Carolina Disaster

Stroud is by far the best NFL ready QB in this draft.  Not saying he is worth the first pick but he is top 10 for sure.  He is more mobile than people give him credit for.....watch the GA game.  He can make all the throws.  If we go QB in round 1 it should be Stroud.

19 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Random drunk thought here but how would you feel if the following scenario played out…..

***We win the next two games and win the NFC South. Home playoff game***

What direction would you take if you were make believe Gm this upcoming offseason??

Here is mine:

-Steve Wilks is signed as our next head coach 

-We sign an exciting name as OC and have Macadoo back in another role with the team (our offense has been much improved lately)

-We re sign Darnold to a one year deal (he has has a 104.3 rating currently) and give him an opportunity to COMPETE for a starting role or be our top tier backup QB. We go into the season with Darnold, Corrall, AND rookie QB as our depth chart. 

-We re sign Bozeman to a 4 year deal, Foreman to a 1 year deal

-Extend Burns (which will also help cap next season)

-We sign a top tier TE (such as Schultz, Ertz,  Gesicki)

-We use our draft picks in round one, two, two, three, four, four, five on BEST PLAYER AVAILABLE that could be any position of need

Off-season decisions/needs

-Add one year to Shaq Thompsons contract to decrease his cap hit or cut him? If you keep him you are set at LB, if you cut him you have to sign a FA or draft LB high

-DE to start opposite Burns must be a draft pick. If we re sign Burns we will have good money tied up in the position. We have good depth with gross Matos and Haynes but both are depth only. We don’t have the money to sign a good player in FA so you need to draft one using a 1st or 2nd round pick depending on how the draft falls.

-Is Marshall our WR 2 for next season? 

-QB? Do you draft one in round one? If not do you take another shot with one of our two second round picks.
 

Pretty coherent random drunk thought!!

Love Cam but he is done as a QB unfortunately.  If he wants to come play TE or specialty sets in goal line or short yardage situations all for it!

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

The table...

@Seahawks
Steelers
Lions
@Buccaneers
@Saints

Doubt we run the table but these are all winnable games.

He is 25 years old with upside.  Better than anyone we have right now.  Lets see what he does the rest of the year.  Should be his show the rest of the way.  Lets see what he can do with a competent line and strong running game to support him. 

I agree!!  get a solid OC to pair with Wilks and good to go!

Would love to have him or Stover in the 2nd if they drop.  Most likely both are gone in the first round.

Gift Card sent!  Thank you for doing this!

Just win!!!

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Stroud may indeed be different, but it's also fair to point out that people said the same thing about Fields.

What's uppermost in my mind right now is who we get as a coach. The type of offense they want to run might have a significant effect on our choices.

Don't disagree.  Fields is different than Haskins, Jones, etc... I think Fields could be good in the NFL if used right.  He would have struggled here last year but I think he would be a different QB here this year.  Bears gave him no help.

Agree on the coach and what we do.  Its wait and see now until the end of the season!

5 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Before Haskins, there was Cardale Jones, Terrelle Pryor and Troy Smith.

My worry with Fields now is that I think the Bears are going to try to use him primarily as a runner in the kind of offense we ran with Newton and the Falcons did with Vick.

(we did it better, but Newton was better than Vick anyway so ..)

The problem with that kind of attack is that it's not really sustainable for any kind of long-term. It also has an unfortunate tendency to shorten your quarterback's career.

Stroud is getting knocked because he is an OSU QB but he isn't the same type of QB that came before him.  He is more like the one that left OSU to go to LSU and won a championship.  Agree on Fields.....bears are going to run him into the ground now and he will be done in a year or so.  Fields needed to land on a different team to be successful long term.

8 minutes ago, Tbe said:

Don’t forget that LSU team and Burrow.

Don't forget Burrow was an OSU QB as well!

Another Dime by Stroud.   Kid has all the tools.  He isn’t the typical OSU QB.  He is a poised pocket passer.  NFL ready.  

The last drive and the throws Stroud made and placement of them is why he is the best QB in this draft!