Mr. Scot

And here I thought we were deciding the fate of the franchise.

Gregg Rosenthal posting stuff that didn't make sense Then some others popped in and said some of the same or similar things.

Nah

Gantt comments... Plenty of people questioned their decision to not take Justin Fields, and drafting a quarterback in the first round is the easiest way to earn forgiveness from a fan base — for a year or two at least. But instead of rendering Sam Darnold moot, they did the thing his previous team never quite did. Beyond using the first pick on Horn, the Panthers draft class was a symbolic hug for Darnold. It was a recognition that to make this thing work, they needed to protect their quarterback and give him plenty of parts to work with, without the crippling pressure of him feeling like he needs to save a franchise. "All I want Sam to do is just take it one day at a time," Rhule said. "Everything for him doesn't have to be a referendum on whether he's a great quarterback or not. He just needs to come into the building and work everyday. I believe the quarterback position is really, really important, but I also believe great teams win. I think Sam is going to be as good as the guys around him, and we've tried to put a lot of really good players around him." They have a pair of very good starting receivers in DJ Moore and Robby Anderson. But recognizing that Anderson's in the final year of his contract, they brought in Terrace Marshall Jr. and Shi Smith over the weekend, adding targets who can be cultivated and incorporated into the offense. There's also third-round tight end Tommy Tremble , who could be both protection and target. They also recognized the need to protect Darnold, which is why they invested in tackle Brady Christensen and guard Deonte Brown. Whether Christensen can remain the left tackle he was in college remains to be seen (they're not committing to positions yet), but the Panthers line needed both youth and quantity. Panthers.com

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My mom always said the least effective way of convincing someone you're smart is telling them you are. Took me a few years to understand her, but now I get it.

I posted as much response as your opinion deserves, dude. (arguably more so)

You don't know me from Adam, dude

Heck, Rivera's too. And I haven't exactly been Tepper's biggest fan either. I genuinely try not to engage some of our dimmer elements, but sometimes I fail

Most debates with Toomers are.

Exactly the kind of "my opinions are facts" response I'd expect from you. Keep trying, dude. It's at least amusing.

I haven't watched that much of Darnold, and what I did see wasn't good. We do know however that both Fitterer and Rhule watched the film of his entire Jets career. After all that, they decided he was worth the trade. Here's hoping they're right.

I said they were always going to exercise the option, not why. As far as a reason? Well, trading three picks for a one year rental would be pretty stupid. As to the rest, keep trying, dude

Chinn would be the most obvious.

Where did I guarantee they're right? (Hint: I didn't) That they're professionals and we're just fans is valid, but professionals are wrong plenty. Helps a lot of you actually understand what you're reading.

See, what's extremely funny here is that inbetween telling everyone how smart you are, you're saying things that make it pretty clear you don't even understand what we're discussing I've said plenty of times that I don't know if Darnold will succeed, but the Panthers believe he will. They might end up being right. They might not. I don't know. Meanwhile, your response is basically "I KNOW THEY'RE WRONG BECAUSE IM RIGHT AND MY RECORD AS A MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK PROVES I'M RIGHT AND SHOWS HOW SMART I AM!!!" Sure, dude

People who think they're smart bore me. There's no less convincing way of making me think you're intelligent than saying "I'm intelligent".

Special teams value helps.

So he's a tryout player.

There's no way to know where our picks will be. All we can know is how many we have in each round. Far as I know, right now it's one in each round except the second.

Your opinions don't count as facts. And statements like "I'll put my track record up against the Panthers staff" lets me know you're not really worth talking to. Blowhards who basically think "I'm right because I'm brilliant and I always am" are boring.

It's not just about competition. As mentioned previously, the team plans to treat Darnold like a rookie they're coaching up into their system. That is a very difficult and time consuming thing to do. Asking the staff to try and do that with another actual rookie at the same time would have been a really tough demand. And given that they have some level of confidence in Darnold, they ultimately decided it was a task that wasn't worth it.

You can criticize however you want, but likewise those of us who think your opinion is stupid and uninformed can say so.

Kudos, John of Every Career.