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I truly don't consider anyone in the NFC a lock. The NFC's QBs really aren't very good on the whole compared to the AFC. So yeah I think Bryce Young has a great shot, especially with guys dropping out. Even Hurts could be a 1 year wonder like Wentz was. Lack of weapons may make it tougher for him to put up the counting stats to get media hype but with our elite OL and hopefully great coaching I think he'll be one of the top 3 QBs in the NFC (low bar though).

Yeah 99%. That said, and I don't think this will happen just spitballing, the question of 1st overall pick has dominated the headlines for over a month now, what is another week of it really going to do? If anything, announcing Bryce tomorrow would actually in my view bring more interest and intrigue to the draft as then it becomes what do the Texans do at #2 and what do teams after that do? Waiting until draft night for 1st overall to be revealed means you have 10 minutes each to discuss those questions. Why not give it a week to hype up all the other prospects and teams picking and get some fresher reporting here? Not gonna happen, I don't think a pick has ever been announced ahead of time, but logically it could actually make sense for the league to let the Panthers do it if we wanted to.

it's crazy how out of the loop the Rhule regime has made me when it comes to the NFL... Had to look up who Stingley was and see he was the friggin 3rd overall pick last year. Lol in the past before Tepper/Hurney/Rhule extinguished my passion for the team/sport I would know like every 1st round pick let alone top 3. Probably also because we took Horn the year before I didn't know crap about the corners last year, just Sauce after the fact because of how dominant he was and always in the news with the Jets. Seemed like we were locked in to OT pre-draft.

At this point I'm not in either of those camps, I view them as being pretty even, just different. I had slightly preferred Stroud for a while and I still really like him but if we take Young and Stroud falls it won't change my opinion. I think both players are legit prospects with serious franchise QB potential but who also have some (mild) concerns. NFL teams do dumb poo all the time so seeing the Texans trade down or take a defensive player or something wouldn't surprise me nor would it change my opinion on either QB. The Texans should take whichever one we don't take. If they don't, it won't change how I feel about whoever we pick 1st at all.

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hopefully with a SB win or 2 by then! We've got 5 years of him (or Stroud) on the cheap, gotta make the most of it.

The tweet is missing Russell Wilson too at $49M/year

He had a good year but man that's gonna hamstring them building a team around him. So envious of the Chiefs not only having the best QB in the NFL by far but having him on an absolute steal of a contract for a decade. He's already down to being the 6th highest paid QB in the league and is signed through 2032... By the last 5 years of that deal he'll be making less than journeyman vets lol Oh and btw, Bryce Young will be better than Hurts and 5x cheaper

I could theoretically see us maybe slightly preferring Young but liking Stroud pretty much the same, taking Young 1st and then Houston panics as they thought we’d take Stroud and while they’re on the clock at #2, trade us that pick and quite a bit more for Young, then we still get Stroud who we like as much as Young but pick up some valuable draft ammo too, whether a 2nd rounder, #12 or 2024 1st I don’t know. Still think it’s not gonna happen and we just take our guy at 1.

Nah I just go BPA at 39. There will be a really really good player there at a position we could absolutely use help at. Whether it’s TE, WR, CB, pass rusher, OL

Cool, good depth competition for camp and possibly 4/5 receiver during the season. He's carved out a real solid career as a former UDFA.

Those are bigger names than talents at this point. I would say they'll hover near .500 but I don't see them as a threat to win the division, certainly not with their QB situation which isn't getting fixed this year.

Just ignoring the reality that Stroud and Young had by far the best film the last 2 years of anyone in this draft. AR and Levis are pure upside picks

This is the most elaborate and far reaching smokescreen I've ever seen! You damn genius Tepper for orchestrating it so we can get Houston to trade us 12 overall and a 1st next year for #1 and we still get our guy Stroud at 2! (sarcasm)

It’s not gambling if they don’t like anyone but Bryce and we want Bryce, just another potential option for them.

Most likely not but it really depends. A locked in franchise QB could go down early and that team could tank. I honestly think the Bills would be in contention for 1st overall pick next year if Allen went down week 1 or preseason. And they'd absolutely take the haul of picks and keep Allen.

"And of course, Young dominated this test too. In fact, he's been doing so since high school." The quote implies that he dominated it since the first time he took it in high school. If he got a 98 or even a 95 or whatever a bit lower the first time he took it in high school that tells you it wasn't just high due to preparation. Also my understanding of the S2 is it's not really something you can prepare/study for to do significantly better like the SATs or ACTs. It's more of a processing test that you either have or you don't. Taking it multiple times can give you familiarity of course but I don't think it's the difference between an average score and an incredible score like Bryce. But I also don't put a ton of stock into a test like this in general.

I do it for those other picks if we are legitimately 100% undecided between Stroud/Young. If we like one even slightly better just take him and call it a victory. If we really like Stroud and are convinced Texans are on Young that's another possibility but a very risky one if the Texans fool us and take our guy Stroud instead.

Yeah the massive Bryce info campaign of late only happens for 1 of 2 reasons. Either Panthers last ditch effort to get Texans to move up and get us some more picks while we still get our guy Stroud or it's the team getting fans ready for the pick. I think the trade down is unlikely and we're probably locked in on Bryce at this point. All the other smoke up to this point was random and all over the place but the targeted Bryce campaign feels different and like there is fire behind it.

I bet Corral is traded after the draft to a team who missed out on QB

Intriguing and seems like he'd be great value at 39. Would be nice to get another weapon for the rook at QB but still think the best thing is to just go BPA there regardless of positions as there will be a great player there whether it's WR, TE, DE, CB, whatever. Absolutely don't want to trade up because we get tunnel vision on some weapon. Only exception to that is if we take Stroud and his boy Jaxon slips a bit to where we could get him for somewhat reasonable value.

I hope I never have to hear about the S2 again after the draft

Good, those reports about him being like that Texans douche were very concerning. Dude was a PR/communications guy for 15 years then is all of a sudden qualified to be promoted to "VP of football ops"??? That was very sketchy.

Yeah obviously bro but also just like every year you'll still have the same people going crazy about it, that's why it happens. Because the drama sells. It's like a soap opera for dudes and the NFL and media make a killing off of it.