LinvilleGorge

Draft grades are just something for the media to talk about. Not gonna lie, not super excited about our draft but we'll see how they turn out.

I'll go with a C and if that grade holds in retrospect it'll be our best draft in years.

I honestly don't really care. This year is all about figuring out if Bryce is it. Period. Because if we have another high pick next year (pretty likely if we're being honest) we need to know if we need a QB.

Pulled pork reheats well. Just cover it with a wet paper towel. Brisket does too. I only slice what's needed so I can refrigerate the leftovers whole then reheat by the slice with it wrapped in a wet paper towel. Just heat it enough to warm it up.

I got the meat sweats

I'm really surprised Brendan Rice is still on the board. I thought he'd probably go in the 4th, 5th at the latest.

Don't ever feel bad for being wrong about a draft prospects. Just remember, there are busts and steals in every single draft. The highly paid professionals get this poo wrong every year too.

Well, I have some good news for you. Based on our history, you may have a future in the Panthers' front office.

I honestly have zero opinion of that pick. He just wasn't on my radar at all.

After six QBs in the top 12 the seventh QB finally goes off the board at #150. Low risk potential high reward pick for the Saints.

Yep. Great arm talent. Shows some real flashes. But he's just never found any sort of consistency. Hard to imagine he'll find it in the NFL.

Deebo or Aiyuk one is gonna end up being traded. I'm surprised it didn't happen during or leading up to the draft. Must not have liked the offers and they're waiting on an injury and/or training camp realization of 'uh oh, we NEED a WR" to set in to up the value.

Ewers and Klubnik both were the #1 QB recruits in the respective classes. It wouldn't be a shock at all for them to end up highly drafted. That was always the expectation.

It wouldn't be at all surprising to me to see a guy like y'all's Klubnik or Texas' Ewers or Beck at UGA or some guys who are just completely off my radar blow up and have great years and be right there in the mix at the top of the draft next year.

We also have Ian Thomas who is well paid and does neither!

It's kinda like a 6'2" QB I guess. Yeah, you'd prefer him to be a couple of inches taller but definitely not "undersized". But we're talking about mid-round picks now. If they checked all the boxes they would've been drafted earlier.

Didn't check the 9+ box but still a pretty predictable pick. I actually don't mind it even though I think Cade Stover is probably gonna be the better NFL TE.

Franklin or Walker are likely candidates at 101. A few CBs I'm watching too. Ja'Tavion Sanders is another possibility at TE. He's not a 9 but he's 8+.

I bet our pick has an RAS of 9+.

Yeah, we do. Counting on a rookie to play a major role is always a roll of the dice but counting on a mid to late round rookie (assuming we draft a CB today) is a HUGE roll of the dice. If (when) Horn gets hurt again our CB unit looks terrible on paper.

We'll see. No one thought Jayden Daniels was gonna be the #2 overall pick this time last year. No one would've predicted Joe Burrow being the #1 overall pick a year prior.

I'm not sure much has changed to be honest. We'll see.

Easy now. I distinctly remember all the schadenfreude when genius Fitterer outmaneuvered the Saints and traded up to get in front of them to get TMJ. How'd that work out?

The NFL kinda sucks at evaluating TEs to be honest. It's not a super premium position but highly drafted TEs routinely disappoint while some of the best TEs in the league were mid-rounders. Kittle, Schultz, Andrews, etc.

The rookie wage scale changed the risk/reward analysis big time. QB is by FAR the most valuable position. So if youu don't have a franchise QB and you think there's a guy on the board who might be able to develop into one and you're protected from having to pay him big money you almost have to take him. That combined with the league emphasizing offense with practically every rule tweak is why we're seeing guys who in years past would've probably been 2nd round picks going in the top half of the 1st.