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Damn. I guess they won't be wearing Black and Blue to Canton.

I am of the mindset that you need to budget $50m for the QB position in today's NFL if you want to be competitive.

So if Baker plays well, he is going to want a contract of around $45m per season to stay. Losing Darnold saves about $18m from the current cap. So the net cost of a QB in relation to the cap hit is only going to be around $27m. So if he does well, we could be in good shape at QB both on the field and financially--is that logic flawed?

Surrender flag.

This just in: Sir Purr has an inflatable hepcat.

He has been solid/

They must have taken it as a rhetorical question.

Yeah, 45, I get that. But you can't keep players because they are on a bad contract..He still saves $2m to get rid of him--more than any other reserve lineman. You could be right, but I dunno....

Rosters have to be trimmed from 85 to 80 by Tuesday, and then the big cut to 53 comes on August 30. I just thought you might like to know that. I am wondering about this 5-player cut tomorrow. A lot of teams try to release some of the better veterans that do not look poised to make the roster because they know they can't stash them on the PS. They say they want to allow them to find a spot on another roster. If this theory is valid, then what veteran(s) do you think the Panthers might cut by tomorrow? (My guess: Cam Erving. We can put Pleasant on the PS if we need a 4th OT (counting BC as the third OT). Reason? We can save $2m in cap room. I know that you might add, "He is decent depth. Why throw that away for $2m?" To which I say, "Because Pleasant looked better at RT, and if we keep Daley...")

Seriously, it is rather embarrassing.

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He caught my eye too in a very heterosexual way. I am confident that he makes the PS. I think they go with Zylstra due to his experience, but if you go by the preseason, Wright was impressive.

I have been impressed with Wright, WR from Utah St. I think Zylstra has had a good preseason, Shi Smith, CJ Sanders, and Higgins have been solid. Throw in Anderson, Moore, and Marshall (i know), and we have 8 guys who can get the job done. Wright and Sanders to the PS, and we have 6 good ones, IMO

No he can keep PJ!!! Win Win

This is the way you have to look at it. Ricci is (or was) on special teams, runs FG, Hback, TE--Swiss Army knife (I realize he is probably Italian though).

I saw a slight limp when he was coming off the field, but I think he got rolled up on during the endzone pressure during which Deonte Brown was nearly blocked into Row 2, seat 44.

What purpose does playing PJ Walker serve? He is a 50%, 3 INT per game player. Nuff said, bye.

I watched him--he will be cut. Not sure if this has been a thing on here yet, but Cade Mays was at C, and he looked good from what I could tell. Had a high snap, but we all snap high once in a while. I know I do.

Does BC become the next Travelle Wharton? That is high praise.

The thing about evaluating OLmen is you have to see several games vs. teams that show nearly every situation possible. For example, Icky vs. a Speed Rusher is a concern. I love him vs a Bull Rusher and in run blocking. How quickly will he pick up stunts from a 4-3? A 3-4? Just spitballing here, but he was OK in the few reps he had last week vs Washington. Mays looked great, but how will he look vs a stud DL and not a scrub? Time will tell--that is why I love these preseason games--

Good to hear about Icky. We know BC can hold down the fort at either T spot, but a stud LT is a plus. If we can't find a stud LG, then something is wrong. I think BC has a good shot, but watch the development of Mays as well. He looked GOOD at RG.

Not trying to steal thunder here, but the following week in Philly had a great play as well (Foster 1 yd run). Still, beating the Rams (I think they had a 14-game home winning streak) was awesome. I was at my aunt's house and my cousin came in from KY. They arrived in OT. She thought it was funny to stand in front of the TV. I nearly lost a cousin that night.

Isn't that a complaint?

I think that we all developed our opinion of Elf when he was sucking at LG--when I watched him at C, he was decent, in my opinion. Discuss amongst yourselves.

I tried to watch the OL, but that is hard to do when there seem to be limited replays. So Tecklenberg gets the majority of the snaps at C. That means Bozeman and Elf are locked in as the veteran centers. Tecklenberg is very limited, imo. Cade Mays looked good when I watched him. I also found that Austen Pleasants seemed to do well at RT. I know this will come as a shock to some, but I am guessing that Deonte Brown could be cut first round. When I watched him, he was dog poo. Brady Christensen seems to have arrived as an NFL player. Now if they could simply find a spot for him. I wonder if LT was really our biggest need during the draft. I think he was good at G, but not much came his way. Michael Jordan is being developed for depth, but I think that Mays' play could send Jordan into the #4 G role--and since he does not play C (to the best of my knowledge) it could mean getting cut. Jordan is one of those head-scratchers that must have pictures of Rhule with a goat.