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Good for him because he doesn’t have prime Cam to bail him out...

The undersized undrafted linebacker from Wisconsin?

Bouye does he ever! Seriously though he was great for the Jags only a couple years ago. Ramsey was their one and he was a dominant 2.

If he puts up those numbers, Brady looks great but the Jets would have to be embarrassed. Plus that would be quit the steal by Fitts for a future 2nd and late picks. I’m still skeptical, but hopeful!

Yeah however we were able to roll with BPA this draft which usually means more value for your dollar. Also Fitts was helping with this draft. Fitts first year helping Seattle in 2011 they got KJ Wright in the 4th, Sherman in the 5th, and Byron Maxwell in the 6th, not to mention Doug Baldwin as an undrafted rookie. That was his first year as Director of College Scouting. The man knows how to find late rounds value picks. The very next year he helped get Wagner in the second and Russ Wilson in the third. Not bad at all!

Cut his ass! Bust!

Oh no I definitely get it. I was pushing for Fields, but since we are rolling with Darnold I’m sitting back and letting our staff do their job. I relatively confident in them and it should make for an interesting year of football. I get that the odds are against him, but the Jets were strongly considering trading their pick and rolling out Darnold with more weapons/ protection. Besides if any team can make a player look bad it’s the Jets.

A gunslinger with a bad coach, few weapons, and no protection is a recipe for disaster. A lot of mistakes will be made in that scenario. I know it’s not ideal for any QB, but gunslingers will just let it rip to guys who can’t make plays. Dink and dunk Teddy would have faired better IMO.

Same. I think he is a solid backup and an intelligent, nice person. He just isn’t a $20 million starter.... It’s nothing personal. I’m not even a camp fodder warm body!

Why not Darnold vs Mac or Darnold vs Mond? Hell we could have traded before the Niners did for pick 3 and grabbed Lance? Do we also look at Darnold vs Lance? We could have offered more to get Stafford as well? It’s a never ending game. People need to move on from Fields. If we drafted Darnold over Fields it would be a little different. We got him for relatively cheap and already had what we think is an option at the QB position with a huge need at CB when we were on the clock. Do the Dolphins have to worry about Fields vs Tua since they passed on him as well? What about the Lions and Goff vs Fields?

Matt Leinart never really did well. Baker Mayfield is a good point. In 2019 his QB rating was worse than Darnold’s believe it or not and he was throwing to OBJ, and Landry while Darnold had Robbie Anderson. So in 2020 they beefed up Mayfield’s line and got him a smart offensively minded coach and he did great. Darnold mean while lost his best weapon (Robbie) had a terrible line, kept his terrible coach, and battled with a shoulder injury all year making him regress greatly. I’m hoping we can get a 2019 to 2020 Mayfield progression from him. Better line, better weapons, and better coaching might do that. Let’s hope it does!

I agree with being low on Darnold. My glimpse of optimism is believing in the value of where these young QBs get drafted. There are always exceptions like Peyton and even Cam were going to be dominate no matter where they went, but a majority of these guys landed in good spots. Brees ending up with Sean Payton, Rodgers falling to GB, even Mahomes getting drafted by Andy Reid. Would players like Mitch T, Rosen, and even Haskins have played better if they were drafted by different teams? It’s going to be not only a good test for Darnold, but also for Joe Brady and his staff to see if they can develop a young QB that appears to have talent and some processing issues. I’m not saying it will work out, but it definitely has peaked my interest.

Rivers?

Yeah the big hits that caused injuries were the blindsided ones from the pocket. When Cam was running he would brace for impact and could see the hit coming. The pocket hits are what shortened his career. The Von Miller, and TJ Watt hits were all from having a bad offensive line and a staff that refused to scheme around or address it.

He tried though... that counts right?

I thought Rivers retired?

Yet no one offered them the first round pick they wanted BEFORE the draft. Plus there aren’t as many teams that can afford Julio. I swear you love every player not on our roster...

It should be Darnold AND Horn vs Fields, because we couldn’t have landed Horn if we drafted Fields. Anyway Fields is officially a Bear now, go so follow him there. This board is for the Carolina Panthers. We passed on all but 7 players when we drafted Horn, not just Fields.

He should look good in OTAs. His issues are in game decisions when he is under pressure, which was like every play behind that Jets line....

Ugh that’s awful...

Full context. A 32 year old Luke who can’t stay healthy and is counting towards a huge chunk of the salary cap. I’m not saying teams don’t want him, they obviously do. His talent justifies the risk/expense, but it also makes sense why they are getting a return for him now while they can.

Fitzgerald had like 400 yards and 1 TD last year so let’s not use him as an example of older players....

Because he gets injured every year....

Julio is getting old and injury prone. If they can get a decent return their offense will still be good with Ridley and Pitts.

Is he that 8 year college player? Maybe playing at Washington?