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His only prepped start we went 1-0 and shut the opponent out. Granted, he had help. He had 2 picks with less than 5 minutes remaining down 4 scores in NO. I'm not trying to over nitpick that scenario. His first pick while not a great throw....still bounced out of both Samuel's hands. PJ is aggressive. Look at prime Cam Newton late in games when he got down big. Pick machine because he just upped his gambling. PJ to me, looks better than what we saw from Grier. But PJ does have more post college reps than Grier.

Yeah, people basically have tossed all Wilson's issues out the window. Jump balls, poor decisions, seasons of meh play. And it's...did you see that angle he threw the ball! Mahomes does weird stuff like that!! Then when it comes to Fields it's like... look I understand his team was ripped apart by COVID. 20 guys were out this week. Everyone was out last week and they didn't play, practice and haven't been on a normal football schedule. But I think it is really important we only talk about this game. This is how we have to look at Fields.

Again, I specifically brought up the 2 post season games vs Clemson. Where Field's outplayed Trevor. Clemson is right there with Ohio St in terms of talent/recruiting. Both lag Bama. Specifically, the recent window in college football. And other teams are in that mix where Clemson and Ohio St are too. Largely SEC school but they are there too.

He played against Trevor Lawerence/Clemson twice. Only postseason play he didn't go into the game hurt. He outplayed Trevor at the QB position in those games. There was no massive talent advantage. Clemson and Ohio St during recent times have consistently been right behind Bama in terms of talent.

How did I know we weren't all in on Teddy? I mean to some degree I guess I can read minds......when they sign him to only a two year deal and are ready to part with him after 1 season. That tells you a great deal about their mindset with Teddy. Nothing ever suggested they were all in on Teddy. and there deal and talk about Darnold? Again, it reveals they aren't all in on Darnold. Did they and do they have hopes that a Teddy/Darnold could work out? Sure. That's called potential/upside. That isn't all in. We were all in on Cam Newton. Jake eventually hit that point. Which means they don't get sent packing after a year that doesn't go as one hopes.

Justin Fields' isn't part of the Urban Meyer QB system. So the but he is an Ohio St QB narrative doesn't fly. That narrative was about Urban's guys at Ohio St and they followed the same trajectory that the his guys at Florida did in the NFL. Fields is falling for the same reason Watson did IMO. And it isn't overrated. Some of it is QB fatigue. Fields has been 1b with Trevor for too long. Nitpicking nothing and then giving the benefit of the doubt to others (Wilson). And some of it is simply old NFL coaching staff's simply prefer more traditional QB play (Mac).

We aren’t all in on Darnold. Just like we weren’t all in on Teddy. and drafting a QB means we wouldn’t be all in on him.

you just can't draft Horn at #8 with those guys off the board IMO. means you would be leaving someone like a Fields, Chase, Lance on the board for him.

how is that? We are kicking the tires on Sam. Nothing more. Lance 100% needs to sit. So you would have to have a QB to start if you drafted him. Fields likely could compete with him. Then you can bring him in slowly. Worst case scenario is you end up with two decent QBs on your roster for a cost that isn't bad given one was a draft pick. Much better organizations than us aren't afraid of drafting a QB....and having him sit.

49ers essentially traded up for the #1 spot. Everyone and there momma knows Trevor and Wilson are 1 and 2. Not sure why they are trying to be so secretive given they paid to go up there. If they initially owned the spot I get it.

Fields would be an even bigger steal IMO than when Star fell to us. You have to draft him IMO if he falls to #8. I can go either way on Lance. Draft him. Don't draft him and get Sewell or something like that? I'm fine either way.

Trevor ain't dumb. I do expect to see more Andrew Luck's, Luke Kuchley's, etc. as time goes on. I mean we all LOVE Thomas Davis. A guy like him, hopefully not him though, could easily look back and regret not calling it a day years and years earlier than he did.

Dude can play. He also is one of those dudes IMO who is wired weird. If he isn't on your team you would deem him dirty IMO and try to get him to do stupid stuff. Cuts both ways. I think you occasionally need a little of that on a roster though. We have lacked that to some degree since 89 left. But it is a fine line to walk in terms of helping/hurting.

guys like him IMO are the textbook double edged sword. great mauling play and....overly aggressive boneheaded penalty because he can't control his emotions.

IMO our second best OL in Panther history was Wharton. Largely because of how diverse he was. G, T? What do you need. Wharton could be it.

Joe Brady while great overall.....was suspect at times on big downs (4th and some key 3rds) and very late. I mean, some of his 4th down playcalls were just bad. I know hindsight and all and success/failure of a play skews it some.....but some were just head scratchers even if they worked out.

I mean, hard to knock Teddy for that. They just replaced him. They want to get rid of him. Why would he play welcoming committee. I don't fault Teddy for that. Tepper/Rhule didn't handle Cam or Teddy correctly. Moving on from either is fine. But they go about business shitty. And you don't have to do that.

just a reminder, that the official Panthers depth chart...isn't the actual depth chart. The coaches and team don't put that together.

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I don’t count Brady. Too weird. He is like 78. Regardless of what his contract says you basically get him for a year and he lets you know after that. he is basically a one year championship run rental

I don’t think Tepper has a set in stone model. This off-season was weird. You don’t normally get a Stafford and Watson up for grabs. That’s not normal in the NFL. So he wasn’t just going to let it go without trying. That simply won’t be an option going forward most likely because we don’t see that often

I mean I assume the plan is to draft a young QB at some point. A freak show TE seems like a great resource to develop him.

generally I would agree. but Pitts is just too freaky IMO to pass on him for some guy that fits a need. Pitts is one of the top 3 players in this draft. And isn't your standard first round TE prospect.

He runs a 4.4 and has the biggest wingspan we have seen in decades. I'd say he would impact every snap. Who is going to cover that if he is lined up at the TE spot?

I wouldn't really call Pitts a TE. I'd ball him a big ass WR you ask to block sometimes.