Mr. Scot

Cope?

I'm fine with Young if he's the pick, but I think this stuff has gotten pretty stupid. Too many people are posting moronic sh-t just for the sake of being assholes. I might need to take some time away from here for a bit.

So, actually...not "done"

As soon as either a) insiders stop reporting it or b) the draft is over. Till then...

We're reported to be open to trading out of #1...to #2.

Yep, and the trend is becoming to try and win with a quarterback on a rookie deal. That's not necessarily the best thing for the veterans. I think there'll be change at some point. It's just unclear what kind of change it'll be.

I wouldn't go that far, but it wouldn't surprise me for his agents to believe he's going either one or two. It'd be a reasonable assumption.

I don't know if a separate quarterback cap would work. I do know things like that have been proposed, as well as a cap percentage limit, excluding quarterbacks from the cap altogether and other suggestions. Feels like they need to do something, for sure. As it stands now, paying your franchise quarterback and protecting your franchise quarterback are becoming mutually exclusive propositions.

Saw that. Caserio got asked a lot of questions about the rumors that he's leaving. He answered them pretty much like you'd expect.

Stop having fun with this. It's rude

Don't know, but the Bengals (and more specifically Mike Brown) have a longstanding rep for being cheap.

True. Also, if he turns out to be a one year wonder or doesn't function the same without Shane Steichen calling the plays, this could be a disaster. We'll see.

I forget who said it, but I read not long ago that a lot of people were saying Jackson was "not the right guy" to be the focus of the fully guaranteed contract fight. It was argued that someone like Patrick Mahomes or Joe Burrow would be a better quarterback to lead that charge.

5 million more total and 46 million more guaranteed than was reported for Jackson's offer from the Ravens.

Reich's press conference answers have consistently said two things: 1) He has a very high opinion of Bryce Young's ability 2) He considers Bryce Young's durability to be a quite legitimate concern

I don't know about the Bleacher Report summary, but the Newton article was very good. Not specifying a favorite doesn't mean bad reporting, especially not at the choice isn't made yet.

What king actually said about Young... This doesn’t mean anything on the surface, because the way “reporting” works this time of year, things that make sense get repeated and repeated and repeated and it all becomes one giant Insider Echo Chamber. But I didn’t hear anyone, in calls Friday through Sunday, who thinks the first pick won’t be Bryce Young. He may not be. I’m just telling you what’s out there.

I'd call that saying something.

Newton's article was actually very good. I know that's unusual for a Newton article, but it's true.

Pretty much