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Wow. Yes he is a loser as a human being.

When asked about Ransom Morgan was clear to describe his role and a strong safety but was quick to add that he can play deep as well. Said the same thing about Moerhig. I think we are going to start both and their roles will be interchangeable. I think either could play up and either could stay back. I think both could play up and both could play deep. Think of this--if the C identifies the mike LB, the QB has to be aware of the free safety. What if they switch?

If this becomes a civll suit, it also becomes a news story. Smitty has kids who can read and they understand what is going on. He wants it to go away. Is Smitty's wife still with him? Frankly, I was surprised to see Smitty on NFL network.

If your mistress is single and seeing a married man, you probably are getting sloppy seconds either way.

It is an antiquated law that basically treats the woman as the husband's property. We will never hear about this again because Smitty will likely write the check--and the lawyers know it.

We got a #2 WR (I think he comes around), Brooks was damaged goods at a discount but I did not like the pick--I hate drafting RBs, but the second injury was not expected, we got a pretty decent LB, a pass-catching TE with upside, and a Nickel CB. I did not want XL or Brooks and still am critical of the picks. I think we were smarter this year--our first three picks could have gone in round 1 in a different year. Tex AM did Scourton no favors but he is 20---Princely might become the better player.

Hold up--do we have depth at Long Snapper???? Well, do we?????

The offense is betting on Moton's knee holding up and the defense is hoping their $100m CB can play more than half the games. He has missed 29 games.

For a LB that is a long career. They take a beating. Shoulders and head. My favorite LB of All Time--Junior Seau--had a 20-year career--the average career for a STARTING MLB is 5.6 years. I really think Shaq is done, but if he can play, it does not mean that he should. Think about Morgan's career--7 seasons. Luke's career--8 seasons. Beason played only 93 games over 10 years--only 5 seasons where he played 15 games or more. The other 5 seasons? No more than 5 games per. So basically, the average starting MLB plays 90 games in his career. Shaq has played 123 games and was pretty injury free until the last 2 seasons (6 games total).

Sure but the frame was frail. I think he got up to 235 and then back to 228ish.

I met Shaq at an OTA---if you recall, he was absent until the end due to Washington being on the quarter system. He was very nice--soft spoken--but I was thinking "Linebacker?" As an OLB in a 4-3, he was small. I did not see 6'0"--I saw 5'10-5'11 tops and maybe 220. When we converted to a 3-4, that moved him inside and, in my opinion, shortened his career. He just does not have the frame for ILB duties. If you watch enough film, you will see that Shaq often was late getting to the hole and tackled from the side a lot. Morgan and Luke were in the hole square with the LOS and talking on blocks and RBs head on. Had Shaq met pulling guards and fullbacks in the hole like that, he would not have lasted 4 years. He had a very frail frame.

He said (about Tepper), "We are getting a new indoor practice facility outside."

I have always loved the panthers in a platonic way--After their lawyer sent me a cease and desist letter and explained the meaning of "keep pounding."

I looked at this from a 21-year old perspective and I was a dumbass college student who would have applauded it and laughed. Reason? I was not an empathetic person and would gladly humiliate someone for a laugh--I cringe now when I think of it. However, I would not have come close to having the balls it took to do something like this. Your father's job? targeting a person who is in an emotional free fall? Forget community service-therapy is needed because there are some very disturbing issues here. For example, nearly every serial killer was abusive to animals as children. Punishment is not effective at modifying behavior and attitude. I would make his apology public and personal--I would have flown him to Shedeur Sanders and met with him if he'd accept. Then I would let a shrink peek into his brain to see why he not only thought of doing this, he did it. Say what you want about Sanders--if you consider the context of his world--whether it was authentic or fabricated or not--Sanders is another 21-23 year old kid, was experiencing emotional pain and rejection like he had never experienced before. Man, this was cold-hearted.

They should have fined the Falcons 28 dollars, and the DC 3 bucks.

I think there was some self-imposed community service mentioned. No details.

With the exception of knowing our obvious needs and who we were talking to along the way, my question is this: How did so many people start on this Jalon Walker frenzy? I think this--everyone wants to have a voice, make a prediction. Now with social media and 24 hour tv, networks, etc. it is more like a middle school grapevine than it is a process where people actually dig for real evidence and reasons. Speculative journalism is lazy, and since there are now 2,348.356 podcasters with basement studios blasting nonsense into our phones all day, I think they just cut and paste ideas. Yes, coaches lie and mislead, but I don't think Morgan or Canales did. You are only as reliable as your sources. Was Morgan more deliberate this year? I think he heard the gossip and decided to downplay WR. He said, (paraphrasing) "We like our WR room. We will probably add to it at some point." Not a lie, but definitely downplaying things. I was convinced that we needed a blazer to keep safeties honest, but to be honest, I am not sure that we have the QB with the arm to keep safeties honest. We have Coker who is 6'1", Theilen is 6'2", and Legette is 6'3" and now TMac is 6'4"+. It seems size has more value than blazing deep speed. If I had known they thought that, I might have gone with TMac all along--I thought he was not a good fit. And if you look at the Panther guide and consider the talent they met with in the first round, there was only one offensive player--TMac. There was another quote that Morgan made that might have been a bit revealing or at least directive. (Paraphrasing) "We want players that were productive in college." Well, TMac was very productive. In 2023 and in 2024, he averaged 108.8 yards per game. He is also a great artist. Drew this portrait of Bryce Young from memory: Many people spent 3 months absolutely confident that Jalon Walker would play edge here. We had a need at edge, but with Clowney, Wonnum, and Jones, were we OK if we drafted a second round Edge? Was Walker the answer? Unlike Hunter, he is a versatile player who could be awesome in the right system, but if used as a pure edge, he is not a top 10 player. I was convinced that we would sign Jalon and as much as I like the kid, I could not feel good about the pick. Mykel Williams scared me. Both might be great players, but I could not see it. So was Scourton productive? He was as a Jr when he was standing. When asked to be other things, he lost his edge (pun intended). In essence, I think we got the best pure edge when you take away the other things he was supposed to do. Walker's productivity was based on his versatility--something he would lose as a pure edge--so we would not really be meeting needs at edge. Scourton, on the other hand, is better when not asked to be versatile. Princely had 10.5 sacks in the SEC. It simply makes sense.

