Jay Roosevelt

I feel like Cam Ward is kind of the anti-Bryce Young. Not highly recruited, has the traditional physical traits/arm strength, but isn't as "NFL ready" on paper. But we've seen how what's on paper doesn't always translate to the field.

No. It's gotta be Ward or Sanders if we go QB.

This. It's not like we've got anything to gain by rushing him onto the field.

I would have agreed 3 weeks ago, but it's not as if Dalton has played well recently either.

No. Why?

We don't have much to sell.

I do think it says something about a player when two teams essentially give him away for nothing in less than a year. Not saying he can't play, but you get the sense there's more to it.

I can't fathom how a professional QB would ever tell his coach he needs to sit because he's tired. Hell, most QBs have to be dragged off the field when they're injured.

Ok.

Bryce did play better than the first two weeks for sure, and against a better defense. He should start the rest of the season. There's no reason not to start Bryce at this point. Best case he gets it together and becomes a good QB. If not, we likely end up with the #1 pick. Either is a win in the long run, even when we're getting our ass kicked and losing on the field.

That's like firing a NASCAR driver because the pit crew didn't bother to put the lug nuts back on.

lol this team isn't as bad as last year's team. It's just that the defense is so bad.

If we end up picking #1 I imagine we're going to look to trade down, but I don't see any team wanting to move up that badly so we probably end up using the pick anyway. In that scenario I think we take Sanders or Ward at QB.

Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward. We can't let the Bryce mistake cause us to make another one by passing on a QB at #1 just because we're afraid to make another mistake. I also disagree that this QB class is weak at the top of the draft. I think both Sanders and Ward are legit franchise QB prospects. I'd prefer trading down and still landing one of them if we end up picking #1, but I'd make sure we come away with one of them regardless.

I'm firmly on the Cam Ward bandwagon. He's going to be a stud in the NFL.

I don't care if he throws 5-6 picks. Just show some urgency, some gumption, some fire. Play pissed off with a chip on his shoulder. Take some chances downfield; play with a gunslinger mentality. Make some positive plays to put up against the negative ones. Put some stuff on film that can build some confidence. Denver's defense is good. I don't expect Bryce will have a great game, but the one thing I don't want to see is the deer in headlights we saw weeks 1 and 2.

Having said that, I think Bryce has to realize this game is basically his last shot to show that he can even begin to live up to his draft status. If he goes out and lays an egg the way he did against the Saints and Chargers he's for sure cemented as a bust. If he at least shows some improvement and some signs of life it could be at least enough to get some teams more interested in trading more than a 5th rounder for him.

Plummer can't possibly be worse than Bryce was the first 2 weeks. Throwing 4-5 picks is one thing, but being afraid to even attempt throws past 5 yards and overthrowing guys by 5 yards on routine throws is something even most reasonably athletic guys off the street could manage if thrown into an NFL game.

I'm not saying he hasn't been awful, but he was a highly regarded QB prospect not that long ago and there are ALWAYS teams who will take a shot on a player like that, even if they haven't lived up to their draft stock. Especially when the narrative is that his failure was 100% on the organization and team around him. See: Sam Darnold.

Biggest blunder was pretty much everything between Rhule's firing and Reich's firing. That stretch of decisions set us back several years even if you don't count any mistakes before and/or after.

Y'all act surprised when teams are actually interested in a QB who was drafted #1 overall just a year ago. I know the narrative around here is that Tepper forced the Bryce pick and ONLY the Panthers with their dumbass owner would have taken him over C.J. Stroud, but the truth is there were MANY teams who had Bryce Young as the #1 QB in that draft. Hell, the Texans are one of them. It shouldn't be surprising that there are teams showing interest in Bryce. The one thing the NFL has never had a shortage of are coaches who think they can succeed where others have failed, especially at the QB position.

I don't think so. We'll have the cap space and no big QB contract. No reason we can't re-sign him. I feel like Morgan made it pretty clear this past offseason that OL is a priority.

Christensen playing his way into being our long-term center is a nice development.

We ARE in a rebuild and have been since the end of last season. The hope for a relatively quick turnaround was that Bryce might turn it around and become the guy. It doesn't look like that's happening, so we're basically back to square one. However, we have FINALLY fixed the OL and have a great young RB about to debut for us. We also have promising options in the passing game for the first time in years in XL and Sanders. Defense is a mess, but that's how it goes and a good chunk of that is also injury related. People want to bitch and complain and say we should be rebuilding. Well, THIS is what a rebuild looks like. It's just that we haven't fully committed to it until now when it should have been the plan back in 2019 instead of trying to "soft" reboot the franchise. Rebuilding teams get blown out; it happens all the time. We have to start focusing on the silver linings, of which there are quite a few: - The OL is, at long last, fixed. - That includes Brady Christensen, who now looks like our long-term answer at center. - It also includes Ickey, who is finally playing consistently good football. - Both the FA guards we signed are playing their asses off. - Jaycee Horn is finally healthy. - Chuba Hubbard has emerged as one of the better RBs in the NFL. - Jalen Coker looks like a keeper on offense. - Trevin Wallace looks like a keeper on defense. - Jonathon Brooks is about to debut. - J.T. Sanders is improving each week and is coming off his best game. - XL looks like a future stud. There are positives, but it's going to be an up and down process. Some weeks we'll look good (Raiders), others we'll look OK (Falcons), and others we'll get our doors blown off (Commanders). That's what a rebuilding football teams looks like.

I mean, that's basically what we're doing.