What are your thoughts on Lanier? Super bowl?

Personally, I like T-Rex more because he can play the run honestly. Lanier is limited, one-gap upfield pass rusher, rare boom/more bust; he fails to reliably anchor as an edge defender...

We've already got players who can do that and more; press guys saw the practice feel like recent signings are only there to round out training camp (not training camp) roster, push the guys that are already here...

Despite it taking more than nine years to reload the roster and settle on a defensive scheme, Payton should have no excuses with regards to player talent; it's been an all-in management style for three seasons now...

I'm glad you've finally brought that up again, JP. I was listening to Bill Polian on Friday and he referenced the great Casey Stengel and what he said about giving it all every year. He said that as a GM you have no control over the future. You only have control to a degree over the current so as a championship hopeful GM you have to make your decisions based upon "this" season and worry about next year ... next year.

Every year should be an all-in venture or you are settling for potential mediocrity every season betting on the next and the next and the next. My philosophy ... and Casey Stengel's, anyway. But neither of us are GM's or NFL head coaches so anything we come up with is outside of our areas of expertise.

Polian was a bit overrated - getting the first pick of the drafts with generational talent (Bruce Smith, Peyton Manning) was a bit of luck...

66 - Calvin Throckmorton (UDFA 2020), 60 - Patrick Omameh (FA 2020)

I'd like to hear updates on the progression for these two.

Well....we're waiting.

Their progress is purportedly proceeding propitiously per pundits pacing patiently.