what I noticed when I watched minutes and minutes of his video--he is really effective at varying his speeds during the route and he is very good at getting open and improvising when the play breaks down. I feel that he will make XL step up. I love the WR room. I was watching Horn--man, he goes from zero to 60 quickly, and he sure looks faster than 4.46. He was often the checkdown WR for SS. I think we could have something there-

I probably predicted about 30 players over time--I found it increases your odds. When I heard Morgan say that Canales wanted a tall receiver, I think we all would have known TMac was the pick. I do believe that Morgan pooped a little when Xavier Legette decided to go public and tell the media that he was told he'd be the Panthers pick.

Yes. I do not want to cut any of them--scared the next Coker, Hoover, Theilen etc. is in there. I just get the feeling that we researched the bottom of the roster as much or more than the top.

I wrote a long dissertation on who they would pick, breaking down the draft by needs and player availability and concluded (at that time) that we would go WR in the first. Being right is humbling and dignifying. I predicted that the Panthers would draft Matthew Golden.

It is probably harder to justify taking plays off in a draft where you are drafted six picks after a freak of nature--How Hunter did it is beyond me--and in Colorado of all places! WRs run sprint after sprint. Arizona was playing from behind a lot and that means pass every play. I get it.

Imagine where we'd be if AT retired and an UDFA had not secured a roster spot and played well.

Here is how I do it--consider that most teams improve (at least on paper) each year: QB: Can we say we improved here? Bryce is trending up and we got him 3 weapons and no more protection. WASH RB: Adding Dowdy and Eteinne is a pretty significant upgrade. UPGRADE TE: Adding a large TE with good hands and initial quickness over Thomas. Tremble and Sanders should improve. UPGRADE. OT: Ickey is improving each season and Moton (we hope) will be healed up and ready to go. WASH OG: No changes WASH C : No changes WASH WR: Added the best WR in the draft, one that other teams tried to trade up to get. Added Horn, and the Colorado WRs were scary good (making Shedeur look good). XL and Coker will improve. Lots to like. UPGRADE In my view, we needed to upgrade WR, TE, and RB. We did. I am guessing that C and OT are on the table to be upgraded in 2026. Edge: Nic and Princely replace Barno and Johnson and join Clowney, Wonnum, and Jones. Strong room. Biggest Need. UPGRADE DL: We get Brown back, so upgrade without doing another thing. Wharton, Brown III are both upgrades. Cam Jackson as a rookie NT---depth and size we did not have. UPGRADE LB: We added Rozenboom in free agency, and he was a decent addition. I think we will add an UDFA. I think our LB play will improve with better edge, DL, and S play. SLIGHT UPGRADE CB: Horn and Jackson are back, both following their best seasons. We added a CB (Devonshire) off the waiver wire and there are a few UDFAs who could actually make the team. WASH S: Ransom and Moehrig will probably start, with Richardson and (maybe Nick Scott) as depth. I think we are going to like these Safeties. UPGRADE We had desperate needs for Edge players, IDL, and Safeties. We upgraded them all. I am not happy with the ILB situation or CB depth. Special Teams: Too early to tell. BASICALLY, ON OFFENSE WE UPGRADED WEAPONS IN 3 AREAS WITH 4 PLAYERS. THE OL IS UNCHANGED. ON DEFENSE, WE UPGRADED DE, NT EDGE, AND S--4 AREAS WITH 4 DRAFT PICKS (edge, edge, safety, and nose) and 5 FREE AGENTS (nose, defensive end/DT, edge, corner, safety) THAT IS A HUGE OVERHAUL, with starters at DE (2), NT, OLB Edge, and Safety--a total of 6 of 11 players who did not play last season (including D. Brown). We won 5 games last season. I think we can win 8.5 if all goes well.

Smitty probably envies a 6-5 guy and sees him taking his gifts for granted. He had to work his butt off to play outside at 5-9. I think perspective has a lot to do with his evaluation. TMac played on a bad team. He was on the field a lot. Maybe he makes an assumption when he states that TMac loafed when the ball was not coming to him. Maybe he was advised to catch his breath during those plays--conditioning, coaching, etc. could have been an influence. Smitty can say what he sees, but not why he sees it, if that involves assessing TMac's mindset.