SmokinwithWilly

Good to hear. Still wish the pick would have been Frazier but if he doesn't turn into another Eric Shelton in our draft history books, I'll take it at this point.

If Canales gets fired mid season it's going to be extremely difficult to replace him with any coach, especially if Bryce is returning as guaranteed QB1, which may happen with that 5th year option in play. I'm not a big DC believer, but firing him AND keeping Bryce if he has a lackluster season would put us as the most undesirable coaching destination in the NFL. Any new coach would have to be given the freedom to pick the QB to fit his system. We don't need to repeat the Frank Reich debacle.

I genuinely don't care if Bryce is good or bad, just be one or the other. If he turns the page and becomes a franchise QB, awesome. If he becomes another 1st round bust QB, not awesome but somewhat good because we, and by we I mean the front office/owner know it's time to move on. I'd say the same thing if it was any other QB on our roster.

Create a new protonmail account. Its the only way I could get it to work. I even went old school ancient aol email I originally made after taking 20 of those free 3.5 inch disks from blockbuster.

Good to hear if for nothing else than a healthy life after football. Hopefully he can return and defy the odds of that injury.

Atlanta should offer the most potential in a trading partner. After what he's done in the sphincter dome, that's gotta be worth 2 1sts and a 2nd or 2.

I hope there's a silent deal already in place. Let DC and BY ride or die together while SMcD takes a year off. If it fails, DC goes, BY goes and we start over with SMcD.

He's the Mike Shula of the NHL.

Also possible this is why we were turned down by so many coaching prospects. No new coach is going to want to be locked down on who his QB is going to be, regardless of play.

I think it might be possible too that he got disgruntled after being nearly benched. He showed out and saved his body for the contract he knew wasnt coming from the Panthers.

Sounds like someone has been reading conspiracy theories on the huddle.

Very true and it's amazing how fast certain pain killers can get you hooked.

Go watch some Jeantry running last year. He was constantly getting hit behind the line. To get close to 1k yards was pretty crazy given how little room he had to run.

All depends on where the QB is taken. Top 5 pick, even top 10, i don't think Bryce is kept. Late 1st or 2nd rounder, it's possible I guess, but I can still see it causing issues in the locker room. Rookie QBs should sit the 1st year most of the time. QBs who sit do better. Im of the mind though that you build your offensive system and then find the guy that can be dropped into that system rather than spending 3 or 4 years trying to build around a QB while hoping he develops.

You really can't though. Do you want the guy you drafted being mentored from the guy he's replacing? Also, when the rookie struggles, because he will, you can't bench him for the former number 1 guy. The only way to do it sadly would be to cut ties completely, bring in someone who could be a bridge QB for the first 4-6 games, then take his role as in game mentor. Anything else is just too damn messy.

Turn over stones. At worst, give a guy a chance to chase his dreams and he doesn't make the team. At best you find an UDFA like Andrew Norwell who becomes a fixture on your team. But guys that aren't getting done season after season and somehow still stay on the roster, Ian Thomas immediately comrs to mind. That poo needs to stop.

Philly of the last decade and Dallas of the decade prior are proof of this. Resources heavily dedicated to the oline and RBs who look brilliant only to disappear into obscurity when they get a second deal elsewhere. It's much more productive to have 1st contact 2 yards past the LoS than a yard behind it.

I don't have much of an opinion on whether he will be good or not. I just think it's a matter of will or won't his knee hold up after 2 tears. Simple as that.

What it should have said.

If you don't have a definitive answer at the QB spot, keep turning over rocks. These guys know that there are no guarantees and you have to constantly earn your position, or at least you should unless you're a HoF caliber. There's always someone trying to take your spot. Even if you have your guy, you keep looking to develop the next one in case a season/career ending injury occurs or the contract impedes your ability to build a complete roster. Qb, blindside tackle, and to a degree center are the 3 offensive positions that need to always be working on a plan B strategy.

When people watched Cam play they knew he had "it." From his first game, there wasn't any doubt the man could play and he did it over and over again. Bryce hasn't done that. No consistency in production is a huge red flag 3 seasons in. Maybe he gets it, maybe not. If he's not consistent, he can't be the guy.

He had 9 rushes for 22 yards and 3 receptions for 23 yards in 3 games in 24. He barely touched the ball in any meaningful way. He didn't have any attempts last year.

Dont think he signs at 35M. That's what other QBs are getting when they move to another team. When the original team is signing the QB, contracts are in the mid 50s. If we do an extension, mid 50s is the number we should realistically expect.