Gantt on WFNZ

[Mr. Scot]

Among the topics discussed...

The team has put in a ton of work to make sure Sam Darnold feels comfortable. They want Darnold to consider himself "1 of 22" and not try to put everything on his shoulders.

Last year's lack of TE production was more personnel than scheme. They just didn't have the players to do some of the things they wanted.

Dan Arnold might change that. Ian Thomas, not so much. Gantt thinks the talk about him having a good offseason is just an attempt to pump him up.

As to Taylor Moton, he does still have an outside chance of getting a deal done, but Gantt doesn't believe he'll move left. He acknowledges that it could happen, but doesn't see it as all that likely.

With regard to how much Moton's deal might be if it does get done, Gantt says it won't be as good as Saints tackle Ryan Ramczyk got because Moton isn't as good as Ryan Ramczyk.

(not sure I agree there, but I'll grant I'm not necessarily objective).

And lastly, Gantt says there could still be some roster shuffling before and during the early days of camp, especially at safety. He mentioned Ha Ha Clinton-Dix as still being a possibility but not the only one.

[Your GFs favorite huddler]

I said in our latest episode that Ian’s year to “prove it” was last season. Unless he’s significantly developed over the course of this offseason I don’t see him making it out of camp, unless Tremble is designated solely as an H/fullback 

[kungfoodude]

I think Thomas was basically all but done after last season.

[Mr. Scot]

Well, it's not like we haven't seen Matt Rhule talk somebody up only to watch them hit the bricks shortly thereafter.

[Snake]

Its kinda weird to see Gantt so positive and married. Been a minute since he was moved to ladies volleyball.

[Khaki Lackey]

6 minutes ago, Snake said:

Its kinda weird to see Gantt so positive and married. Been a minute since he was moved to ladies volleyball.

Yeah, his default setting was “butthurt troll” for years.

[Captroop]

Say, "Ian Thomas won't make the roster" without saying it.

13 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Last year's lack of TE production was more personnel than scheme. They just didn't have the players to do some of the things they wanted.

[bLACKpANTHER]

14 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I think Thomas was basically all but done after last season.

100% agree - this coaching staff isn't so Vet reliable as the last admin.. he had every opportunity with Rhule & Co. but wasn't able to make an impact..

[Zod]

14 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I think Thomas was basically all but done after last season.

That one play last year where he fell straight down and missed the first down after being hit by a small DB told me everything I needed to know about him. 

[Scott12345]

3 minutes ago, Zod said:

That one play last year where he fell straight down and missed the first down after being hit by a small DB told me everything I needed to know about him. 

hes a bust

[kungfoodude]

12 minutes ago, Scott12345 said:

hes a bust

Too low of a pick to be a bust 

[Snake]

11 hours ago, Khaki Lackey said:

Yeah, his default setting was “butthurt troll” for years.

Even before his demotion he was never that positive. Always informative but never like that podcast. Guess he got his life the way he wanted. 

[NAS]

2 hours ago, Zod said:

That one play last year where he fell straight down and missed the first down after being hit by a small DB told me everything I needed to know about him. 

Agree, he's soft AF

[Basbear]

@stbugs @iamhubby1 @kungfoodude Gantt stated what I said weeks ago, a panther employee said Moton is not on Ram's level. The difference form elite RT and next level(where Moton is) is one of the biggest, about 6-12 million.