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It all goes back to not being able to revert to instinct read and react. He's constantly trying to consciously think his way through things and that just happens too slowly to work in the NFL. When Darnold looks good is when either his first read is open or he gets immediate pressure and has to go to his check down immediately. When he has to come off of his first read and start trying to go through his progression... uh oh. He stays on his first read too long and by then it's basically panic time.

Honestly, Tuesday and Wednesday might be the most important days for the Panthers. QB team interviews.

Yeah, the underwear Olympics don't start until Thursday.

The only thing people care about with Young is the measuring tape and scale. If he comes in sub 6' and sub 200 pounds... oh wee mayne

I think some don't have pressure well. Then some just can't go into read and react mode. Then you have the Same Darnolds of the world where both are true. Oh wee mayne.

It basically just means we'd prefer a QB who isn't just a facilitator but a guy who can make things happen on his own if necessary. We had a guy like that once. It feels like such a long, long time ago now.

Yeah, it really does. Kinda feels like Ron has hired their new interim head coach if they don't get off to a good start.

No. I'm just saying he's not dumb. A lot of people confuse looking dumb on a football field for being dumb. They're not the same thing. If you're trying to think on a football field instead of just reacting you're going to be too slow and look dumb.

I wish I could say that's unbelievable but it's actually extremely believable. And utterly fuging absurd.

How many scandals has Snyder been involved in? It's happened time and time again. I'm not defending JR. I have no issue with him being forced to sell. My issue is that Snyder hasn't been.

We can't be trading significant draft assets until we figure this QB thing out.

I hope RJ Davis can get right because he hasn't been right in awhile.

By far.

Refs been letting them play all night and now they've gone whistle crazy with three ticky tack fouls on Carolina in the last minute. Just stay consistent. You've already set the tone, stick with it.

Yes. Period. It'd probably be more like Burns plus #9 and probably a 2nd.

The NFL is gonna have to force him to sell which should've already happened. He's done waaaaaaay more to get forced out than JR did.

Time for another one, boys. I've been preparing my body.

It might be obvious to you now, but would it be obvious to you as a 20 year old borderline superhuman athlete?

That was both very funny and very tacky, especially from a guy who has significantly underperformed his draft promise.

It's lazy in terms of their really being nothing to discuss then. If we're just trusting the staff then what's to discuss?

Especially since we're not involved early. Would I want to get in a bidding war for Carr with the bidding starting at $35M per year? No. But if we wait a bit and he comes to talk to us and the number comes down to more like $25M per year over day three years? Hmmm... that becomes a very different scenario.

The big difference for me with Carr is that this is a guy who has actually played at a high level for the majority of his career. He isn't a guy who looked decent in spot duty for an all-time great offensive coach like Teddy. He isn't a guy who played terribly but showed elite physical tools like Darnold. He isn't a guy who had one decent season but then failed to build on that like Mayfield. Carr is definitely a different type of veteran QB than we've been dealing with in recent years. Honestly, I'd still prefer draft but I wouldn't mind Carr.

A lot of folks are anti-Carr from the PTSD of watching the Panthers make bad acquisitions of veteran QBs and fail miserably. Hell, I fully admit that I'd rather draft a QB for this very reason myself. But if the opposite were true and we'd been swinging and missing on QBs in the draft for years then these same folks would likely be clamoring for Derek Carr.

Cognitive tests are likely always going to be like forecasting though. You're chasing an imperfect goal. No test is ever likely to be a great capture of intelligence or cognition. A test measures your ability to perform well on that test. Trying to extrapolate those results beyond that is likely always going to be a dicey proposition.

I've said it about Sam Darnold. He seems like a smart guy but he just doesn't operate like a QB. He can't kickdown into instinct mode. Everything has to be read and react once the ball is snapped. You have to be able to turn off your conscious brain. You just don't have time to think. If you're thinking you're going to be too slow. It's probably why a lot of teams back in the day actually downgraded QBs if they scored TOO high on the Wonderlic. They probably worried about a really intelligent guy being able to revert to instinct mode. A really intelligent person is probably going to find it harder to turn off that thinking mode. Just my theory.