LinvilleGorge

This is why it's difficult to take you seriously. As long as someone agrees with you, you encourage them. They're to stick to their guns, never give up, never surrender. If someone doesn't agree with you, they have an obsession. It's fine to disagree. Hell, it would be awfully boring if everyone agreed. There would be nothing to talk about. My only issue is posters like you and @SBBlue who take disagreement personally. It's okay to be positive about Darnold. Hell, I hope y'all are right. I hope the Jets were such an awful organization that they just made Darnold look terrible. But the white knight homerism just isn't necessary.

No. I can never follow you. You're usually barely cohehernt.

Yeah, we know you're emotional. And you're mischaracterizing my position. Because you're emotional and can't communicate in an intellectually honest manner. But, hey... you do you.

Yep, I'm obsessed with the Panthers getting a legit franchise QB. It's the only way to be relevant year in and year out in the NFL. Sorry, not sorry.

It's the dead period of the off-season. There's literally nothing to do but speculate. You just seem to take it personally when someone has a different opinion.

No. I actually like Rhule and hope he won't get himself fired. But if he fails to find a QB he will.

He's gambling by basically refusing to gamble. The QB position is the one position you absolutely have to have. We have tried to bargain shop twice now. I have a feeling that if Darnold flops, we'll be swinging BIG at QB next off-season.

Kawann Short was released in February. That pic isn't from this off-season.

We should be shopping at FS and hopefully better options at OL will present themselves. We may be waiting for camp cuts either way.

Because I'll be surprised if Darnold doesn't fail. I'm already assuming they're gonna have to take that third swing.

If Rhule swings and whiffs on three QBs, he's probably gone. Listen to what Tepper says. You have to have a coach, GM, and QB. If the first two can't find that third piece, then you probably don't have the right guys in place in those spots either.

You sure about that? High pick busts almost always get a second shot somewhere else. Similarly performing low round picks often get bounced out of the league for similar play. The same thing happens in the "real world". If you have a top 10 MBA, you're going to have to get fired from several firms before you stop getting jobs you aren't cut out for.

I don't know about that. If Darnold flops while Fields and/or Jones have success, this staff might be on thinner ice than we think. I'd be willing to bet they'd be on their last swing at QB. If their next one fails while we're still struggling in the W-L column Tepper would probably be wise to move on.

I think you may have hit the nail on the head. Had Darnold been an afterthought 6th round pick like Minshew and performed like he did in NY he would've been lucky to get another shot elsewhere as a primary backup, much less as a starter. Had Minshew been a former #3 overall pick, he would've been very tasty trade bait and the media message surrounding him would've been about how the Jags had failed him and we're moving on from a promising young QB too soon.

I would've preferred Minshew over Darnold personally. Both were in absolute dumpster fire situations, but Minshew performed significantly better in his particular dumpster fire than Darnold did. Minshew started 9 games last year and threw for 2259 yards with 16 TDs vs. 5 INTs. Extrapolated to 16 games, that's roughly 4050 yards 29 TDs and 9 INTs. The Jags still went 1-7 in his starts. THAT'S how bad their dumpster fire was. They went 1-7 with a QB who was basically putting up borderline top 10 QB numbers.

As long as Darnold turns out fine it'll be fine. Yeah, it would've been awesome to have a good QB on a rookie contract for the next 4-5 years, but it is what it is. Just gotta hope Darnold performs - something that I'm admittedly extremely doubtful about.

We'll have to see how it plays out. But this attitude that it doesn't matter even if Fields turns out to be the GOAT is hilarious. If midway through next season Fields looks like he's back at OSU while Darnold looks like he's back in NY, oh... it's gonna matter.

Does every QB thread have to turn into Cam whataboutism?

Yeah, we know. Darnold was trash in NY. We're hoping he won't be trash here. We'll see.

CO completely turned me off of road cyclists sympathy. They built a dedicated bike lane on Squaw Pass right by my house after years of vehicle/bike issues. Cyclists were riding two and three abreast on a very steep curvy road and it was downright dangerous. So, they built a dedicated bike lane and out "please ride single file" signs up. Well, nothing changed. Many of the cyclists kept riding two and three abreast and refusing to use the bike lane. There was zero enforcement. There are plenty of responsible, courteous cyclists out there but there are enough entitled assholes on bikes for me to not give a single care about catering to building special use lanes for them (unless that is going to actually be enforced in which case I'm all for it), especially while they're contributing $0 to road maintenance

This is my problem with road cyclists. They want to take everything but give nothing. Build bike lanes, build bike paths! Hey, how about a small registration fee to help build/maintain those things? OUTRAGE! Share the road they say while riding three abreast and conveniently deciding whether they'll conduct themselves as a vehicle or as a pedestrian depending on which is convenient for them at the time. The reality is that bikes are considered vehicles when operating on a public road. Yes, they should pay a fee just like any other vehicle.

Start registering bikes like vehicles for street usage and apply those dollars directly to improvements for bike usage.

Congrats. Inductions can also move SUPER fast. My wife was induced with our first in the early AM. We anticipated kiddo to arrive by dinner time. I was holding my newborn baby daughter while watching for kickoff of a UNC football game that started at noon. Noon eastern time (10am for us in CO). She was in labor less than an hour.

He's definitely had significant durability issues since becoming a full-time starting QB.

The biggest thing the 49ers have going for them is that they still have Jimmy G. They won't be forced to play Lance before he's ready. If Jimmy G can stay healthy, they could end up flipping him for decent trade bait too.