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Nope. She is not. She has a cavity in one of her molars and her taste in fashion is questionable. Her eyes are not 100% horizontally parallel--and that is a deal breaker for me.

When the draft is LOADED at WR, why trade draft capital and pay $80m for him? I was not sure how I felt about it, but I am relieved, honestly. Pick #33 is very valuable. There are about 18 hours between picks 32 and 33, and a team has that long to present a package to move up. Many teams will have players on the board that fell to 33, and some will attempt to move up to grab that player at 33--we are in a position to get our guy at 39 have a mid second round pick, and an additional third rounder.

They traded up and said they did so they could do their homework. This is what happens when you let a hedge fund manager and a former minor league baseball player make football decisions. I am not ready to throw in the towel on Bryce for these reasons, but I was pushing for Stroud until the end--I thought there was something I didnt see, and that my hate for Alabama and admiration for Ohio State was making me biased. 1. The job of the QB should not be to make you (as a member of the offense) look good. Your job is to make him look good. The OL made that very difficult. I have heard people say, "but he sucked when he was not under pressure." That is called "Trauma." Tell a veteran at Walmart that the avocados are not enemy grenades and it is OK to come out from under the banana table. It is real to him, and if you get sacked 4 times a game and are moved or hit another 12 times, it impacts your confidence. Bryce had never been the underdog and his OLines have always been better than the defense. 2. A WR, TE, or RB in a route is only open for a second. When you are dodging DL in your face, it throws off the timing, which is why there was never anyone open. When the timing is right, Bryce's ball came out with more crispness and velocity than when he was trying to wing it. 3. A cerebral QB is a good thing when things are going well, but when they fall apart, so does his mind. 4. They are following the model, inside out, back to front. C-G-C seems to be done, at least for now. They are going to work with Ekwonu's mechanics (since Campen was not successful doing so) and they will stick with Moton with BC, a very capable swing OT, behind both. We have others like Mays, Zavala who could be developed as reserves. We are good up front now, if all goes as planned. 5. Bryce did not have a TE to find on a consistent basis. Imagine Purdy without Kittle. Mahommes without Kelce. Bryce needs a good TE threat. So, does Stroud have a better arm and better size? Yes, he also had a better situation, but we are about to find out what we have.

I think we all need to stop thinking of 2024 and start thinking about 2025. I want to see growth in 2024, but in 2025, we should be competitive if we are doing this right.

Ridley is 5 years older than Higgins. I think Higgins is what we are going to do, because if the rebuild takes 3 years, he is 28 when we are ready to compete. We can draft a WR later in the draft--which is probably the plan since I have seen them interviewing and visiting WRs who might be there on day 3. I have mixed emotions about signing Higgins, but most of the experts think it is what the panthers should do--heck, if they are going to pay $$$$ to guards, a potential #1 WR should be a steal. I mean, there are WRs in this draft who are 24, so trading for a seasoned. proven veteran who is 25 might be the play. You have to look at our history of drafting WRs in the second round and later. In fact, the difference between first and second rounders in the NFL in terms of success is very slim. I found this article to be interesting: https://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/statistics-show-finding-a-pro-bowl-wr-is-more-likely-in-the-2nd-round-than-the-1st-252 So there is something to be said, especially in this draft, for drafting 2 WRs in round 2 instead of giving a 25 year old disgruntled WR $20m per in a trade. Get the 2 young WRs with first round grades at age 21 and develop them.

Minnesota has #11 overall. I expect them to draft a QB if available--maybe McCarthy or Penix.

I wish I got paid to suck. I do it for free. I need a new agent.

It would be ideal to put Corbett as the swing G and C However, as a post june 1 cut, he would save $6m. So they could try him there and cut him if he does not win the starting job--letting the rookie and Mays hold it down.

