Jon Snow

Great to hear from you Scot. Sorry to hear about your health problems my friend. Hope you get through them soon and back to your old self. Like you I'm curious to see who's left on the board at 33 tomorrow after the dust settles. And like you I would love to see them grab a top center for the future if they get the chance. I'm not a big fan of moving an aging and injury ladened guard to center and counting on him to get you through a season. That's asking for trouble. Keep Pounding my friend

I would not count on that happening. I doubt anyone will be starting no matter who is selected. Hopefully they will be in the rotation on game day but I seriously doubt any rookie they take beyond the 2nd round will see the field this season unless this coaching staff can work miracles. It's either that or Dan Morgan is a frickn genius at finding talent.

Jerry at least managed to keep the team mediocre. When they managed to get lucky he could put together a 1 year wonder. Dave cannot even stumble into putting together 1 mediocre team much less a 1 time playoff team. Sad situation in BOA.

Building a team to make a run at 1 SB win is doable if you have a bit of luck. Building a team to be in the playoffs every year is much more than luck. It takes a great to solid FO and coaching staff. That doesn't happen a 1 or 2 off seasons. It takes years of solid drafting and wish cap allocations. We have not had any of that since inception. Luck got us to 2 SB's. Bad management has kept them from sustainable success.

Used to. And this proves my point. The best drafts theyve had still couldn't produce a championship level team. And all those guys produced how many back to back winning seasons? How many times did they help win the nfcs? That's right, it doesn't matter until they figure out how to add more than 2 or 3 good players every half decade or so. It takes a complete team built over the long haul to compete every season, not just compete every decade or so. They have to do that EVERY draft.

In how many drafts? Just because they are forced to start doesn't make them pro bowl level either. I cannot remember a single draft that the Panthers got multiple pro bowl players from one draft. If they did its been so long ago and uneventful that it wasn't worth remembering. So yeah, it's rare that the Panthers had even a decent draft beyond the 1st round. One good draft will not fix this team. I stand by that even if they miraculously find players that turn into something.

I'm guessing they will be drafting some offensive line help this time around.

What Morgan should be focusing on it getting the best players from the draft group that is available to him this year. If that happens to be a defensive player he shouldn't pass on the guy just because he needs offensive talent. Especially if what's available for offensive help is not on the same level of said defensive player. It just comes down to who's still on the board when he picks. Not every position need can or will be addressed in this draft. It simply will not happen because no team is that lucky for one thing and this team is in bad, really bad shape. Secondly, no draft is filled with enough talent to allow for any team to walk away with more than one possible starter and one or two contributors in any one draft. I think everyone needs to curb their expectations about this year's draft.

That sums this place up perfectly. It happens every year and will continue on long after we're gone.

That's my philosophy as well.

I'm not ready to make any predictions with this year's team. There's just too many unknowns involved to know what to expect. Ask me again after preseason.

This is where I'm at. If it begins to upset my mood I do not need to be involved with it. The whole state of the franchise has become quite amusing to me. I find enjoyment when there's something positive that happens, no matter how small. I've learned to laugh at the negative elements that exist because that's how bad it's gotten. I've become accustomed to expect the worst and count anything positive as a blessing. It is what it is - old Foxy

Video or it didn't happen. Am I right?

I would not judge the offense by how it looks in preseason. It will be vanilla. Having said that, last preseason definitely was a foreshadowing of things to come. So who knows.

Have fun with it then. Far be it for me to stop someone from wasting time and energy on a fruitless effort. Please carry on.

You might want to wait until the 1st round is over before you go through all this trouble to only only have to start over anyway.

You could add RB to that list as well.

I think taking him in the second round is a bit too rich for me. At 65 is fair but higher is too much of a gamble for me.

As will 2025 I suspect.

The thing I've noticed about Bryce is that he is/was not a gambler on his throws. He almost obsessed about not making a mistake. But he didn't make many in college. After the first Atlanta game those picks got to him I think. Then Frank started that "keep it in the neighborhood" crap and started taking more control over the plays for some reason. The whole thing was dysfunctional from the jump.