(03-22-2024, 12:42 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(03-22-2024, 12:17 PM)Caldrac Wrote: It is a good start, and, let's hope they continue this trend in next month's draft. Resting on their laurels proved detrimental to the team after a surprising turnaround in 2022. Getting off to an impressive 8 -  3 start in 2023, only to collapse to a 9 - 8 finish reeks of falling off the rails mentally and physically. 

It's good to see they acknowledged it publicly earlier this year as a team and they're at least staying good on their word by adding stronger presences to both sides of the football. Morse and Armstead were a good start. I hope they consider doubling down in the draft with the IOL/IDL/EDGE room after they land a quality CB early as well. 

Last thing you want to see in 2024 is a repeat of 2023. Need quality, competent football players waiting in the hopper to step right in this year when the inevitable strikes. Because it will. There's an unfortunate duality to being physical. It sometimes comes at the expense of one's body. 

Need an absolute MASSIVE showing this summer during training camp and during preseason as well from that 2023 draft class. They ALL need to show significant improvement in year two. Guys like Strange, Bigsby, Braswell, Lacy, Hodges & Abdullah need to make an impression fast.

I totally agree with the bolded sentence.  All this offseason improvement can go away with one single injury to either the offensive or defensive line.   We really need some young talent, because guys like Scherff, Robinson, and Morse are not young, and are not signed long term.  Plus, Armstead isn't young either, and so far, he's the only significant addition to our defensive line.

Exactly. Time to reload early this year. Hedging your bets on just Morse being an improvement over Fortner and Armstead being the only main addition is simply not good enough. Needs to be a steady flow of competition in the trenches this year. Fortner is already on notice. Hamilton needs to show he's ready to go after a incredibly odd year with his health. 

Doubling down early and adding another competent IDL and IOL player there just adds more fuel to the summer fire this year. Which is what we need to see.

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(03-22-2024, 12:43 PM)JagFanatic24 Wrote:

(03-22-2024, 12:17 PM)Caldrac Wrote: It is a good start, and, let's hope they continue this trend in next month's draft. Resting on their laurels proved detrimental to the team after a surprising turnaround in 2022. Getting off to an impressive 8 -  3 start in 2023, only to collapse to a 9 - 8 finish reeks of falling off the rails mentally and physically. 

It's good to see they acknowledged it publicly earlier this year as a team and they're at least staying good on their word by adding stronger presences to both sides of the football. Morse and Armstead were a good start. I hope they consider doubling down in the draft with the IOL/IDL/EDGE room after they land a quality CB early as well. 

Last thing you want to see in 2024 is a repeat of 2023. Need quality, competent football players waiting in the hopper to step right in this year when the inevitable strikes. Because it will. There's an unfortunate duality to being physical. It sometimes comes at the expense of one's body. 

Need an absolute MASSIVE showing this summer during training camp and during preseason as well from that 2023 draft class. They ALL need to show significant improvement in year two. Guys like Strange, Bigsby, Braswell, Lacy, Hodges & Abdullah need to make an impression fast.

I’ll be hard-scoping Hodges for one of those guard positions. He impressed last camp.

Pulling for the kid. Especially because he's a 7th RD investment. Getting anything out of him is good. Getting a potential back-up with starting caliber traits is even better if he ends up sliding into the line-up later on this year or in 2025. 

I am still keeping an eye on Brandon Coleman, Mason McCormick and Javion Cohen though if they're there between the 113th and 115th selections we have at our disposal in RD4. That's a really fortunate position to be in. Wouldn't put it past Baalke to try and move back up into RD3 though with a combination of those picks.

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