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Nope. Stop right there. If he becomes a franchise QB ok. Until then he is a reclamation project from a very green crew who did this all last year minus a more experienced GM. Until he becomes a franchise QB, we overpaid. Maybe it changes, maybe it doesn't. Franchise QB and Sam will have to wait. He doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, dude has been in the league 3 years. If we have a chance to draft a top QB we should. Plenty of LTs in the 2nd and the Pats proved you could get great value from a backup.

It's a great place to start and should be looked at first until it is resolved. Next comes LT because it is the second hardest spot to fill and can ruin the 1st. A great QB would put us back into playing for a winning season.

Or ask Joe Thomas.

Sometimes doing nothing is the better path. I know it's a crazy offseason with the 49ers trading up to 3 that far before the draft but talking about Sam heavily in February raises all kinds of flags. It all just feels like rookies not doing anything in an experienced manner. It's almost like they still have not learned. I am guessing the thought process was it was cheaper to take the 5th year vs what they would have paid him in a new contract, which is very optimistic.

Desperation makes people to do terrible things. The worst part of all of this is after last year it drags into question the QB evaluation skills if we are going all in on win now mode, unofficially until it starts working of cousrse, yet we are rellying on another guy who will likely be what he has always been. We could have waited until the Jets drafted his replacement and got a better price. Will we have an option B or just wait it works or falls apart and look surprised we didn't make a diamond out of a lump of coal.

This thread is gold. Love it!

By the end of the draft we will be contenders here, just like last year. Maybe they finally get their golden ticket but I can't bet on Sam yet. His upside is demolished by his downside. The same people hating on draft prospects for being bad at reading a defense now think Sam is going to make that leap in year 4 in the NFL? Maybe but damn if it's not funny. I hope we take a QB in the draft and better our odds. If we go into 2021 like we did in 2020 with all the eggs in one basket I fear a repeat.

Seems like a weird comparison. The fact we spent more than a 2nd on someone that doesn't even project to a quality backup is its own concern.

That is so bad. I didn't even know you could lose points. My condolences sir.

OMG this would be even better if I could edit it.

Naw man. It's a crap move but on the bright side, it should be hilarious.

No one does and it's a great day to purge all positivity and embrace the incoming poo storm.

Easily the best thing I have heard yet about Darnold.

Sounds like you are a little too interested in my ass. Calm them horses son, try and focus on your football fantasies...

I have been here since game 1. I get your need for positivity but I've been up to my eyes in crap with the Panthers and have no blind optimism at this point. We are looking bottom 10 qgain at this point. The draft will make or break us. Like I said elsewhere, I hope we lose it all and get that 2022 #1 pick with the moves we have made. We could be setting ourselves up for 10 years of success riding Darnope into the ground in 2021.

Now we are all bad fans. Suck the teat you are given or feel shame! LoL. How soon can we fire this GM? He might have brain damage.

Not really, ass or video games is always better than bad football. Going to be great for me.

Lol. Welcome to the Panthets fanbase. Go check out some info on our 2010 and 2001 team season. Sometimes you have to embrace the suck. Those two disasters got us into 2 SBs and 1 franchise QB. We are in this for the first pick in 2022 baby!

It has killed any excitement for 2021 whatsoever. If I could skip to 2022 I would not hesitate.