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today's hot take? I think we will know if we have a shot of landing Watson on draft day. Trade will have to of been partially worked out. Then when pick #8 hits....a QB they want has to be there and Watson situation hasn't gotten better. If he is there? Trade has a chance. It's basically ripping off PFF trade belief that Denver pulls that off at #9.

clearly we are getting closer to debating the proper way to welcome Watson thread. Fans at the airport. Billboard. Plane that spells out stuff with that smoke stuff. Should be fun.

well two of the biggest problems IMO are Cal McNair and Easterby. They both reside in the front office responsible for the shitshow. They are still part of the team making decisions. I'm not saying they will operate identically. Adding new people to work with the problem...I doubt fully solves Houston's problems.

I think there are handful of throws that Mac Jones simply can't make in the NFL...that Trevor and Fields can. I honestly haven't watched enough of Lance and Wilson to judge their arm strength. Just what I have read. I'd feel more comfortable about an unathletic QB if he had a laser.

well, the only defense to that.... is they gave away the best WR in the NFL (arguably) for a peanut butter sandwich. So Houston has shown the inability to acquire sigfnicant compensation for even the easiest of deals.

I can't do Winston. I have too much dislike built up for certain players via rivalry and stuff I'd rather roll with the only undefeated QB in Panther history, Mr. PJ Walker.

problem with Mac IMO is if you put Bama up against good competition.....his WR are still running around wide open too routinely. So you got an unathletic/accurate QB playing with the most talented roster in football. And Bama is that every year. Even when they lose. They are have the best roster. unathletic QBs are a dying breed IMO. You don't have to be Lamar Jackson. But you need to be able to extend plays. Brady's pocket movement/awareness is just absurd. I mean, most kickers are probably more athletic than Brady. Just a unicorn.

yeah, also as a Clemson fan, I think it is a real conversation if he is being overrated. But that is in the context of does he really belong in that Manning/Elway tier. but he is still easily the clear cut #1 overall in this draft. Two different things IMO. I still think Watson was the better Clemson QB. But Lawrence has the better physical tools.

Now, I think there is a conversation of is Lawrence being overrated. Given he is basically put in the Peyton Manning/Elway/Luck tier of a NFL draft. Trevor is easily the most talented QB in this draft. From a skill set perspective. And his on field performances. He is as safe of a bet as their is. Will his ceiling be as high as some predict? Well, the Jags will have a lot to do with that.

well, yeah, math favors the the first round vs the collective next 6. But the overwhelming majority of teams that drafted a QB in the first round since 2000 drafted a bust. And better QBs were found in almost every draft in later rounds. But I get being risk adverse and especially when every lotto ticket we have bought has been a dud....I just don't have a problem with a QB lotto ticket in later rounds when you don't have one.

just my preference, if you don't have a QB, you have to buy well priced lotto tickets sometimes. The history of non-first round QBs is not kind. I agree. But the first round is not that much kinder IMO. and if you make a list of the GOATs? I'd say non-first rounders would stack up as the most impressive list.

No thanks. I like the gamble on Jones if he falls to our 2nd pick. I don't like him in the first and trading up to get him.

well, I'm a believer that NFL draft history is what it is.....and you have to take certain calculated gambles. I'd take the gamble in the 2nd. NFL history pretty consistently says the top 4 drafted won't actually be the top 4 in reality.

If Mac Jones was there at our 2nd pick? Yeah, I would draft him. Would be worth the value/risk there. I wouldn't make that my plan. Just if it happened to unfold where we missed out on everyone. First round? Nope.

I frankly think we could get this deal done if we didn't own pick #8. The fact Houston doesn't know if they can draft one of the top 4 QBs in this draft with that pick IMO is what this will all come down to. you could sell the Houston fanbase on a new drafted QB aided by the most versatile RB in the NFL w/ loads of draft picks. But that QB piece is important.

not 100 million. but all 32 starting QBs don't get that. if I had an iffy QB situation I'd bring Cam in on a 2-3 year deal. Like a Denver, Washington, Chicago, etc. Let him compete. Will be a good locker room guy regardless of how it pans out. If someone does beat him out Cam would drive that dude. I don't think you can pay Cam to be your QB going forward. Line up the 32 starting QBs in the NFL this year. He is still IMO better than many at the bottom. And there are 32 backups in the NFL and most of them had better deals than Cam last year.

CMC is a great player. But it never made sense to bring in a college coach to rebuild this team.....and pay a RB a massive contract at the same time. That is a contradiction in logic IMO. I mean, yeah, CMC is a fan favorite and helps w/ butts in the seat. But COVID and his injuries really threw that in the trash can last year.

yep, set Olsen to the side and Ted Ginn Jr lead the team in yards and TDs. Cotchery and Philly were right there with Funchess in terms of production. Cam definitely wasn't leaning on big WRs.

also, I let that podcast play in the background. Here is my take. The quote like we saw many times before with Cam....sounds worse than it really was. Overall in terms of football, Cam praised BB, McDaniel, the young players the rest tried to knock. He didn't say anything negative or controversial about Tepper, Rhule or Ron. Cam realizes he presents issues teams have to deal with. Perceived personality. Health concerns. He talked a lot about NE being tough. That getting COVID put him behind and no one was going to wait for him (nor should they). Team kept it going and he returned to new language. New plays. A system he didn't know and basically could never catch up (no offseason and missing two weeks were brutal). I thought the most controversial stuff was essentially everyone being pro Aaron Hernandez.

all I know is what was going on in New England most of the year wasn't modern day football. I don't care what stats are pulled, I just don't think you can compare the stats of that offense vs. what Joe Brady was doing and for it to mean anything.

but that wasn't Cam in NE. Cam was dinking and dunking in NE. Painful to watch that offense after he came back from COVID.

NE attempted 110 fewer pass attempts than Carolina. NE was 31st in pass attempts (also 31st in pass play percentage) and yet they almost allowed identical pressures, hurries, sacks, etc. That doesn't jive with us being the weaker OL.

lot of those rankings don't really reflect how talent stacks up vs another. Like the OL rankings. NE OL ranks so highly because of how NE called games IMO. Same with the defense. BB going to extreme ball control inflates the defensive ranking.

trading up for Lawerence would cost almost as much as getting Watson. Watson being the actual proven QB.

Dumb kid. But that's kids for you. That apology has coach/mom written all over it. Kid got his 5 minutes. Hope everyone let's him fade away too. No need to drag this kid all week.