I know some of you will mock this (in your heads--I kinda did but then I thought about it) Mays has been moved around from position to position, school to school. I think they worked him at C some last year. In the SEC his senior year, he gave up 1 sack. I think there is potential there, if they would let him focus on Center. He is 24--and then i saw this on his wikipedia page---twilight zone stuff---lists him as a center. That is right--center. or for some of you, the "hiker" I am talking depth here. but he flashed a bit last season

In and around 2010, the Saints were a very good team. They had a QB named "Brees" and he was considered rather short-- They build a stud OL in front of him, no players more costly and studly than Evans and Nicks--the Guards. I read an article about them, and Sean. Payton said, (paraphrasing)--Drew Brees is only effective if you keep the pressure to the outside--not up the middle. If outside, he learned to step up a little and deliver the ball. Brees did not have a rocket arm, but he had WRs like Colston, Dev. henderson, and Lance Moore to go with TEs Jimmy Graham and Shockey. I have a feeling this is the blueprint.

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One thing I can tell you, we are not in the locker room. Avero might have types and he might want to rebuild the D while the Offense rebuilds the OL and WR corps. We lost 5 starters on D so far, and I can make a case for each one, including Burns, to move on. luvu hurt the most It is called Kimestrie. Don't be stoopid.

When the Waffle House paid their power bill. (Seriously, my wife has family from Rockingham and I make Rockingham jokes all the time--I showed this to her--you might want to lay low for a few weeks)

I think we take a C in the draft, probably later. corbett may benefit from this move, based on his injury history. Not really sure what they will ask of him, but I imagine that he is smart enough to call schemes and would pull less than a G....

While Corbett did play some at center during his time with the Browns, his experience and success at guard will be crucial for Carolina. (taken from an article I have not linked)

We are determined to keep pressure out of Bryce's face--that is for sure. Corbett, by the way, played some center while with the Browns. I think they are going to find OL in their primes now and start drafting their replacements as depth. Funny, but they are going to replace the starting guards that were on IR last year but keep them, moving one to C and the other to swing OT. HOPEFULLY, we get OT depth (who can play G) and upgrade our C with a more mobile player. We need depth, and nothing more--this changes my mocks considerably. Yes--you would have been a better GM than everyone since Polian, but he sucked at the end.

You get the feeling that Tepper made the Young decision and he wanted Morgan to make him look good--and if you are a former MLB and you watch film, the guards jump out at you as a weakness. Looks like Corbett to C, 2 new OGs, BC to swing T, Ickey and Moton at starting OTs. I wonder if Evero agreed to Burns, Luvu, YGM, Jackson, and Bell gone. That is almost half the starting 11--gone--we thought they would try to keep them.... I am scared, but hopeful that this ends well.

Havent looked yet--a LG? Corbett to center?

He used to face guards every week, so maybe he appreciates the good ones

ygm was no dawg

I remember thinking, "The panthers should just trade Burns to the Bengals straight up" However, if I look at this WR draft and think "Which would I rather have/do?": A. Sign Higgins and pay him what we would have paid Burns (I hear he wants $25m) B. Draft a WR with the pick you would have given them and pay him $5m) Use the $20m to sign other players. I would go with B

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Hard to say with Chase there-but I am also worried that he will not be as good here because Chase was getting the best CBs and S help a lot. Here there is no Burrow. So should he be expected to improve as the X? Yikes--to your point.

It is possible that they traded Burns knowing they would use the resources to get Higgins? It seems as if they are going to give Bryce the best protection and a very solid set of WRs. Higgins is a #1 X, Thielen is a slot, Mingo is the Z for now. I think Tremble and Thomas will be the TEs, but there could be a draft pick (Wiley, maybe) or a large WR converted to TE (Claypool, for example). Can the defense survive without burns, Jackson, and Luvu? I think it can if the offense is strong. We can find 10 sacks, we get Thompson back, and Jackson was hurt a lot anyway. And I realize that I could bitch about how bad things are, but we have seen the first day of free agency--I am ready to move on and see what we can do.

Higgins I think he will want a contract similar to what we were going to pay for Burns. 4 years $100m, is my guess