Josh Norris will be on WFNZ at 910

[WOW!!]

also, what T, DB, G, TE and WR's would have to be off the board to make Ealy BPA?

Exactly I could see if we didn't have as many needs or the draft was thin at our positions of need. But none of these are true. We have a lot of needs before DE or D line. And this draft is full( by everybody assessment) of our needs. Bpa has to fall within our area of need before it goes to positions of strength.

[philp]

i understand but it would certainly have me question what their expectations are for this coming year

 

I think it was Kevin Greene's thread where he suggested that we overachieved.  I actually think we did.  We could have easily gone 9-7 or 10-6.  Even still, this would have been an improvement.   I loved everything about last year and think we do it again.  But we're not quite there yet.  We are sooooooo close and that's what's so hard for most fan to recognize (not you in particular).   

[WOW!!]

Umm the QB, MLB, and DT positions you are talking about, will be locked up long term. You are missing the point. No way we can keep both CJ and Hardy. One will be gone after next year. Again, we have to plan 5 years down the road.

This would be a good point if you didn't have young depth behind them like you do.

How much did we drop off when CJ got hurt last season??

[rayzor]

I wouldn't be surprised if G-Man did draft Ealy. The Giants DL was dominant because the front office made their strength a juggernaut. Yeah, it's overkill but in a pass-happy league pass rushers are essential.

so are pass catchers and OL. probably moreso. we are set on the DL. you can't say that about WR and OL.

[philp]

This would be a good point if you didn't have young depth behind them like you do.

How much did we drop off when CJ got hurt last season??

 

I agree all the way.  But it's a must that our d-line is top notch.  That's why Hardy is back.  Any drop off would show how weak our secondary is.  I trust the development of our young DEs, but would be mad if we kept that strength a strength.  And to your point, hardy is the only real "1st round" DE talent on the roster.  CJ took time to develop and turned out great.  So I have no doubts that the next man will step up after when needed.  If that man is on the roster, then so be it.  Again, I personally wouldn't have added DE in the draft.

[carolinarolls]

Umm the QB, MLB, and DT positions you are talking about, will be locked up long term.  You are missing the point.  No way we can keep both CJ and Hardy.  One will be gone after next year.  Again, we have to plan 5 years down the road.  

agree

 

why this is so difficult for some people to grasp is beyond me

 

all I can say is WOW!!

[WOW!!]

I think it was Kevin Greene's thread where he suggested that we overachieved. I actually think we did. We could have easily gone 9-7 or 10-6. Even still, this would have been an improvement. I loved everything about last year and think we do it again. But we're not quite there yet. We are sooooooo close and that's what's so hard for most fan to recognize (not you in particular).

I don't agree with this either.

Before last season we were a 6-10 and 7-9 team that lost "every" close game. Remember before last season Rivera and Cam were 2 and 14 in games that was a td or less differential. Also remember most of those games we had the lead in the 4th. If we had won just half of those games we're looking at a team that avg. 10 wins a year. So I don't see the overachieveing thing. I see a team that was getting better every season and finally caught the breaks it wasn't getting (at all) in prior season.

[XClown1986]

I personally don't think Ealy makes it past the Bengals anyway

[WOW!!]

so are pass catchers and OL. probably moreso. we are set on the DL. you can't say that about WR and OL.

I see almost a perfect situation at Dline right now.

1. 2 young Stars in there prime.

2. Young developing talent behind them.

3. Surrounded by young talent at DT and Lb.

I wouldn't understand adding another player to that when there are other abundantly evident holes on the team.

If they didn't tag Hardy and filled the other holes with his money then I could see this as a option.

[Cary Kollins]

I remember the same argument being made to not draft Kuechly.

[Captain Obvious]

After we trade Hardy to move up, then a DE at 28 would be ideal.

[Captain Morgan]

What if Horton, Alexander or Addison make a CJ like jump in production this year? They are all young. 

 

 

[WOW!!]

I remember the same argument being made to not draft Kuechly.

Cj or Hardy aren't hurt like Beason and TD was.

[WOW!!]

It did take CJ and Hardy 3 seasons to become who they are. Were you praying about them as well?