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Please pin this and add to the list as the signings come in later tonight. Be sure to include the following: Name of the player, position, school, and link to information or video. Here is the current list as things stand: QB – Jack Plummer, Louisville WR – Sam Pinckney, Coastal Carolina WR – Jalen Coker, Holy Cross OL – Jeremiah Crawford, Tennessee OL – Andrew Rahm, Oklahoma DE – Taylor Upshaw, Arizona DT – Popo Aumavae, Oregon LB – Derrick McLendon, Colorado CB – Willie Drew, Virginia State CB – DeShawn Gaddie, Ole Miss S – Demani Richardson, Texas A&M

Sounds like he and Legette are going to be buddies.

Thurman is probably safe, the the other two are not secure at all. I think Crumley can back up NT / DT as well. Until I started looking at the roster, I did not realize this was that much of a need....I hope this guy sticks.

I see this need--a run plugging DT. Goal line, run stopper. I wanted C, but they don't think there is a need.

We apparently do not see C as a need. The DT is a good rotational DT that can plug things up and attract a double team--I see that as a potential need.

May have been shared, but this explains the DAWG in this LB and why Morgan picked him (From David Newton): Round 3, No. 72: Trevin Wallace, ILB, Kentucky My take: Morgan entered the draft looking for "dawg mentality'' and he got that in Wallace. "Dawg mentality means you don't care if you go hurt somebody,'' Wallace said. "You don't go in there soft. I want you to be scared of me.'' Wallace isn't necessarily a long-term replacement for 30-year-old Shaq Thompson, but his ability to cover the field side-to-side and with speed gives him the potential to do that. Give him a year or so behind Thompson and Josey Jewell and he could prove to be a Day 2 steal. What we're hearing about Wallace: Morgan said Wallace's ceiling is "really high.'' He didn't take Wallace necessarily to replace Thompson but to learn from him. He should get plenty of playing time on special teams and compete for the third inside linebacker spot behind Thompson and Jewell.

I am hoping Limmer (C Ark) drops to us. He seems to be perfect for this offense. Beaux Limmer C Arkansas Limmer has the experience after starting 41 games in college. He started out as a guard, but moved to center at the end of the 2022 season. He bench-pressed 225 pounds 39 times times at the combine, the most reps since 2020 and four more than any other player this year. Limmer has the quickness and lateral agility to excel in a zone-heavy scheme. He is tough to shake when he gets his hands inside and tends to anchor well in pass protection. -- Steve Muench REST OF MY BOARD: Mekhi Wingo DT LSU Brenden Rice WR USC DJ James CB Auburn Myles Harden, CB SDSU

He barks. Someone with that RAS who competes on the highest levels is a dawg.

It seems that our needs included 2 positions that most mockers did not prioritize--note that these positions were not addressed in free agency--RB and TE. So Bryce has his protection (2 guards, a different C, a swing OT, and a RB who can pass protect) and weapons (Johnson > Chark; Legette > Mingo/TMJ; Thielen, the 1000 yard receiver from 2023; and Sanders > receiving totals from Tremble/Thomas/Hurst) Bryce has his protection and weapons. Concerning the draft, It is possible that they have 3 starters, which is good for any draft. WR2, TE, RB.

He could be an idiot genius-which would make him average now that I have thought it through.

I think they will play him at nickel but he can play outside. I think this is a good value pick and will be good depth.

He is tops on my board---not in any order, but the bold items are of interest to me: Austin Booker Edge Kansas Cam Hart CB N Dame Brenden Rice WR USC Christian Jones OT Texas (again?) Kris Abrams-Draine CB Missouri* Malik Washington WR Virginia Sedric Van Pron-Granger C Georgia* Caelen Carson CB Wake Mohamed Kamara Edge Colorado* Hunter Nourzad C Penn State DJ James CB Auburn Jarvis Brownlee, Louisville* Beaux Limmer C Arkansas Javon Solomon, Edge Troy Nehemiah Pritchett CB Auburn*

This was the last piece to the puzzle--going Defense from here on (maybe a sixth round C). I mocked this guy to us so much--in round 2. Great job.

I was looking at the big picture of the job, I suppose, and not the draft habits as much--that could indeed be an acquired taste from being in the Fitterer war room.

there is not much we can do--pull him for Dalton? Most first rounders get 2 seasons. It could be a "worst case scenario" that he improves to mediocre. Tua in Miami won about 11 games last year. However, they have weaponry out the arse.

That is interesting. The phrasing suggests that he does not have one identified at 101, if he is being transparent. However, it is also interesting that he does not mention center or edge or a second WR.

But you could trade back 10 spots to 111, for example, add a fifth, then trade the 2 fifths back up to 124, for example, giving you 2 fourths instead of a fourth and fifth. If it were me, I would take Tampa at 101.

I can say this--If I were a retired billionaire who owned an NFL team, staying away from the war room would be impossible. I would, however, not be a part of the decision making about players--but my ego would be so out of control because self-made billionaires are so much better and smarter than mortals, at some point, I would not be able to control my excessive wisdom. (Joking--thinking like a billionaire might).

We are not in agreement on who we should draft at 101. CB TJ Tampa? Nickel CB Kris Abrams-Draine? C Van Pran-Granger? LB Cedric Gray (double dipping at LB)? WRs Troy Franklin, Brenden Rice. Tez Walker? Edge Austin Booker or Mohamed Kamara? OT Christian Jones? TE Ja'Tavion Sanders? Assuming that nobody is suggesting that we trade down for the sake of trading, and nobody is trying to imitate Fitterer, if you have equal grades on several of the names above, would you trade back?

A Parable. By MHS. Once in MHS land, there were two ways to get home from Lowe's. MHS's wife, the evil scourge from Ohio, used to shriek, "Turn right!!! It is faster!!!" MHS refused to give in to the evil scourge's unsubstantiated logic because he had a different, more direct path in mind. That did not deter the evil scourge from scourging, until one day, the evil scourge's brother met us at Lowe's and she rode home with him, determined to get home more quickly with her Ohio State graduated brother. They turned right. Behind them, I turned left. When they arrived at our home, the evil scourge's lair, I was already parked, inside the house, and feasting on a warm Pop Tart. The evil scourge had been defeated. Moral? Sometimes, you think your way is the best way or the only way. That makes you an evil scourge, blind to the ways of someone else, who might have a better way that your ego blinds you from considering. The End.

I just shared a post about Morgan to Linville because he needed an attitude adjustment! Seriously, Morgan is not kicking the can down the road. He added a second rounder instead of spending one--as Fitterer was prone to do. He seems to have a vision by focusing on the OL in free agency. I do not see the same type of mistakes being made.

Word was out that there were "rumblings" that we wanted Brooks too. So yeah, they had to know that too. They probably would have leapfrogged us.

I am already seeing less "kicking the can down the road." Getting Clowney to replace Burns was a good move (financially too). Prioritizing the OL. the Johnson for Jackson trade, adding a second rounder in this draft--he seems to have a plan and is not focused on the now as much as the future. I see refreshing differences.

Several years ago, I became a school administrator after serving as a teacher and assistant under some terrible administrators. While I had a voice and I picked my battles carefully, I was frustrated because I may have had a voice, but I did not have control. I imagine that Morgan's association with the leadership team was complicated, and Morgan seems like the type who would learn from observing how NOT to do things as much as how to do things. When I was awarded my own leadership opportunity, we immediately turned things around--not because I was awesome (unrelated fact), but because through their errors, I learned what to do. That is my only example, but I was affiliated with some poorly run schools led by idiots.