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If we miss on the top 2 QBs this draft, I think trading back is the right move. Stack picks and draft a Richardson/Duggan/Penix type with one of our 2nd rounders. Let them battle with Corral next year and if the results are terrible, trade the farm for Drake Maye or Caleb Williams.

I think that’s too expensive even if he shows well over the end of the season. The Steelers gave Trubisky 2 years, ~14 million. That would be acceptable imo, and then still draft a QB to develop.

Curious for those still wondering if Mayfield/Darnold can become a starter… If they lead us to a winning record over our last 7 games and look like an average starting QB (best possible scenario), what kind of contract you offering them?

No thanks

Over the next two years… 1. Drake Maye 2. Caleb Williams 3. Bryce Young 4. CJ Stroud 5. Will Levis Thats about what I expect out of the top rated QBs. I admit, I haven’t watched enough of others like Penix, Duggar, and Richardson.

Tremble looks below average, imo. I like the guy, but I don’t see him as a long term starter. Good depth piece

We’ll done, Fitt

I don’t know which one was more strange for being in Rhule’s doghouse…. TMJ or Bradley Bozeman?

I haven’t seen another WR on our team go up and snag one like TMJ did in the end zone yesterday. Young guy is coming around and might force many Huddlers to eat crow.

Hopefully nothing. A Bills/Chiefs and Allen/Mahomes rematch in the playoffs is near the top of my game wishes this year.

Sign the Bengals kicker as a safety. Ran down Blackshear.

Can’t until next year, and I want Drake Maye in the 1st then! Let’s go ahead and get Michael Mayer in the first this year.

If that pick is a 5th rounder, I wouldn’t mind having him as a cheap backup for four years.

You watched one of his worst games in his first year as a college starting QB. I think it says something that one of his worst performances still racked up over 360 total yards, 2 TDs and 2 INTs. He’ll have his learning moments as a young QB. With that said, I think he’s over 30TDs now with only 3 INTs.

He’s not. He’s the best QB prospect in college football this year and will be the focus of many NFL tank jobs next year.

Drake Maye would bring the Panthers their first Lombardi trophy.

Depends on where we’re selecting. We’re 3rd or 4th pick and top 2 are gone, I take Anderson or Carter on the dline. We’re 5th - 8th, I try to trade back to 10-15 and acquire more picks with TE Michael Mayer my target. Were 9th pick or later, just go ahead and select TE Michael Mayer.

So Young is, at best, 9th on your list in 2022. I think you’re alone on that island and missing the closest thing to Mahomes since he came into the league.

I can see the benefit in choosing a QB that has elevated their team beyond their average success, but there are a lot of good NFL QBs we’d have missed with that approach. Burrow, Stafford, Murray, Hurts to name a few. I think it’s more evident when a QB comes from a college with less talent, but that doesn’t mean those at the blue bloods can’t be franchise QBs.

So you don’t have Young or Hooker in your top 5 QBs….who is your top 5 then? Can’t wait to see

You went to the same high school as Hooker, right? Either that or your his momma. No one else would select him over Young.

Only the offensive talent matters when evaluating a QB, and Kiper has two Tennessee WRs in the top 6 of his WR rankings. Tenn has more talent than Bama on offense this year, outside of QB.

Less talent according to who? High school recruit rankings? Hyatt and Tillman for Tennessee are ranked higher as WR draft prospects than any Bama receiver. Young >>> Hooker as a QB prospect

I think many are looking at draft “value” incorrectly. Here’s why…. If we make the trade next year this time for the Rams 1st rounders in ‘24 & ‘25, many would applaud the move because it’s the “current” year’s first. Reality is if you make the trade now, you can take advantage of the devalued future picks by asking for more compensation. A 2023 3rd or 4th rounder, for example. You should use those perceptions to work in your favor by acquiring more now. —————— Assets the same now versus a year from now: 2024 1st and 2025 1st Pros to trading now: Acquire more draft capital or a player in exchange for the “devalued future picks” Pros to making the trade a year from now: Another year of Burns playing DE for the Panthers. —————— It’s the same picks now vs a year from now. You can’t say it’s a good trade then, but bad now. If you’re going to make the trade, you absolutely do it now to cash in more. We’re a couple years out from making a run, so the additional games from Burns isn’t an asset to me unless you plan to extend him. It seems obvious we’ve decided he’s going to be the cornerstone of our defense over the next 5-10 years. Hopefully he’s worth it. I think he can be.

Agreed. His combination of measurables, arm talent, ability to read the field, and running ability is rare and elite. Plus he has moxy and is great with the media. The trouble is I think we’ll have to have the #1 pick to land him.