Fackrell vs Gary

[mraynrand]

Meh. I see him pushing into the backfield on a regular basis. He was a junior, no? He's got time to get bigger and stronger and develop more technique. He was driving the LT back hard on one of Z. Sith's sacks last night.

2021:

"When I was drafted, I was but the learner. Now, I am the Master!"

[George Cumby]

lol

Darth Rashan has a ring to it.

[Fritz]

Its a fair comparison, but Fackrell had three years to figure it out. Give Gary some more time and then lets look again.

And just let me make this prediction come true for Fritz:

"Give him another offseason of coaching and film work. Plus pro conditioning and strength training.

And then another camp and then see where we are."

~pbmax, October 2019

Bah, humbug. I say we rush to judgement, NOW.

That means I'm right.

If he gets better and becomes an All Pro, I will subtly but effectively pivot so by the midway point of the next season I'll be crowing about how I predicted Rashan Gary's greatness. I'll come back to this post, highlight the phrase "I predicted Rashan Gary's greatness," and paste it into a new post...and I'll keep my fingers crossed that you all have lost too many brain cells to remember what I actually predicted, or that you're too lazy to fact-chyeck me, or that you just don't care enough to correct me.

[pbmax]

We were always at war with Kyler Fackrell!

[Carolina_Packer]

Thankfully, they addressed his position in FA this past season, so they didn't draft him with the idea that he would have to be a big producer in year one.

I am more concerned about the lack of regular push up front on D, giving up decent chunks of yards on early downs, which creates unfavorable down and distance for the D, which stresses the back end of the defense, leading to easier 1st down opportunities. The back end can also have their share of communication issues on early downs as well. The D overall has been bend, but don't break. They need to blow up some run plays and push the pocket more. I'd be in favor of them finding someone who can rotate on the DL who is not from Northwestern.

[Fritz]

My God, Carolina, this could have been a post about a Dom Capers defense circa 2017.

[ZachMN]

For the life of me I do not understand why we went with Gary instead of any D lineman from Clemson or Alabama. No sarcasm here either.

[smuggler]

Gary was in on one of Z Smith's sacks last night. We already knew he was going to be a developmental kind of pick. Why are people upset he hasn't gotten it yet? Get back to me in 3 years.

[RashanGary]

Jordy Nelson, Davante Adams, Aaron Kampman, Kenny Clark, Mike Daniels, Nick Collins, Aaron Rodgers, Bakhtiari.....

We’ve had a few guys around here who get better in their 2nd, 3rd and 4th years. Hard to jump to any conclusions just yet. But this is the internet and that’s what we do.

[RashanGary]

I do wonder if at age 21 and playing a new position if he is maxed out though. Sure looks like it