DeAngelo Beason

WTF did I just read?

BREAKING.

Do I have to make a case for Wilson? Cause I really don't want to. Happy to make some cases against him... namely, 7 years of age difference. "Drafting" Watson now you are still getting a player whose best days are likely ahead of him. Given his age, I would consider him a draft pick, frankly. Watson could be our Favre. A guy who was drafted by one team, but becomes known through the history books as an MVP and champion for another.

I have news everyone. I think the Panthers will try to trade for Deshaun Watson, and I speculate that it will be costly to obtain him.

I think they need to do everything possible to keep him.

1000% smokescreen.

If Efe Obada was a stock, I would be buying low, because I think he's going to break out soon.

I think people kind of forget the situation with Kalil. As trash as he was, wasn't he like the ONLY guy on the market? I could be wrong but I don't think we really missed out on someone better (who we had a chance of signing anyway)

If we turned that 2022 1st into a 2022 2nd I might be up for it.

I don't think anyone would even part with a 7th rounder for him.

For the right price (not a first round pick) I'd give it a go. You never know. That being said, as I've been clear about, I'd rather see us cut off the gangrenous limb that is mediocre QB play, and just lock up an elite player at the position finally, no matter the cost.

Here's what happens when you have an "ok" QB.... You get a guy who gets you just enough wins each year to ensure you NEVER get to draft an elite signal caller. THAT is EXAAAAACTLY why the Panthers have been middling for 25 years. How many super bowls would the Panthers have won during the Delhomme era if you'd replaced Delhomme with Peyton Manning? I'm thinking 2 - 3 at least. The trade off for going up and grabbing him would have been the unstoppable Jason Peters, and maybe Rashard Anderson (if you extrapolate out trading a few first rounders to go up and get him)... First rounders are great, but I think this board greatly overvalues them. They're still rookies, and there is still a TON of uncertainty surrounding them, as we've seen from Shaq and Vernon Butler.

History hasn't been kind to teams that have traded up to grab a QB. I am completely willing to acknowledge this fact. I'm also willing to state that only Lawrence and Wilson are worth trading up for. All that being said, we are doomed to mediocrity if we kick the tires on a mediocre free agent or later round selection, unless we just get lucky and land a diamond in the rough.

Have you seen the QBS coming up in 2022? We don't have a choice BUT to mortgage the future. This team is going to be middling indefinitely if we don't get a quality signal caller.

If we do this I'm renouncing my fanhood and becoming a Chiefs fan.

Why would you leave the 2nd most dysfunctional franchise in the league to go to the most dysfunctional franchise in the league?

We have money. I think this whole forum drastically underestimates the ability of teams to get creative with the cap if they want to "win now"... just a matter of how creative the Panthers decide to get.

100% not the point. He's still playing against significantly better competition than Lance. It's not even a discussion.

Damn. Smitty was just so good.

No. In the new school NFL, a handful of perfectly timed bad calls wins championships. These refs know exactly what they're doing. They know exactly how to take the wind out of the sails that they want to take the wind out of.

We would find a way to afford it. Dak can ball. That's all there is to it. If he can pass a physical, make it happen.

It's easy to look talented when you're playing against high schoolers.

As always, depends on what we give up. Trey Lance scares the absolute crap out of me. I really don't want us to settle for him.

Very few people ACTUALLY have more luck than talent. Russell Wilson is one of those people. Hard pass.

I wouldn't be upset with Wentz for something like a 2nd rounder. I still think he has huge upside.