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When Elam has played, it’s been boom or bust .. and in big moments. He was, allegedly, dealing with an injury last year and (reportedly) had issues with his position coach. A microcosm being the Steelers playoff game where he got abused two plays in a row and on the third play got an interception. A year prior, in that same WC Round, was probably our best defensive player against Miami. Former RD1 pick with elite athletic traits. I’m not banking on a healthy season with a new coach catapulting him to his full potential, but I see way more upside with Elam at CB than I do Burks at WR.

QB - Elite TE - One of the best units in the NFL RB - One of the better units in the NFL, with a pro-bowl RB and a 4th Round rookie addition OL - On paper, and with Kromer leading it, likely a Top 12 group DT - Very good 4 man rotation on paper with Oliver, Jones, Johnson & Carter (Better than last year) DE - Depends on Von being able to give us Floyd's production LB - On paper, if Milano is fully healthy, one of the best tandems in the NFL with good depth NCB - One of the best slot corner in the league CB - Douglas & Benford are a good duo. Depth dependent upon Elam. Not sure I see "worst roster on paper since...". In many areas I believe we are as good, or better, than last year. The two massive question marks to lend credence to your statement are if we fall on our face at WR and Safety. Both units adding an unproven high pick at the position, to go with veterans. Samuel & Shakir having a good bit of upside, with Rapp/Edwards at safety being more JAG types who we hope excel in our system.

Well said. Ray Davis is a legitimate 3-down back. He's obviously a good runner, good vision/contact balance etc., he's also decent in pass pro and is an above average receiving back. Cook is too good to not be RB1, but Ray Davis is actually more suited to be RB1 with Cook as the explosive change of pace back with WR level route running ability (not commenting on having actual WR skills until he stops dropping passes)

They’re going after those who have some money, but not enough to fight them on it. The easiest folks for the government to get money from. We all knew this would happen. This administration literally only cares about the ultra-rich, single/childless women and militantly left POC. Everyone else will pick up the tab for their pandering.

We'd likely have two Super Bowl appearances if not for KC. It is what it is. I respect what they've done, but 13 seconds will cloud judgment until they get over the hump.

Far be it for me to defend the continual coming up short due to bad breaks, coaching and players not stepping up.. However, we lost Matt Milano in that game and Daquan Jones, who was playing like an All-Pro, came back for the playoffs at around 50-60%. Clearly that made a difference in the game as Mahomes had dudes wide open all over the field due to other injuries and no healthy linebackers aside from street FA AJ Klein.

I agree with you that no WR was really worth it at that point.. we'd just be throwing them into the pile with Shorter, Shavers etc.. I do think they crushed the 5th Round though. Love the VPG pick and think Solomon is incredibly intriguing on this Defense if he translates as a pass rush specialist. Don't have an opinion on Olofoshio either way, but a lot of draft guys like Jeremiah thought he was a great value pick.

Reading a bit into the sequencing and time spent on draft picks, it looks to me that Coleman, Bishop, Carter, Davis and VPG are all expected to compete for immediate playing time.. Then we got the Terry Pegula "rapid fire" comment and they sped through the picks of Olofoshio, Solomon etc.. I don't think Solomon should be counted on as an immediate contributor but mannn I hope his pass rush ability translates. Having that Bryce Huff type player in this rotation would help.. a lot.

Ah yes, career prosecutors don’t care about politics when bringing forth cases that they campaigned on prosecuting.

Because, of course they did…

What a pathetic way to frame this. Rich people get away with stuff all the time. What I have a problem with are misdemeanors, at best, being juiced up into felonies by politically motivated DA’s going after the regimes political opps. Who gave you an “awesome” reaction for this nonsensical comparison of whats going on?.. I expect gibberish from you, but it’s sad to see someone actually think what you say has any merit.

You think posting this makes your side look better? If he wins, I hope he’s not joking and truly takes judicial revenge on those in power that think like you. We have no more norms to protect .. I could care less. Mutually assured destruction.

SEC frat bros straight wrecking these communists. Love to see it.

This isn’t even really about Miami. Those saying, “is OBJ the type of signing we really want for our WR room?” Maybe, maybe not …. We just don’t want Mack Hollins as our WR4. For a team with Super Bowl aspirations, that shouldn’t be too much to ask for.

McDermott’s best coaching job, imo, was shutting down that Miami offense in its prime after they scored on their first few drives. They can perform against Tua, Lamar types but yea.. I still have no confidence in them against Burrow or Mahomes when it matters. Only positive note I have is that it seems they recognize that and have swapped out coaches and took a guy like Solomon that goes against their traditional archetypes. Would also help if they could stay somewhat healthy going into those games.

Nothing wrong with what you say here. If you think of Kincaid as our default 1, with Knox as the traditional TE and then Coleman, Samuel and Shakir as WR2’s, you can reasonably talk yourself off the ledge, but it’s a lot of projection. On the bright side, we have a better OL than teams like the Jets, Fins and Titans.

We said this last year. They’ll boat race bad teams again. Remains to be seen if their defense has enough to stop elite QB’s and if Tua can man up against good teams when the weather turns cold.

We have money freeing up on 6/1, which I figured would be used on either WR or DE … Bringing in Claypool and Smoot is interesting as to whether it has any bearing on my assumption for either position.

As it stands, we have 3 roster locks and Mack Hollins as a likely 4th. If we don’t make any additions, my pre-camp guess would be Hamler and Shavers as the 5th & 6th, based on what we’ve heard. Shorter and Cephus being their competition but Hamler brings a speed element we can use on the outside and Shavers has been specifically referenced a few times by Beane.

“Allahu Akbar” Im so glad non-online normal Americans are seeing what the left has become..

Every Marxist protest is exactly the same. Five parts unattractive women, two parts skinny fat dudes and one part random elderly folks.

I honestly have to commend Beane on this OL. We'll see what happens at Center, but VPG could very well be starting there.. he's that good. If that's the case and McGovern moves back to LG, our potential depth is Van Demark (LT), Anderson (G/C), Collins (G/RT) and Edwards (G/C). Really nice depth and we'll see what Grable looks like this summer. I'd expect Gouraige, Clapp and the British guy to be PS.

If VPG had position flex, he would've been a Day 2 Pick. If he was a Day 2 pick, we'd reasonably expect him to be our starting Center. We got him in RD5 because that's really all he can do. Kromer will obviously cross train him some at Guard, but he's truly built to be a Center (and could be a very good one at that) but is likely a liability anywhere else. I too will be disappointed if he's not starting. I think McGovern can be good at Center, but if we can keep all 4 positions from last year the same and only swap out Morse for VPG, that seems ideal.

Allen Dawkins - McGovern - VPG - Torrence - Brown Cook - Davis Kincaid - Knox Coleman - Samuel - Shakir This could very well be our core offense for, at least, the next 2 years. I'd agree that if we all rationally step back and look at that potential Offense, that there is adequate investment around Allen. I wouldn't say that they've gone above and beyond for him, but I also wouldn't say they've left him out to dry. Looks to me to be about average of what they could do and reasonably expect Allen to elevate everyone around him.

So do I .. but that doesn’t mean we need to fund forever wars. At least Israel has an end game. And I feel bad for innocent Palestinians and innocent Russians .. many of them didn’t ask or want this. …and the ones that do, many have been brainwashed by years of propaganda to think that way.