Mr. Scot

Just now, rayzor said:

i think you are probably right on the source of the info, but i'm not totally seeing what you are on Bryce. i think he'll be really stinking good.

I don't think anyone questions that he's going to be good.

What they're all worried about is whether he can stay healthy.

21 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Young and Stroud would make me feel good about the QB future right away. 
Richardson would have me concerned and worried from the get-go we just wasted 2 first round picks on a QB that is rawer than I like my steak. 
 

You never take the guy who needs to be taught quarterbacking skills over the guy that already has them.

I don't care how big, strong or fast he is.

14 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Would you consider Lance a bust if he hasn’t really played much at all?

I'd say there's a reason for that (and not just the injury)

There might not be enough info to call him a bust yet but things don't seem to be trending in the right direction.

8 hours ago, DavidEng said:

INSIDER SCOOP!!!

My childhood buddy Booger Thompson is dating a gal who is neighbors with the cleaning lady for a cousin of GM Scott Fitterer. The cleaning lady overheard talk the Panthers are definitely gonna pick CJ Stroud!

Since I know Boogers rumors almost never are true, then that makes it almost a certainty Bryce Young will be the choice!

So it's Will Levis then

20 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

Please direct all your anger and hatred to Scott Fitterer and co. 

The Panthers are posting threads on The Huddle?

7 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

you can't teach speed and size....  the rest can be taught by Reich, Dalton, Caldwell, Brown

Pretty sure Kyle Shanahan thought the same thing.

58 minutes ago, rayzor said:

you know our only HoF player was "too short to play LB."

and probably the best non-QB player we ever had was supposedly too short to play WR at a high level.

With that history, it'd make a great story, wouldn't it?

My preference is still Stroud, though.

Breer on the QB question...

From Fid (@RandyFidler): You're the Panthers GM draft day. Who are you selecting and who would you target with the 2nd round pick to complement?

I think Bryce Young. Everything I’ve heard about Young as a kid is A-plus-plus. His OC from Alabama, Bill O’Brien, told teams in the fall he’s never had a player like Young, and O’Brien coached Tom Brady. Scouts will tell you his accuracy, instincts, pocket movement, football IQ, competitiveness and toughness are all A-plus. I’ve also heard he absolutely blew away Carolina coach Frank Reich when they sat down and talked football.

If he was 6'3" and 220 pounds, there’d be no discussion. He’d be the first overall pick. But he’s not, and that is not a cursory issue for teams.

And it could be a problem for Young, too, because CJ Stroud does have closer-to-prototype size (6'3", 214 pounds) for the position, and brings a lot of what Young does to the table. The questions with him are more on his willingness to run, put his body on the line and create off-schedule—things he actually did flash in his final college game, which happened to be a national semifinal against Georgia.

Ultimately, I think there’s a good chance Stroud winds up going first, because he’s close enough to Young traits-wise, and you’re well within the scouting guardrails size-wise for a quarterback with him. But I’ve heard enough people call Young special—really special—to the point where it’d be hard for me to pass on him.

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21 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

Super Bowl champion and 3 time MVP Brett Favre?

I'll take that, thanks. 

14 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Favre has a super bowl and is a HOF. Il take the gunslinger. Also, those throws weren’t gunslinger, they were anticipation and ball placement, nfl throws. 

Favre has one, yes.

How many does Brady have?

Also FYI, I don't give a sh-t about awards. Ron Rivera has two Coach of the Year awards. You want him back?

Just now, Mother Grabber said:

Lamar is 1-4 in the playoffs with an average score of 13.4. what good are MVPs if you can’t win games that matter?

Accuracy is absolutely one of the most important traits a quarterback can have.

Your job isn't to throw it hard. Your job isn't to throw it far. Your job isn't to throw it fast. Your job is to throw it to a spot, and in such a way that your receiver can catch it and make a play.

A lot of analysts and former players will tell you that the "big arm" thing is heavily overrated by fans.

5 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

That thread wasn’t just one throw, he cites and shows other examples. Dan Orlovsky has done the same thing on his twitter. Every qb has bad throws, ARs get magnified. 

The key is what you can do consistently.

Brett Favre was a guy who could throw a pass that made you go "how the hell did he do that" then follow it up with a pass that made you go "why the hell did he do that".

Tom Brady? Certainly not as exciting a player as Favre, but amazingly consistent.

Gunslingers are certainly more fun to watch, but technicians tend to win more games.

A guy with consistent ball placement like Stroud fits the NFL mold much better.

9 minutes ago, WUnderhill said:

I can see some of you want big man run fast no matter what so we’ll just see come draft day.

Fans like exciting players.

Coaches and personnel guys know that exciting players aren't always the best players.

1 minute ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Cam didn't need much around him at the NFL level either. Cam is a different breed. 

Our record during the Newton years would suggest otherwise.

Every quarterback needs a strong supporting cast. Newton was no exception. Neither is Richardson.

20 minutes ago, GOAT said:

Well, no one said the Pats took "high character" guys

(hell, Belichick never seemed to give a sh-t on that front)

Speculation from local media...

2 hours ago, Prowler2k18 said:

High character players with football intelligence=the new OOU

HCPWFI?

Reich hasn't written a memo on "The Way of the Panther" yet

1 hour ago, ForJimmy said:

Nah we want low character guys who suck at football. 

We used to...

Just now, Teddy2SuperBowlHeartBreaks said:

If my post is a waste of time you have the option and agency to not read it or interact with it lol. Instead you went out of your way to be a dick, (and not even over the actual content of the post). It says more about you than me.

Didn't require going out of my way at all

23 minutes ago, bythenbrs said:

Tell me you don't want another Robbie Anderson without telling me you don't want another Robbie Anderson...

Pretty much.

1 hour ago, TheCasillas said:

DBO

OOU

4 minutes ago, Teddy2SuperBowlHeartBreaks said:

Its so weird really, to critique a persons grammar (spell check, really) on a football forum in 2023. Why waste your precious time on Earth doing that? You got the 'main idea' of the post, no? Then the (human to human) communication was effective. God bless.

Because it's less of a waste of time than reading your post for content.

Maybe you should go back to trying to troll over Teddy Bridgewater.

(heaven knows that went well)

23 minutes ago, Teddy2SuperBowlHeartBreaks said:

The idea that the Patriots had a run because they drafted "smart" players is ludacris,(They drafted Aaron Hernandez) and crafty marketing to appeal to the snobby fugs in the Boston/New England area that think they are more intelligent than everyone else in the country.  They were winners because they had Tom Brady and the league let their offensive line get away with holding to protect Brady. The Patriots are about as mid as a team can be in the post Brady years, presumably they have the same draft process. 

Quick Tip: Learn how to spell words like "ludicrous" before you try to use them.