SmokinwithWilly

If we can't get one of the QBs because the price is just too damn high, I wouldn't mind trading down into the teens if possible, securing Mayer, and grabbing an extra 2nd(s). I'd be happy to come out of the draft with 2 of the top 3 TE. DJ, TMJ, 2 TE and a pass catching back could cause a lot of issues, even if we only have a Brissett like QB.

Not really. You always go into negotiations knowing where your limits are to start with. If you go past that, you fug yourself. You have to be willing to walk away. If you aren't, it's not negotiation, it's desperation. We've already seen what happens with that. Being the only suitor for Darnold with our starter being PJ Walker.

Scot and I think along the same lines quite often. I'm pretty sure I'm spot on and that would have been his response.

This will finally blow up when Loomis retires. Dude is a cap manipulation god. Until then, it just is what it is.

Because it's not about the player, it's about the coach. Carr under Andy Reid is much more troublesome than a Dennis Allen.

This feels like a kick in the groin. Whether or not I agreed with him, at least he provided some challenging thought, a rarity in "journalism" these days.

I don't care which QB we get as long as he's the right fit for our system.

If we're worried about Derek Carr keeping us out of serious playoff contention then we're not in contention anyway.

I know. Just pointing out that future 1sts are still 1sts, not 2nds, not 3rds.

According to all the Huddle experts during the Burns to Rams discussions, our next year 1st is really worth a 2nd this year, and our 25 first is worth a 3rd. So our 1st l, 2 2nds and 3rd should get us to 1 no problem.

I just said that was the Bears ideal scenario, not ours.

Indy to 1 and Carolina to 4 seems like an ideal Bears situation.

Not where I hoped he would land. There are some QB needy teams in front of us that would have made much more sense, from a Panthers perspective anyway.

You were saying in another thread the Ravens were mean and taking advantage of his mom. This just looks like another misstep by his "camp." He's put himself in a terrible position and using SAS as a mouthpiece doesn't really lend itself to more credibility than DeMaurice Smith. He really should have looked at the Josh Norman situation.

His people = his mom.

Unless we have an absolute 100% in place plan of how to develop "our guy", then the price Chicago is asking is too high. You don't give up those type of resources unless you have a massive development plan in place. No tossing a guy out there and seeing what sticks aka Justin Fields. We have the braintrust to get it done. Whether there is a guy they think can get there remains to be seen.

To be fair, one of those QBs got a championship as a retirement gift from the NFL.

They moved from 12 to 3 and they did it pre draft with no guarantee their guy would be on the board.

They won't necessarily take pay cuts, but don't expect Burrow to continue playing with Chase, Higgins and Boyd. They will all need to be paid as well. Chase will be one of the highest paid WRs and Higgins won't be far behind.

Anybody else think the firehouse chili might have been a bad idea?

Daniel Jones is going to affect his price as well. If Jones somehow gets in the $40+ per year range, I think Carr gets priced out for us.

His injury history is one of the reasons they went out and got Olave. Just can't count on him to play more than a couple of games a year.

Camahomes Brackson.

I've always been partial to Blue Plate myself.