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I doubt anyone outside of the organization truly knows. Hell, some within the organization probably don't know. But everything Fitts said about needing to be completely sold on a guy yada, yada, yada before trading up to #1 because you're essentially betting the house on the guy leads me to believe they likely knew who they were going to go get.

Young very much seemed like a guy who thought he was locked into the #1 spot as long as he could check that 200+ pound box. Hell, maybe he is. I have no idea.

Puff Johnson hits the portal from UNC. It's a mass exodus. I'm not surprised. If you don't play guys they're gonna transfer. Hubert better hope he can get some of these '24 recruits to reclassify or he's gonna get himself fired next year.

Running or not running is a much bigger deal for Levis than it is for Stroud IMO. Stroud is the much more polished overall QB. Levis is a guy who is going to be a 24 year old rookie who is still asking teams to take a huge gamble on his physical talent and potential. Okay. Well then, show me.

Neither ran. Levis just came to show off his "cannon" and it looked fairly average. He definitely didn't get the pop out of his throwing session he was looking for. Young just showed up to step on a scale over 200 pounds. Mission accomplished.

I'll be surprised if we don't have strong representation at the pro days for all the top QB prospects.

As of right now, we've heard people "in the know" say we're definitely taking Young, definitely taking Stroud, and definitely taking Richardson. Meanwhile, I definitely have no fuging clue who we're taking.

I'd honestly rather end up with a bust than a Kirk Cousins type. You gotta have an MVP caliber QB to compete for SBs with any regularity.

I have no idea if I'd draft AR or not. It all comes down to his interviews, background checks, and just your overall feel for who he is and what he can develop into. There's no question about the talent. But most busts have plenty of talent. I'd be super excited if we drafted him because that means our very experienced coaches think he has what it takes and that they can get him there.

The combine measures raw physical talent. I guess you missed it.

I've said for a long time now that if we think AR has it in him for us to mold him into a great NFL QB then he should be the pick. He might be the most talented QB prospect ever.

Didn't watch. Sharpe picked the worst possible media mentor he ever could have. Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith, Colin Cowherd, Jim Rome, etc. absolutely took a poo all over "sports journalism" and he was happy to throw his name right into that lot. fug him. Secretariat ass looking motherfuger.

We're all just ready to be hopeful. Cutting Cam followed by the disaster of the Rhule era then trading away the most exciting player we had on CMC, I mean... it's been a rough few years. It's exciting to be excited about Panthers football again.

I'm fine with Young, Stroud, or Richardson. I say Richardson because the physical talent is undeniable and if he turns out to be the pick then obviously the staff thinks that he has what it takes to maximize those talents in the NFL

No one would be excited if we were expecting Andy Dalton or some other lukewarm vet to be the starting QB. It's very much the combo of a legit NFL coaching staff plus the promise of a #1 overall pick at QB.

LOL Go home Matt Rhule, you're drunk.

That's a really low bar to clear.

Mac Jones turned out to be a baller? What kind of alternate universe is this? Mac Jones got outplayed by Bailey Zappe last year.

It's real simple. If you want to take Verge's input seriously, go for it. If you don't, don't. I mean, what else is there to talk about right now? We're likely going to be going round and round about this pick between now and April 27th so just buckle up and enjoy the ride.

In a FAR better situation. If you polled NFL GMs you'd likely find very few that would take Jones or Zappe over Fields.

His arm is shot when he's playing a starting role. His arm is pretty good until it starts inevitably wearing down as he plays more games. He could absolutely thrive in a Taysom Hill role still today. If Cam had Andy Dalton 's personality and the signing of him would be a non-story after the initial headlines (and he was willing to settle for a role that isn't entrenched starting QB) he'd be on a roster.

Cowherd said like three weeks ago that we reached out to the Packers and that t would make sense for us. I don't pay attention to the guy but I'm not aware of him saying anything about it since. Either way, Cowherd is a literal professional troll. I'd recommend not paying him much mind.

Cam fell into the Kaepernick and The Golden Calf of Bristol trap. It's not that he isn't good enough to play a role in the NFL. It's just that teams deem the role he would likely play for them not to be worth the attention and ultimately the distraction it would bring. Cam is a big personality and would bring a ton of media attention and players and coaches would constantly be fielding Cam questions. Teams probably don't want to deal with that. If Russell Wilson wasn't coming off of such a disastrous season I could see Payton bringing Cam to Denver to play the role of Taysom Hill but given how awful Wilson was last year I can't see it. If he started out rough again the calls for Cam would grow louder and louder.

Time will tell. I've watched enough prospects come and go to know to not make definitive statements about guys who have never played a down of NFL football.