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Hell, a lot of very successful NFL QBs don't always do things by the book. Mahomes is a perfect example. He does a LOT of stuff that would result in a lot of interceptions if he was less talented. QB coaches probably hate their pupils watching Patrick Mahomes. It's virtually guaranteed that they can't get away with a lot of the things he does.

You sure are doing a lot of dog whistling here singling out all black QBs while begging for white ones...

Yep, absolutely. For the record, I've been driving the Zach Wilson bandwagon since back in October. I'm just not blind to the reality that there are question marks.

Kinda makes you wonder how Mahomes would've worked out if he had to start from day one. Sitting and learning behind Alex Smith may have done him a lot of good.

College stats don't always translate well to the NFL. Don't believe me, just look at the all-time leaders for college passing stats. It's absolutely littered with guys who did nothing in the NFL.

Yeah, it doesn't correlate to NFL success at all.

The top three all-time college passing TD record holders are Case Keenum, Kellen Moore, and Graham Harrell.

It's really not hard to figure out. It's like a bold coaching call. When it works you're brilliant. When it doesn't you're a reckless idiot. With Mahomes it has REALLY worked.

Anytime a guy faced subpar competition in college there's always a question mark in terms of how he'll translate based on that alone.

Sounds like Rhule has roster control per the contracts. “I think in terms of on the contract, a lot of those things probably rest with me,” Rhule said, via Darin Gantt of Panthers.com. “But that’s not something I’m real interested in. I think it’s kind of a formality. Scott’s here to run the personnel. He’s here to build the roster. He’s here to establish the draft process. I think some things are written into the contract, but I think we’re going to work collaboratively and work together.”

I'm not opposed to it, but it's pretty much a last resort type option for me.

Works for me. I'd just be surprised if anyone is willing to give up a 3rd for Teddy and take on his current contract rather than just waiting for him to be cut or waiting on us to lower our asking price.

Kinda like how guys like Mond and Mills are currently being discussed? I mean, once you get past the top few QBs you're always grasping at straws hoping to get lucky. That's just reality.

I honestly don't care where we send him or for what. I just want him gone. It's just my opinion based on nothing more than interview comments, but it seemed like the relationship between Teddy and our staff took a sharp turn south (understandably) after he made those comments blaming the paly call for coming in late after he missed DJ wide open in the endzone.

Evidently Burrow is banging the table for Chase too. Can't discount that. I absolutely think they'll use their 1st rounder to build around Burrow. Very possible they stick with their current OTs and then focus on their IOL later in the draft.

It's also prime lying season. I'm not saying those reports are true or false, but I've definitely learned to take this type of stuff with a grain of salt in the weeks leading up to draft day.

I was specifically talking about Lawrence, Wilson, Fields, and Jones. If Goff can go #1 then so could Jones.

The 4th or 5th QB taken doesn't necessarily mean he was the 4th or 5th QB on our draft board. You also can't look at things solely in terms of this draft class. There are 3-4 QBs in this draft who would be in #1 overall pick discussions in most draft classes.

It's definitely lying season.

I would say that UGA would've competed for a national championship the last two years with Fields, but damn... LSU and Bama were just absolute buzzsaws. They would've absolutely been in the mix practically any other years.

I don't remember any talk of Fromm that involved anything more than a mid-round pick.

If the right QB isn't there at #8 then that would be the right move IMO. Trade down a bit to pick up draft assets next year, then draft a Mond or Mills later. If he doesn't work out (honestly likely) it's no big deal and you swing again next year.

If there's one of the big QBs there and we don't want him then we absolutely need to be fielding trade offers. An elite LT with our current roster = zero added wins. Stack draft assets if we aren't drafting a QB.

Beating out more talented QBs at the college level doesn't necessarily translate to the NFL level. Everyone seemingly has a man crush on Orlovsky as a QB evaluator, but he's also the reason why Joe Flacco ended up at Delaware. How'd the NFL careers (and draft status) of those two go?

If he's innocent as he claims and is willing to wade through the fire to clear his name, then this is for the best for him. But if he's not... well, he might be the one giving the "massages" soon.