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Quite a bit. If it didn't there would be no reason to call out the mike.

That's my issue. Yeah, I think he'll improve but there's a massive gap between what he's been and where he needs to get. I just don't see it happening.

If we've done our homework on Fields and we don't like him then it is what it is. Then again, we did our homework on Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Darnold too, so... oh wee mayne.

Ironically, Humphries hasn't done much of anything away from Jameis. Howard was putting up similar numbers with Brady before getting hurt. Godwin had an elite year with Jameis in '19. He was having a decent year with Brady but his numbers were down pretty big. Meanwhile, Robby Anderson just had his career high yardage with Teddy Bridgewater. Jameis Winston is basically a big time QB but with a big time turnover problem to match. Darnold hasn't shown he can put up numbers like Jameis and his TD:INT ratio is even worse.

Picking up the 5th year option prior to the draft would just be dumb. Keep your options open. Darnold is insurance in case QB at #8 doesn't work out and honestly, I doubt it will and that's why the trade was made.

What top 3 draft pick ever goes into a good situation? It's always an uphill battle. The good ones find a way.

It's possible, but so far Darnold has basically been Kyle Boller 2.0.

#1 on the list... I desperately want the stat to be dumb because I desperately want Darnold to be the answer. Let's be real, we'd be laughing our asses off if we still had a healthy Cam (or any good QB for that matter) and a desperate flailing division rival made this trade and hitched their wagon to Sam Darnold and for good reason.

Matt Ryan was kind of the opposite story as a prospect. Jones has been surrounded by the finest supporting cast in college football. Matt Ryan pretty much single handedly made those BC teams relevant. His supporting cast sucked.

It's about defensive alignments and blocking assignments. The "mike" isn't always the MLB given the defense's alignment on a particular play.

One of those garbage guys was a starting WR for us last year and will be again this year. He's pretty good too.

Really interesting prospect. Off the ball LB with ideal edge rusher length. His evaluations are probably all over the board across the league. He's one of those guys who could end up going a lot higher than most think because it's easy to see how a team could have him valued pretty highly. Other teams are going to be nervous about his height and the relative lack of comps for off the ball LBs.

Yep. Elite talents with no significant question marks will still go high, but other guys? Yeah, I could see some teams questioning their love and dedication to the game. I don't necessarily think that's fair, but I think it's reality.

Crazier things have happened. A lot of people have seemingly forgotten about the off-field concerns.

Sucks but absolutely unsurprising. Great player and seems like a great guy but his injury list is a mile long.

I think Darnold was simply our best bad option. We wanted Watson. Obviously that didn't work out in large part due to reasons that couldn't have been predicted. We talked to the Dolphins about going up to #3. Understandably, we weren't willing to pay that price. We made a significant trade offer for a proven QB in Stafford. We obviously took a look at the draft board and anticipated the guy(s) we liked at QB likely wouldn't be available where we were selecting. At best, Darnold was our fifth option. It is what it is. At least we don't have all that much invested in him all things considered given typical investments at the QB position and we've shown the willingness not to stick with our previous mistakes (see Bridgewater, Teddy).

IMO, your mindset is the same one the decision makers have and -again, IMO - it's a dangerous one. Trying to be the best bad team you can be right now can prevent making the moves you need to make to be the best team you can be for the next decade. I'm not big on Lance. But if Fields is there at #8 he should absolutely be the pick IMO. Fields is the type of QB that would go #1 overall most years. This is just an insane QB class and it baffles me how many people seem blind to that and it's exactly why I was so pissed about that late season WFT win.

I'm already signed up for it and deposit paid. It's supposed to be available here mid-late this year. It's a great thing for internet access to rural areas, but I am a bit concerned about the impact of thousands of low orbit satellites. Space junk is going to become an ever increasing problem.

Yeah, I think you'd be hard pressed to find an optimistic fan base of any team that has three consecutive losing seasons. Now, the teams that are going to draft QBs highly next weekend might see a turnaround in optimism.

Is constant bitching really any different than constant blind homerism? Just curious. Yeah, both sets of posters annoy me. I just don't really see a lot of difference in them.

We're you around in the months prior to and following Cam's release? Honestly, I don't think the overall vibe of the board is anywhere nearly as bad as it used to be.

There's always going to be disagreement. If everyone agreed on everything there would be no point in discussing. This place would just be one giant echo chamber.

Where have I done any of this? I've certainly questioned whether they know what they're doing, specifically in terms of addressing the QB position but I haven't called any of them morons. Now Marty Hurney, on the other hand... yeah, I consistently and often called him a moron and I stand by that.

BTW, I really HOPE that Darnold will be the answer but I really THINK that it's highly unlikely he will be.

Winston was successful except for the turnovers. He put up big time numbers he just turned the ball over too much. Meanwhile, Darnold's TD:INT ratio (1.15:1) is still significantly worse than Winston's (1.38:1).