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It might play out that way but the narrative of these prospects as prospects is skewed significantly. Herbert ended up being the 3rd QB prospect taken. The NFL whiffed on that evaluation too. He absolutely goes 2nd overall if that class was redrafted. I doubt the Bengals would give up Burrow for him and that's understandable.

You gotta ignore a lot of glaring weaknesses in the OT prospects. I honestly think the QB class is a little below average and the OT class is a little above average. Neither are exceptional either way. You gotta wear your optimist glasses for the OTs and your pessimist glasses for the QBs to buy the narrative.

Him moving the team would honestly be welcomed by me at this point. Charlotte would immediately become the top available market for an NFL franchise and we could wash our hands of Tepper's poo show. Seems like a win to me.

I'm not sure if Rhule is factoring in the level of veteran QB that's going to be willing to come here and play for him which is pretty stunning considering we've chased and whiffed on every decent vet QB available since he was hired. You would've thought he would've been ready to swallow that bitter pill by now.

Overall I would agree. I'm firmly on team trade down though. Especially with a potential answer at LT already on the roster.

It's odd to me how everyone can easily point out the weaknesses of the QB prospects while ignoring the weaknesses of the OT prospects. The football player on the field has never matched the athlete in the gym for Neal. Ekwonu is a better run blocker than pass protector and that's a big concern for a LT. He's also built more like an OG than an OT at 6'4" 310. Cross is another guy who's a bit undersized at a shade over 300 pounds with significant questions about his physicality at the NFL level. I'm just not buying into this draft narrative that this OT class is special and the QB class is trash. It doesn't add up.

Bacot is coming back!

Ideal IMO

It's always seemed like by far our likeliest scenario. Our biggest need is QB and there's no consensus top 10 QB prospect in the draft. Fitterer loves trading down and trading in general. We lack a 2nd or 3rd round pick greatly hampering our roster building draft capital. Trading down is almost certainly our preferred option.

Nah, hindsight being 20/20 the franchise was already ruined we just didn't realize it yet. The ruination occurred when Tepper signed the papers.

@tecc86, remember this post and celebrating that meaningless win when we're talking draft again in October while Herbert is playing like an MVP candidate.

Minshew is probably the best bet there. Honestly, if the draft doesn't fall right for us I'd rather kick Philly a mid-rounder next year for Minshew vs. trading real assets for Jimmy G or Baker Mayfield and their significantly larger cap hits.

Yeah, pretty much.

It's something that has to be seriously looked into and evaluated. The NFL is going to bring a whole new level of stress and there are going to be some inevitable struggles on the field. How will he deal with it? It's something that has to be asked of every prospect. Virtually everyone considered as a potential first rounder has the talent to succeed if everything goes right. Nothing ever goes completely right.

Yep. If the vets suck, do you really have anything to lose by playing the rookies? Especially if you're out of contention. It was just baffling to watch.

The one that I quoted.

Something that the "Tepper isn't going to just suddenly start making bad business deals" crew conveniently forgets. Tepper is petty as fug and he's willing to lose on the financial side if it satisfies his pettiness.

His good measurables that others are hanging their hats on made me even more down on him. They don't show up on the field. He basically plays like a more mobile Mac Jones. Throws outside the numbers in the NFL are going to be off the table. He can't get the ball out there against NFL DBs without getting them jumped for a pick six.

He was also playing in an offensive system last seen when football was played in leather helmets. That's the huge factor the folks reaching to compare a Pickett to him consistently miss.

Many of us realized at the time just how disastrous that meaningless win was while others celebrated that every win is a good one and relished on the wonderful winning culture it was helping to build. Well, how 'bout now?

Pickett had one good year when he was the oldest guy on the field granted a fifth year by special circumstances. He's not proven for poo. If it's Pickett or Corral, I hope like hell it's Corral.

I wasn't talking specifically for us. But the NFL has changed. Teams that feel they're in a window to make a SB run with their roster are getting a LOT more aggressive to capitalize on it in recent years.

Mainly just the alcohol stuff. He's had issues with alcohol and depression in the past. Not a deal breaker for everyone, but should be for us. If you don't have issues with alcohol and/or depression prior to being involved with Tepper and Rhule's Panthers, you probably will soon.

Fans don't make trades. And fans of good teams always seem to overrate their rosters. Just think back to how confident we were through Cam's prime years.

The Browns should be trying to move up. They just landed Deshaun Watson but their WR corps is basically Amari Cooper and... and well, that's it.