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Such a shame, Tepper needs to stay hands off and trust his GM & HC. If he can't trust them (Rhule) then replace them (let Fitterer hire a HC).

Headline implied they'd be on at the same time which would be weird. Sounds like they are back to back

I really wanted to but unfortunately don't think I'll make it this year, just incredibly busy the next month or so. If I was local I'd be there but just can't fit a trip from Boston in this year. Last time I went was 2018, had a blast then hanging out with the Riot and still having some hope for the season after a solid 2017 and Shula being fired. Little did I know what the next 4 years would look like... Hopefully it's still at Wofford next year and we're coming off a successful season, that'll probably get me out there again.

People are reading WAY too much into this. It's a scouting report based solely on their college tape. Baker has already shown to be a lot better in the NFL than McAdoo thought he would be and if Ben didn't want him at this point I highly doubt Baker would be here right now. Plenty of coaches/scouts opinions will change on players after they've seen them in the NFL and plenty of them are significantly wrong on their college scouting reports.

Henderson was a top 10 pick by JAX we traded for last year, it cost us a mid rounder but we didn't draft him there... I'm optimistic about his future with Wilks coaching him and he's young with insane upside, but he was not that good last year in my opinion. Horn is an absolute stud and I think will be the best corner we've ever had. Hopefully no more injuries for him. Jackson is underrated and a very good #2 across from Horn. Chinn back at SS should be a stud difference maker. I like the Woods signing but FS is still a bit of a weak spot. We're paying him as a fringe starter/backup so I don't expect him to be a world beater back there. Fortunately we probably won't need him to be. Depth at CB if any of our top 3 get hurt is a bit of a concern too. Otherwise yeah I really like our secondary this year.

Darnold offers us $18M worth of value to our roster right now? LOL If Mayfield is lost for the season the absolute best choice for the team is playing Corral, period. If Baker goes down we're fuged with Darnold, and he's gone after the season anyways. There is no point at all in keeping him as a backup. We're probably fuged with Corral too but there's at least a chance we may not be and we'll at least get to see what we have in him, which is particularly important for the period past "right now."

Lol, get off your high horse Scot. What value does Darnold really offer to the roster right now? Vets who are "better" than rookies get cut by winning teams all the time. Opening up room for Corral to get practice reps makes way more sense than keeping Sam as a backup. The cost is 100% sunk, the extra roster spot could easily be worth cutting him too. Sam is going into his 5th year and coming off the worst season of his career so far, he is what he is and that is something that offers us absolutely nothing of value with where this team is right now.

I'm not a big PFF fan but they had him as the 10th best QB going into last season. And last season the dude played through like 3 or 4 different significant injuries. I'm not counting on him to be our savior and he absolutely has his issues but he does have the potential to be a solid 2nd/3rd tier starter... https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-quarterback-rankings-all-32-starters-ahead-of-the-2021-nfl-season

Outside of like the first month or so Sam was easily as bad as PJ most of last year. At least PJ can offer something as a runner and will take shots downfield. They are both awful. Personally, I'd cut Darnold today. He's not even a good backup, already a sunk cost and could become a distraction (not him personally whining or anything like that, just having him on the roster). Hand the team to Baker 100% for this year with Corral backing up and developing behind him. PJ to practice squad or cut. No reason to have 3 QBs on the roster.

These people are going to be very surprised this year. The more I think about it the more I see how methodically this team has been built by Fitterer. OL could very well be truly dominant this year, and a healthy McCaffrey and Baker probably gives us our best offense since 2015. The D has been solid under Snow, will only be better if the offense can finally sustain drives to keep them off the field. Yes Rhule is still a concern but the team looks way better on paper than these guys give credit for.

Went from a 3 to a 5. There's still not a ton to be excited about this season. Loved the Icky pick but LTs aren't sexy and often not impact players in year 1. Also loved the Corral pick but reality is the odds of him contributing at all in year 1 are extremely low. We still have Rhule who is a big concern and some concerns on defense. McCaffrey's health and Baker's play are the two wildcards, if both turn out as we hope I could see us being a wildcard playoff team which would be awesome but it's just still very hard to get excited about this team more than a 5 right now. Maybe if the last 4 years hadn't been so terrible. Also those past 4 years will make it hard for me to get excited even if we start the season off hot as we are now accustomed to collapses in the 2nd half of the season. Would not surprise me at all to start the season like 5-1 with Baker dominating only to see us finish 7-10. The team has not earned the benefit of the doubt in any regard since Tepper took over as owner, so they'll need to prove it to me before I start really getting excited.

This guy literally won a playoff game for the Cleveland Browns... The same Cleveland Browns who had like 30 starting QBs in the last 20 years. A million times better than Darnold and for just $5M and a conditional 5th. Phenomenal trade. Now just cut Sam and roll with Baker and Corral. No phony bullshit "competition" with Sam.

Luvu has a massive opportunity ahead of him and showed out great in limited snaps last year. I'm not completely sold on it happening but I think he's a good bet to break out big time in a starting role. Also as mentioned, Horn is an obvious candidate although I kinda think he already broke out as a rookie before the injury. He was absolutely dominant and lockdown from day 1.

Hornets should cut ties with Bridges entirely and just move on, no point waiting around at this point honestly. Will just be a distraction, even if he does wind up being "innocent." I'd go after Ayton in a sign and trade and just give him the max. Try to get rid of Hayward and/or Oubre along with picks. Build around a young core of LaMelo, PJ, Ayton, Williams, maybe Bouknight/Kai if they can step up this year. Keep Cody around, sign Kemba to backup and mentor Melo. PG: LaMelo, Kemba SG: Rozier, Bouknight, Cody SF: PJ, Hayward/Oubre/other PF: Ayton, Kai C : Williams, Plumlee/Richards A lot would be dependent on the young guys' development but I could see that being a playoff team.

The latest betting odds on KD's next team had 16 teams on it -- the Hornets were not one of them.

Bye bye Miles, and fug you. PJ time to step it up brotha

Would love it but no chance he'd want to come here, or that we could offer the Nets enough to get him.

Lol such a Hornets thing to happen we all should've seen something like this coming.

Pretty sure that was pretty quickly reduced to 4 games

Pure vomit. This is as bad as bringing Marty Hurney back. Why do Charlotte sports keep doing this to us

After sleeping on it, I'm much happier about last night. I trust in Mitch, he hasn't really had a bad move here yet until seemingly last night so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Williams is going to be such a stud for us and is a better fit than Duren. The value for pick 13 seems too low for me but I do understand the aspect of us not having a ton of room for 2 more young players needing to develop and that next year's draft is better than this year's. I'm much happier trading away that pick for futures than if we just traded it to get rid of Hayward's contract which would've been a disaster. We can keep Miles without giving away assets to get rid of Hayward, plus there's the fact that the past 2 years this team has been a playoff team with a healthy Gordon and much worse when he's out. If Gordon can stay relatively healthy and our young guys continue to take steps forward I can absolutely see this team being a top 6 seed in the East. Now just make the right decision for HC. All my positive thoughts about the team right now would immediately vanish if Clifford comes back. D'Antoni is the play here. With him I could see LaMelo putting up 25/8/7 or similar, on good efficiency.

Gotta be that plus they take Hayward. Which is better than nothing but still underwhelming and stupid.

Which is bullshit because we can keep Miles without getting rid of Hayward’s contract, just MJ saving some $ at the expense of putting a competitive team on the court. Stupid

fuging disgusting this stupid ass fuging team. Duren falls to us and we trade him away just to get rid of Hayward so MJ saves some money. What a joke

Mark Williams and Duren would be a dream.