College Football Season Open Thread.

[*Synric*]

That Ohio State NIL boughten team is going to be a tough out. Their OL is banged up is about the only weak spot.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(Yesterday, 10:49 AM)Synric Wrote: That Ohio State NIL boughten team is going to be a tough out. Their OL is banged up is about the only weak spot.

Yep, if Simmons was healthy and Jackson back at LG and their C healthy, it would be lights out. Their CB play has been iffy at times, and grabby, getting a lot of flags. 

[SunsetBengal]

(Yesterday, 10:49 AM)Synric Wrote: That Ohio State NIL boughten team is going to be a tough out. Their OL is banged up is about the only weak spot.

It's not just at Ohio St. all the major programs are rustling up all of the NIL money that they can get their hands on.

[*ochocincos*]

If this first year of the expanded playoff is any indication, they don't need to have more than 8 teams in the CFP moving forward.
All these lower seeds got embarrassed.

[Isaac Curtis: The Real #85]

(12-21-2024, 11:01 PM)pulses Wrote: This years TE class is gonna be deep once again. If they can sign some guys IN FA to fill some holes I wouldn't have a problem taking Warren in 1.

I am in this place. It is weird, while I know we have more pressing needs (DE, DT, IOL), the FA class is weak at DT & DE & TE. And I am not in love with any of the 2nd tier DE/DT prospects (Scourton, Grant, Nolen, Harmon). And we do not really play with OLB's on D (M. Williams). Assuming the Tier1 guys on D are gone (Graham, Carter, Johnson, Starks), taking the HR two way TE and circling back to a deep DL class on Day 2 would be fine with me. 

I'd rather have a surefire stud at TE than a middling DT/DE prospect. 

Restructure Burrow. Extend Chase. Sign Tee. Cut Rankins and Cappa. Bring back BJ Hill. Go hard after IOL upgrades (2): Smith, Jenkins, Daniels, Fries, Becton, Zeitler, Banks. 

Then reassess. Do we need to free more cap (Hubbard, Moss, Sample, Pratt, Stone)? Make another FA move on the market at DE, DT, S, LB, WR3? Bring back one of our own (Hilton, Gesicki, Ford, T. Brown, ADG, Hudson, etc)?

I just want a player in Rd1. Not a prospect or a reach. Someone who will help us now. We need help now.

[SunsetBengal]

(10 hours ago)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: I am in this place. It is weird, while I know we have more pressing needs (DE, DT, IOL), the FA class is weak at DT & DE & TE. And I am not in love with any of the 2nd tier DE/DT prospects (Scourton, Grant, Nolen, Harmon). And we do not really play with OLB's on D (M. Williams). Assuming the Tier1 guys on D are gone (Graham, Carter, Johnson, Starks), taking the HR two way TE and circling back to a deep DL class on Day 2 would be fine with me. 

I'd rather have a surefire stud at TE than a middling DT/DE prospect. 

Restructure Burrow. Extend Chase. Sign Tee. Cut Rankins and Cappa. Bring back BJ Hill. Go hard after IOL upgrades (2): Smith, Jenkins, Daniels, Fries, Becton, Zeitler, Banks. 

Then reassess. Do we need to free more cap (Hubbard, Moss, Sample, Pratt, Stone)? Make another FA move on the market at DE, DT, S, LB, WR3? Bring back one of our own (Hilton, Gesicki, Ford, T. Brown, ADG, Hudson, etc)?

I just want a player in Rd1. Not a prospect or a reach. Someone who will help us now. We need help now.

If you liked the way the offense looked and functioned for the those few weeks that Eric All was healthy, then Tyler Warren would be that can't miss pick in round 1.