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If you’re drafting a guy like Sadiq who looks like Vernon Davis lite then you do so to make him a big part of your offense. He isn’t my preferred choice but I won’t hate the pick just because the offense looked bleak for good parts of the season and that was with Rico going off….

I mean I think he offer more value than a traditional backup because day 1 he comes in on sneaks something we don't have. Day 1 he could be used in goal line packages and red zone runs. We just finished a season with zero ability Dalton as a backup and at the least this kid can run. If he shows more than that you ship him out of here for a small bounty and consider it a win. Most teams don't carry 3 QBs so those days of developmental project stash are over. He's probably moved himself into round 3 consideration. He's better than Jalen Milrose.. that's the bar.

So you are saying we should have torn down and done a full rebuild. Were you saying that at the time or making that judgement in hindsight? The way it all happened was not simple. You are suggesting a simple plan, but that isn’t how it played out. If you are doing that you ride Rhule down to the bottom, which wasn’t done either. Brother I will repeat, it a convoluted mess. The Burns thing alone took a year and a half to play out.

Not a fan of taking a project QB to be our primary backup. As a developmental QB3? Sure. But you want your primary backup to be able to actually halfway produce if you need him to. If Bryce goes down week 1 I find it very difficult to believe that a rookie project like Taylen Green would be anywhere close to ready to start. I'm not against drafting a QB with his tools, but not as our #2 this season.

No, he is not a QB that can win a Super Bowl. Consistency is great and all but against Super Bowl caliber teams that can take away what makes him look decent, the run, he will never be a QB you can win a Super Bowl with and that is all I care about.

The team believes have the QB. We’re not preparing the roster for the future, they’re building strengths to go win the division this season.

I get it. I'm just saying that's why I wouldn't. Trying to get to the top by out-desperating other desperate teams is more likely to end up winning a race to the bottom. Everyone here knows I've been ready to move on from Bryce but I'd rather ride with Bryce than back up the Brinks truck to roll the dice on Willis with a contract with cap crippling guarantees.

Only in short term. Not long term.

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If he can work on consistency this offseason and during the season, I think we’ll have a pretty good QB1.

Its worse than an ACL

It's not an ACL tear, no - it's a significantly worse injury.

Hey I'm not disagreeing with you it's the market. You have to look at what starting QBs are making. If he is being signed as your starting day 1 QB can you pay him less than 25 a year? I don't think so. Also I don't think your signing him past 2 years so to speak so 30-35 guaranteed sounds about right to me.

If we're converting him to TE, he needs to be working with Shannon Sharpe and not Chad Ochocinco then! lol

This isn't a ACL tear. I would say his chances of returning to form are great. Maybe he won't be 100% this year but I don't think this injury should change his career trajectory. How is 6'4 42 inch vertical invisible?

A chance? Sure. Paid like a sure thing? Crazy. If watching Marty Hurney work taught me anything about re-signjngs and FA acquisitions it's that paying someone like they're great hoping that it'll vault them to greatness is a plan that almost always backfires.

I think supply and demand plays a huge part in it. There are legit no other options this coming season if you aren't taking Mendoza 1 and don't already have a QB on your roster I don't think there are 2 better options than Willis and that's why you will have to pay and provide starter snaps to him. Maybe you can get him a darnold like prove it deal but I don't see any way possible he isn't starting. He played the back up to love this past season. Then when given the chance to start when love went down he looked good. That to me says hey I need a promotion a chance on the big stage.

I have been desirous of a stud TE in the past but that is too much of a luxury right now. IMO. For one big thing I don’t believe we have a QB that will maximize the investment. If people think we could recreate Cam and Greg, I would say they are dreaming. For another we have holes a lot bigger than a perceived hole at TE.

As bad as our luck has been (losing the playoff game, losing Icky, and dropping to #19 in the draft), having our biggest needs be deep positions in the draft (OT, ILB, C) is fortunate. Don't trade down, let the draft come to you.

The problem is it wasn’t convoluted. It was simple. If you know you are starting over in 2023 with a rookie QB, you plan your trades properly. We weren’t a good team and almost everyone could see that. You don’t try to go for it with a QB you plan to let go of and you build up assets instead of mortgaging the team on a physically limited QB. Our biggest issue since Marty 2.0 is that we refuse to look ahead and plan an actual long term strategy. It’s killed us. If we played the 2022 trade season properly and traded away anyone who’d get us a pick, the 2025 Panthers would have had a team with multiple additional 1st round picks and other picks and we actually could have gone even further. Nothing convoluted in that.

No ability to create explosives with the ball in their hand tremble is a nice move piece. Evans blocks really well. Add a playmaker and that’s a varied room of talent with package versatility.

That might be a good argument against spending the 19th pick on a TE. Committee is working pretty well.

I can’t imagine why they’d trade up when they have so many holes on the roster. Offensive line is low key a mess going into the offseason and if Morgan screws it up, the offense is going to take a step back. They need to find young offensive line talent in this draft and a trade up would probably nix that happening

Makes sense with Luke’s induction. Bet they have us play the Patriots or something as a thumb of the nose to Bill.

Returning as what? A backup guard? His chances to return as a franchise LT are pretty slim. Sadiq is a luxury pick. I get his speed and athleticism are elite but he can't block, has problems with drops (sound familiar), and would be invisible to Bryce over the middle.