bythenbrs

This. After the underwear Olympics, there are no surprises on ‘measurables’ but, the interview process to understand what goes on inside the head and heart of draft candidate is a very inexact science. How do you score and grade the ‘intangibles’ that often define the difference between Delhomme and Darnold? You could do an entire thread on intangibles and still struggle to define what characteristics equate to long term out performance. And for those who reject going with a retread, I have a one word refutation: Delhomme.

Dear Lord, Smite our enemy, the Atlanta Falcons. Rain fire, pestilence and Lamar Jackson upon them. Burden their cap for many years with a ginormous contract and destroy their draft capital for many seasons. In your wisdom, confound their coaching by giving Lamar influence over Sunday game plans, draft choices and other personnel matters. And Lord, thank you for answering my prayer and sending Russell Wilson to the Broncos. I owe you big time for that. Thy will be done. Amen

I’m showing my age here but, Sonny Jorgensen was 5’-11” and could make every throw on the field.

Joe Theisman’s injury on MNF. I swear you could hear the bone snap through the TV.

Duce will also carry the title of Assistant HC, I believe. Read that somewhere on this thread but several days back.

Sean Payton’s inspiration?

“Be True. Stand!”

Thank you, much appreciated. I had misplaced my Universal Galactic Translator device. It also needed new AA batteries but, I digress.

You misspelled ‘used car salesman’…

In English, please?

[The 49ers and Jets have entered the chat.]

The bridge QB theory is sound but, success or failure is very idiosyncratic to the conditions of each team.

So did the 49ers (Lance) and Bears (Fields), and the jury is still out on Fields. Mega trade ups are high risk, high reward… if you get it right. But it really doesn’t matter what you or I think. It only matters what the Panthers front office thinks about the risk/reward trade off in the upcoming draft. I will give you this. I have more confidence in the new coaching staff to successfully develop whatever QB is taken, in whatever round they select him so, there is some risk reduction in a trade up this year compared to the Rhule years. [Almost made me gag to mention his name.]

And herein lies the risk for going all in to trade up for Young or Stroud. The draft capital destroyed by the Jets, and they were still in QB hell afterwards.

You seem to know a lot about what Carr, his agent and the Panthers front office are thinking and discussing.

Signing Carr and drafting a QB are not mutually exclusive.

This was not possible under Rhule. He didn’t have the league wide relationships, the mutual respect for and of other NFL coaches, or the humility to build a staff like this.

I’d pay to sit quietly in a corner and listen to that conversation.

The most capable QB on the current roster is Reich

Saints salary cap administrator hard at work…

I prefer khaki…

This has been the most entertaining off season yet, and we haven’t had the draft or entered FA signing. An interview team that doesn’t leak. Building an elite coaching staff that will perpetuate itself, even as young, promising coaches leave. A HC and position coaches that can actually mentor, teach and develop both rookies and veterans. If the finish is as good as the start, good players will want to sign and play here. Feels like vindication for a fan base that suffered through mediocrity for quite a few seasons.