opened the Bass Pro in Round Rock. Yeah, summer is miserable. And I make brisket every bit as good at home and there ain't no stinkin' lines for days.

I liked his talent coming into the draft and he had a promising rookie year for a mid-late round pick. My hope is that there's significantly more talent on this roster than we thought because the coaching was even worse than we thought.

Ron's QB management philosophy in a nutshell.

Sure seems like it.

I'm worried for my guy Sam Howell. All the talk out of Washington's camp is that the OL looks atrocious. Evidently the interior OL is just a straight up sieve.

Tonight was a good one. Reminds you why they're called the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Lance was way riskier IMO. I'd rather roll the dice on a guy who is historically small but has shown the ability to play at an extremely high level at the highest level of football outside of the NFL vs. a guy who has great physical tools but only one year of playing at a D1AA program.

My dad showed up the other day with a chicken biscuit from Bojangles for me. Best one I'd had in years. Actually had a good kick to it.

The Jets' D with competent QB play could make noise but damn, that conference is so stacked. They're gonna need the MVP version of Rodgers to be a true contender and I'm just not sure that guy still exists with him knocking on the door of 40.

It blew my mind watching the Niners trade so much value to take a guy that was so inexperienced.

It's existed for years. TFL (tackle for loss). Stat category has been recorded since 1999. Terrell Suggs is the career leader. JJ Watt and Julius Peppers round out the top 3.

You can definitely see the raw talent he has.