Reviewing the NFC South Draft

they had a few threads about the kitty cats, most agree they don't have a fit for McCaffery and it was a strange pick seeing as how they would have to completely change everything they do "and how cam plays" to make the best of his skills.

I agree with most of the pundits that Carolina could have drafted much better and didn't see where they improved much if at all

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I don't see any help for their D to get better tho.

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Beckwith and Kwon. Jones and Riley. Both defenses on the up and up. Coincidence? I think not.

Falcons get a C-
Bucs get a A-
Panthers get a B+
Saints get a A-

Overall I thought that while they got good players, they ignored glaring needs that weren't addressed in FA either.

All of them need Oline help and I think the earliest any of them drafted an Olineman was the third, and iirc none of them brought in legit starters in FA.

Make no mistake Atl's oline success had more to do with them being healthy and cohesive than them being great.

Atl's defense still needs lots of help, and they added more speed to it in an attempt to recreate Seattle's D. But the guys they brought in have huge bust potential (though I do love Tak's upside). They also lost their Off. Coordinator, which will be a bigger blow than most may think.

Carolina lost their Def. Coordinator, and their secondary is in shambles. Instead of addressing that they brought in more toys Cam may not even play nice with. I have no doubt those guys can be good, but do they think they can beat teams in shootouts now? Because with that secondary and depleting Dline they are going to have to. And how does Kuechley come back from yet another terrible concussion.

TB probably had the best D in the division (stats wise at least). And they did a great job adding some pieces for Winston. But they had probably the worst Oline in the division and failed to address that, so despite the nice offensive pieces Winston won't have much time to get the ball to them.

Overall I thought we had the best offseason in our division, though TB had a good one too. I expect both Atl and Car to take steps backs.

That Benjamin guy is pretty good

Yup, but they lost their 3rd leading receiver, and that other guy (Funchess) hasn't panned out so far.

So while they added pieces, they also lost Ginn and Tolbert. Tolbert was big in the run game blocking for Newton and Stewart.

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Panthers I think helped out offense a bit but their defense isn't what it was.

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Also the future of their all-pro LB Luke Kuechly is in jeopardy. I think if he gets one more concussion he will retire. Not his fault, some people are just more prone to concussions. They lose him and that's a huge hit since they no longer have Klein.

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none of them drafted online because no one in the division has a pass rush anyone has to worry about aside of maybe Debo

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Vic Beasley lead the league in sacks last year and you just mentioned Debo Jones as the pass rusher people are worried about. He didn't record a sack last year

I really like Atlanta 's young defense. They are very fast and are adding young speed everywhere. I think Quinn is a great coach that REALLY knows defensive personnel and hate that he's in the division for the foreseeable future. I think they are pretty far and away the most complete team in a division and league with very few complete teams. The big question will be can they get past an all time horrific end to a season. If they can put it in the past, then I think the division is theres to lose.

I think the two multi tool offensive players for Carolina could either prove incredibly difficult to game plan against or struggle mightily to all coexist. I think the former is more likely and they probably have a clear idea of where they want to go with these guys and Benjamin. I just don't see Ginn and Tolbert as big losses than can't be easily replaced. Their defense though should be pretty easy to exploit this year.

Tampa is putting together the scariest group of weapons in the division but are dependent upon Jameis taking the next step. I think there will be weeks where they look like the scariest team in the division and weeks where they may struggle. I see some real shootouts with them.

I love our draft. I think it has potential to be the best one since 06 by a good bit. We addressed so many needs. I think we're a 3rd wr short of having an offense that truly terrifies the league like 2011 but I think we're very close. Think it may take better portion of this season to truly gel with the young players, but I think our secondary should be really good going forward. Kamara is going to make such a massive impact for us people will look back and laugh in retrospect for questioning the move.

classic LOL