SmokinwithWilly

I know it's becoming that the franchise QB is the end all be all of success in the NFL and it just isn't true. We all saw what happened to Cam with a bad oline. Plus you need someone to actually catch, and a few guys on defense to actually stop people. If you want above average to elite at any of those other positions you're going to have to make some serious sacrifices in other areas. A little ego check for some of these guys making 50-60m per season might be coming when they get planted into the turf repeatedly because they have an offensive line made up of Byron Bells.

So what you're saying is to feel better we just need to go out and get a Hooker?

Still zero. NFL hated Cam for playing the game the way he did. They wouldn't have let it happen.

There needs to be a QB cap limit just like there was a NFL rookie cap limit. If these contracts don't get under control, there's going to be some pretty hard feelings coming from the other guys who can't get paid because $65m a year isn't enough.

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You don't necessarily have your franchise QB. We've seen too many high pick QBs fail. There are no guarantees in the NFL draft when it comes to making the transition from college to the pros.

Because if someone else makes you a ridiculous offer and you're not sold on 1 of the 3 as the best, you can still get a QB and some other pieces and improve the team. Have to at least show some interest in all of them to give yourself the most opportunities if you're not 100%.

I have. But that's because I'm a Wolverine so it's a requirement.

I don't either. Because of that I'd be shooting for the biggest reward. Any of the 3 could be good or none and it wouldn't surprise me either way.

I'm starting to lean more towards AR. While his game may not be there yet and he is young and "raw", his physical gifts and his ceiling are too damn tempting to ignore. He may need to sit a year or partial year and I'm actually ok with that. I know everyone wants to win now, I do too. We have a couple centuries worth of experience in our coaching staff. If this is the Allstar staff we all hope it is, sitting for a season and actually getting adjusted to the NFL game could be very beneficial. We traded up to 1 in a class where the top 3 QBs all have question marks. I want the guy that has the highest ceiling of the group. If we swing and it's a miss, we have our 1st back in 25' to do it again.

So much is going to depend on how players fall out of round 1. If a talent like Flowers, Hyatt or Addison is there at 39, I think you have to get him. We need a WR1/2 type to help our rookie QB that will be here on more than a 1 or 2 year deal. You're right, we do need an edge rusher but I think this is also a deeper class for edge and CB both. Contributing IOL can be gotten in rounds 3-5 more easily than the other positions. Somebody projected in the 20s is going to fall, it happens every year. BPA in any of those 4 key areas would be a good choice. It just feels good to not have that level of desperation that's been here the past several years.

I don't think the signing of Byrd changes much. Shi has been an unreliable receiver and his spot on this team is by no means guaranteed. Byrd also offers skill at the PR/KR position so he could be filling that WR4/5/6 spot with primary focus as a return guy. Either way, we still need a WR1 and if one is sitting there at 39, that could very well be the pick.

Competition for Shi or maybe returns

It was rumored Houston offered Chicago a future 1st. If we believe the rumor and are concerned about Young’s size, the Panthers could trade back 1 spot, take the 1st and get AR or CJ. IF those concerns are valid and Young gets pancaked early, that first could up as a 1st or 2nd pick. Even if it ended up as a top 5, Harrison Jr would be a nice consolation prize.

I remember watching Muggsy playing against Manute Bol. That was some funny poo.

Because if the Hornets moved to Raleigh that might somehow make MJ a competent owner.

If the Texans don't believe strongly in any of these guys, they could always draft Anderson, build the defense, and let Mills guide them to another season and top 2 pick.

Do they change the name? Commanders is a Snyder travesty I'm sure most fans would like wiped from the franchise.

Of course you can. The last sentence just read like you'd been on the CY bandwagon all along.

Dude you were all sell out for Stroud a month ago.

Also, he was recruited by Mullen and now has Napier as HC. Different coach, different philosophies. Could also be that he's not gelling with the new coaching regime, but that's not something we'd likely hear about in the press.

If we did trade down for 2 and 12, I might seriously consider AR. If we have the coaching staff we think we do, then coaching him up shouldn't be an issue IF he checks all the other boxes that can't be coached up. If we get it wrong, in 2 years we have a 1st again. If not, his ceiling is what you dream of when drafting a QB. Take an elite edge at 12, grab highest ranked LB, WR, TE, CB in the 2nd, same in the 3rd minus the position pick in 2nd, and this team is looking a lot more solid.

Yeah. It's those pesky 2-7 rounds that always seem to bite us, especially under Hurndog.

He's lost far more than he ever saved at this point. It's really sad too.

Now go sit in the corner and count the number F bombs Sam Jackson dropped in his latest movie.