Jay Roosevelt

I think the Baker/Darnold thing has been overblown. QBs that struggle with the team that drafts them and go on to find success elsewhere often do end up going to multiple new teams before they figure it out and/or find the right situation. It just so happened that we traded for both guys in back-to-back years and neither player had quite figured it out yet. Baker, I think, needed more time and a better supporting cast. Darnold, I think, benefitted from a year on the bench in San Francisco a ton. I don't really have any ill will towards either of them. I think they both came here with the best intentions after coming from difficult circumstances; unfortunately the Panthers were - and still are, it seems - also in the process of figuring things out.

I honestly hope he figures it out, but at this point we have little reason to think that he will. He's been even worse than he was as a rookie, which is tough to do. I see no reason he shouldn't be bumped down the depth chart once Coker is back. Jalen is the better player and it's not even remotely close right now. That would if nothing else allow XL to be moved around to where he's in the best position to contribute instead of forcing him into a role he's clearly not ready for and may never be ready for.

Turn the corner? That would mean he'd actually have to beat the corner and we know he can't do that.

We will not.

Legette and luxury have no business in the same sentence with each other.

The more I look at the options and how some of these players are performing, I'm thinking 2026 will not be a good year to go QB in the 1st round. I like Sellers, but he absolutely should return for another season and likely will if things continue the way they are going at South Carolina.

We need a full scale tear-down and rebuild. Done properly this time. No more holdovers from the previous regime. If Morgan goes, Canales goes, all the scouts and front office personnel go and all the assistants go. Hire someone to actually consult and build an organization, not just put together a staff.

I get what you're saying, but situations like these almost always require the QB to go to a new team before figuring it out.

I can understand the logic. Going for 2 made sense the first time considering how far down we were. Then you don't get it and are basically forced to go for it the second time, too. Way down the list of concerns we have, IMO.

Teams focus too much on finding a QB. They need to focus more on finding the right coach + QB combo.

Best QB I've seen this year so far, with all due respect to Allen and Jackson.

We're saved.

Justin Herbert might win MVP this year.

The more I see of C.J. Stroud the more I think 2023 was just not a very good year to pick a QB early. He might be the best of the bunch but he hasn't looked like his rookie self in a while now.

Getting himself open is literally his job.

I'm not saying he's not hurt. McCaffrey was legitimately hurt plenty too. But players have a habit of sitting out more games than necessary once they realize the team isn't going anywhere.

I knew it. Players sign here to get paid millions, play 2 games and get stashed on I.R. every year after faking injuries. Unserious franchise.

XL is awful. He's not a football player, period. He's an athlete with zero feel for the game.

I'd be very surprised if that was the case.

I think Canales can be a solid coach under the right circumstances, but I have little to no faith in our front office and scouting department to do anything but luck into good players in the draft. We seem to have hit on a player in TMac, but you should get a good player in the top-10 so that's nothing to brag about. We also got lucky and found a gem UDFA in Jalen Coker, but at the same time we made one of the worst 1st round picks in franchise history that same year in Xavier Legette. We also seem to have found something in Brycen Tremayne so that's not nothing, but overall it's hard to look at the lack of talent we've brought in via the draft in recent years and not see a clear problem.

I don't think it's fair to say all he did was take checkdowns against prevent defense. He did make some really nice throws that helped get us back in the game. Arizona may have been playing prevent on that first drive we scored on in the 3rd, but not after that. Do I think Bryce is the answer at QB? No; at this point that is clear, but I will give him credit when it's due. However, as has been said, a quality starting QB doesn't only come alive when the game is out of hand; they play well enough from the start to ensure the game never does get out of hand. I will say, though, it doesn't help when we're asking him to play with one WR (XL) that is essentially just a decoy.

The biggest problem, IMO, is that Tepper has never truly cut the cord and started fresh. There has always been some remnant of a previous regime left over when he's tried to start fresh. 1) Fired Rivera, but kept Hurney. 2) Let Hurney go, but kept Rhule. 3) Fired Rhule, but kept Fitterer. 4) Fired Reich/Fitterer, but promoted Morgan. If we're going to clean house, let's actually CLEAN fuging HOUSE and tear this thing down to the foundation and re-build properly.

Xavier Legette might be the worst player in the entire league, including practice squads. For that pick alone Morgan needs to be on the hotseat.

They'll both be on I.R. by week 7.