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Slowik and Johnson are my top two right now, but it changes daily. I might be more concerned about the GM. If the GM is right he will find a good coach.

It’s a slippery slope though. Where do you draw the line? Too much corruption in this world to not contribute to it in some way, shape, or form. I understand certain lines have to be drawn though.

Fair point.

He also got fired a couple years later. You need great players to have sustained playoff success. You need sustained playoff success to keep your HC job.

Just hire the right GM, let him do his job and the hate will quickly go away.

I still think we need to make a run a Jonah Williams. He wants to play LT and the Bengals have a lot of money tied up. Slide Icky to LG and draft the UGA center. Let BC and Corbett handle RG and of course Moton at RT.

We don’t even have a GM yet. I’m assuming Fitt gets fired after the season is over…

Again look at Baker here with Moore’s YAC and CMC’s YAC he was at 6.4 YPA. Better than Young sure, but he wasn’t a rookie and had two great YAC weapons that aren’t here anymore. Evans will adjust and not make those drops Chark made. Hell you or I could probably get Evans to 1000. Just lob it up and let me adjust. Regardless our roster has a looong way to go offensively and getting bad returns in the CMC and Moore trade set us back even further. To be clear this isn’t a pro Young argument. It’s a quit throwing QBs at the much bigger problem issue IMO. I’m all for grabbing Sanders, Leonard, or Ewers in 25 if Young keeps struggling with better talent around him.

Yeah that will never work. I’m hoping all of his frustration changes things. His team is at rock bottom and hopefully he is looking in the mirror.

Evans would help any QB. AT has over 1000 yards with Young throwing to him. Of course Evans would. Baker having talent and completely struggling here is my point. People keep wanting a quick fix. It’s like Tep thinking a rookie QB can play PG and make all these WRs look better. Mahomes is struggling (for Mahomes) with lesser WR talent and he has Kelce plus Rice has had a good rookie year.

We need a good GM to be straight with Tepper. Like “I’m taking the job knowing I have full roster control” kind of guy. If Tepper truly wants to win he needs someone like this. I agree and have said a couple times. A vet or late round flier to push him and of course if he shits the bed or gets injured we will still have a plan.

I mean reading his article the WORST of the offense were the two OGs, Mingo, Chark, and Tremble. We HAVE to fix these weapons and OL not just for Young, but whoever we have at the QB position.

Maybe. However we have to fix our offense in general. Look no further than Baker Mayfield. Was awful here and got cut midseason to give Darnold a chance. That was with Moore and CMC (part of the time). He goes to Tampa and has a solid season. We need to build this offense and then insert a QB in 25 if needed. Hire the right GM/HC, fix the OL and add some weapons first. Like I said we can add a vet or late round flier to compete with Young in 24.

I’d prefer Ward in the later rounds if he is there. Younger, rawer with a higher ceiling. We can develop him while Young gets a final look. You can also play the “developmental backup” card to the media at first.

Rivers definitely made it work. The negative is it takes longer for the ball to come out. It gets overlooked because his OL is top notch, but in the NFL every half a second counts.

I know a lot of you don’t want to hear it, but if we take another QB high it will be in the 2025 draft at the earliest. Maybe we take a flier on a late round guy or sign a vet for competition, but our goal this offseason is to try to build an offense around Young. If he keeps struggling then 25 is our year to move on IMO. You don’t make that kind of trade like we did without giving that player a ton of opportunities.

I’ve seen some negatives in his weird release. He also played behind one of the best OLs with some great weapons against PAC12 defenses. Same goes for Nix. It’s why they were nearly as good they’re 4 years at other schools. There have been criticisms of him under pressure but after hearing draft experts say that about Stroud I’m taking it with a grain of salt.

Yeah put the QB with 2 season ending ACL tears and 2 more season ending shoulder injuries behind our OL. What’s the worst that can happen? Also his college WRs are better than our NFL ones… Love his story but we would ruin him with our current roster.

Damn that was a laser…

2 shoulders and 2 ACLs at that.

He does have 2 ACL tears plus 4 years of subpar tape at Indiana. He is a 6th year senior like Pickett was as well. His 4 years at Indiana all ended in injuries. These things could drop him in the draft, but there is a lot to like as well.

I think their swab has developed well this season. Their center has some issues….

I think Icky will be fine. A better OC might help him but at worst he should make a great LG which he desperately need as well.

Can’t take our picks if we don’t have any…

Yeah people get way too vested about their opinions of players. We have people disappearing and hiding when he looks good and boasting when he looks bad and vice versa. Everyone should want him to develop into a good QB. It’s what’s best for the franchise. However if he doesn’t we just move on from him in 2025. It is what it is.