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Cool enough with me.

Bottom line, he is gonna have to do some tangible good stuff to back it up. If he has the goods that attitude would be a plus.

I think we’re saying the same thing pretty much.

All agents are kind of not likable, in the business mode. A lot are probably assholes off the job too. Seems like being dissatisfied is part of the job description.

Okay this was interesting, I didn’t read the article that included the deep ball stuff above but I just looked at it and they were crediting Purdy’s arm as being stronger than before. Not because of new/repaired ligaments but because of the rehab. Probably worth reading because I never believed there was much you could do, your arm is what it is. You can torque your base and trunk and do the mechanical stuff and get a better ball but I thought your arm was kind of your arm. https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/175695-deep-ball-brilliance-ignites-offensive-explosion/

I haven’t watched a lot of Purdy but I wouldn’t think of him for a big money QB deal because yes on a lesser team it is a harder job. OTOH I bet he has a decent deep ball, which we are still wondering whether Young does. And he was taken off the bottom of the barrel. I’d have taken him there over... I mean please. Every time. Put Young down to second day like 3rd round I’d see a good debate going on. I went on a short search for Purdy deep ball just so I’d know, found this pretty quick. https://x.com/nwagoner/status/1734094412186280261 okay me and Juan have the same issue. Here is what it said: QB Brock Purdy is up to 7 completions on 13 throws traveling 30+ air yards this season. He has 3 TDs and 0 INT on those attempts. From 2017-2022, Jimmy Garoppolo had 6 completions on 40 throws of 30+ air yards. He had 2 TD and 6 INTs on those attempts.

It IS Panther-y isn’t it. And it’s not even really Black Cat time yet. We have guys ready to go though, and about the only ones that think this is a playoff possible team are the total sunshiners that have been saying the same thing every year. I don’t see it as some catastrophe. Yet. edit: I mean, if I called it we’d still have Foreman. Who is a banger?

They think the QB needs the help and wanted to make sure they got it. I don’t they would do the same thing again with a different QB situation, where they maybe felt better about sticking a rookie at C right now. I just keep thinking the rookie C learning protections, etc, learning the speed of the game in the NFL for the first time, that maybe that isn’t the ideal plan. They need to get it going fast because if it doesn’t go, you are going to have some confidence issues. Then the RB is there and they thought Dallas was going to make a move. And they want a strong running game and this is their guy. That’s what I think they were thinking, whether that was what they should have done? We probably won’t know if the C would have been a better move. If the QB blows chunks anyway then having a solid C moving forward would be a plus. If he does well, would he have done as well behind a learning rookie? I just think this is all about making it as easy as possible and giving every advantage they can. Cause right now the job is save this QB. Get him in the best position to operate.

Not saying I know but maybe these days the ACL is more like a flat tire than that axle. Or, like a broken belt. I try to stay open minded until I just can’t anymore. These are the last days of not knowing, truth is coming. You know, like winter is coming. We are going to see more truth in about maybe 4-5 weeks

i was sort of astounded that Tepper had a limit. That would have been a really interesting situation to be inside.

We're just little cash cows in here.

We’re first in the waiver line

well yeah, that is a maybe. It’s just what I thought they would do, not necessarily what I would do. They have done so much that I would never do, the equation would have completely different variables. I’ll stop there.

I try to be civil and reasonable. I don’t always succeed. I’ve been watching recordings and enjoying my Sundays free. I don’t look at anything that would give me the scores if I can hjelp it but even if I did it hasn’t mattered. I watch to see them play. I fast forward through all timeouts and challenges etc, and much of the play clock until they get to the line. I rewind a lot of stuff. It's still hard to see really what’s going on with their broadcast angles. Anyway, you can check out but keep up that way. Works for me. If Young does not put it together this year in a legit way and they don’t respond the way I want them to, which is drop him to backup at that point (salary is guaranteed) I am probably done after 30 years. Big decision but I can’t take the ineptitude much longer. I’m not happy with the general direction of the NFL, only thing keeping me is the home team. And Tepper has pretty much destroyed that so far.

And they just weren’t drafting a C they would start, this year. Too much on Bryce. I want one but saw that coming.

I think 30 is the going age that people give as the top of the hill for RBs and they fall off fast. Usually. Whatever that math turns out to be in Brooks’ case... there it is. There IS a variable of college carries, tread on the tires, and some people feel like more tread left after college is more you’ll have for the NFL.

'They're' hoping and ‘we’ are killing their hope with our skepticism. Pretty much. They don’t like that. The margins are so thin. And ‘we' understand that and are worried about it. ‘They' aren’t.

Voting with that one. I think we looked at CMC for nearly a year after he was not a Panther.

That’s true, I think. Or was it ‘should’? I’m not jumping off until it’s really a problem. Maybe it is maybe it isn’t. It wasn’t that microfracture stuff was it?

Man... I have something for that but will refrain.

Yeah. Agreed. But in the big scheme of things, if he works out there is a round difference and if he fails there is a round difference. At the same time he was part of a series of moves that worked out pretty well I think. I’d call the trade up putting some of your winnings back down. I would have gone Kamara (third round) in the CMC draft all day. I hear the people saying this was not wise. But again it is just one round’s worth of value. Probably not crippling. He may not be the best RB in the draft but they want pass catching too. They are trying to help the QB. If he works out it won’t be any kind of big deal. The only thing I get really upset about is future picks. Trading them for today. That’s when you have my unwanted attention for fuging up.

If we get in an argument I am pretty sure I will offer facts and attempt to give reasons for my opinions. If I have belittled you personally in an exchange between us then I am sorry it is something I try to be better than. Now, disagreeing is not belittling it is disagreeing. Peace

Yes! It is hard as poo already. So why make it harder on yourself with an outlier? That’s arguing the draft but it is relevant to his success or failure still today.

Fair enough, we probably will never agree. I am with you on Canales. That’s about it. Brady had a good enough arm. Obviously. And yeah it was better. Montana probably is too slow to succeed like he did in the modern NFL. A lot of my take comes from the athleticism that has become the standard tin the league and I don’t believe the eras can really compare with mobile type of QBs in particular. And man the Brees comps, he is so much smaller. He needs to earn those comps. we’ll see.

That and more. Because... I'll call them Field of Bryce Dreams If you criticize him they will come. I agree with a lot of what you are saying except for the personalizing. Him as a football player I am pretty much where you are. Probably don’t think he is completely unsalvageable but I don’t see a lot of winning in the cards. Did not want to draft him and was begging not to. I did not appreciate the deception at the combine but it’s the game they play. To me that is where the team needs to set their standards. That is who I would be punishing for that, they can’t see through that poo? Really? (I think they did see through it just like most people but it didn’t matter to them they had him at the top). edited lol I just saw you banned him. I guess he can still read .....