Jackie Lee

At this rate Ward looks great, but he won't really face any serious competition until the playoffs. I'm pretty sure they're basically a lock now that it's expanded to 12 teams. BR has him #1 in the rankings after last game -Stats: 65-of-89, 1,035 yards, 11 TD, 1 INT; 46 rush yards, 1 TD Cam Ward is now the Heisman Trophy favorite, according to the latest odds from DraftKings, after torching Ball State for 346 yards and five touchdown passes in a 62-0 blowout. The Washington State transfer went to the bench early in the second half, so those gaudy numbers came in an abbreviated effort, but he will still enter Week 4 tied for the FBS lead with 11 passing touchdowns. The Hurricanes have emerged as the early favorites in the ACC, but before they kick off conference play, they have a road game against South Florida on Saturday.

If it's this scenario trade back and grab Cam Ward! Keep Dalton or whatever vet. Use the trade back capital to stock up on d-line

Care to have a memory refresher of the Corral draft?

Use this Kiper clip as trade bait! Try to get a fourth while he’s still getting the benefit of the doubt. If he sits a month and Dalton gets injured, comes back in and still stinks, no one will be willing to take on the $6m a year cap hits.

People are saying the Dolphins and Giants should consider a trade. Dolphins blog I saw said a 4th/5th and a 7th I think. I'd take it. If someone did trade for him they have to dish out $6m a year for the next few years... It wouldn't totally shock me if he's not even at practice tmrw. I just feel like there's going to be too much tension between his dad and the staff or something, just making it really awkward.

First 20 minutes of this is the Bryce segment

Not wasting much time on speculating on Teppers involvement despite how Canales framed the decision yesterday..

I don't see how he can get in front of the media this week, even in the locker room come to think of it. Sounds distracting for the rest of the team and awkward for him

There's that whole time of possession thing that keeps the ball away from the opposing offense. "they have converted two of 22 third-down opportunities"

I would say fear of throwing deep/arm strength, not stepping up into the pocket (which might be height related), and being finger tackled by guys are size/strength related. That being said we never really thought about PJ's size as what held him back from being starter level and he's just 5'11" and maybe 10 pounds more muscle than BY. I think patience was over when he came back to OTA's and pretty much hadn't worked on getting bigger/stronger/faster and was so laid back about it. Just no urgency or hunger in his demeanor, makes him hard to root for or take seriously

I used adblok plus just to get rid of the sidebar so I just see the actual threads full screen

Dalton looks genuinely excited about getting a chance to start again. Should have always been a legit competition

The O-line has been solid. WR's and TE's will be happier. Defense theoretically will get more rest although I don't think anything is going to change the pass rush situation unless Wonnum and Barno come back healthy and looking above average

Jesus christ get the dark mode theme already, its at the bottom of the page. Ouch

I think people will be surprised how differently defenses will play us when they have to account for the deep ball. Every team has been using the same defensive game plan against BY for a year now and he just wasn't making them pay for it. Even Plummer had us looking like a completely different offensive system in the 2nd half of the last preseason game with the actual deep shots. Dalton can actually mentor a guy like Plummer, he really didn't have anything to offer Bryce since they have totally different games.

I imagine his body language this next week will be very telling of whether he's pissed, motivated, or just aloof/disinterested and content with the money.

Yeah I've never seen Bryce Young clearly act that excited about playing football. He's younger than Rodgers, he put up decent numbers with the Saints just two seasons ago. It will be watchable at bare minimum, and we'll be able to see if XL is a legit NFL WR or not, JT Sanders same deal. For me it's just about getting a grasp of the pros and cons of the offense before experimenting with tossing a rookie QB in there, we need to get a baseline established.

NFL Live says trade his ass pronto! No turning back and he shouldn't even be in the locker room/sideline at this point. Now just have to convince someone to pay him like $6M a year lol.

Yeah he's not lol