LinvilleGorge

If it's a smokescreen it's a long one. There were very early reports that we loved Fields. Those have gone quiet until very recently.

Always did and still do like the man. Glad the coach is gone though. Wish it would've worked out better.

No point in picking up Darnold's until we see whether or not Fields is there at #8. Weird that we drug our feet on Moore's, but whatever. It gets done as expected.

If the Niners aren't moving Garappolo with multiple suitors, that points even stronger toward taking a Trey Lance or Justin Fields instead of Mac Jones IMO. After Shanny's drooling over the read option yesterday and now this talk about Garappolo not being traded despite multiple suitors, I'll honestly be surprised if they pick Jones. Seems like they're interested in keeping Garappolo as a wet nurse and IMO, that points toward Trey Lance. The talk was that they were trying to decide between Lance and Jones and of the major QB prospects, Lance is most in need of a redshirt year.

Fields if he's there, trade down if he's not.

I like the brick. Looks similar to the brick on our house, maybe a little darker.

I said it yesterday and I still think it - if Fields is there he's the pick. I just think that with the Pats talking to ATL as high as #4, they're gonna get him. We'd need four teams in front of us to say no to the bait they're going to be dangling.

If we draft a punter at #8 I'm gonna be pretty pissed.

One of the dumbest things I've ever seen posted on this board and that's a helluva accomplishment.

Lamar is a better passer than Vick ever was though. Vick had a cannon but it wasn't equipped with much of an aiming apparatus.

Yep. Lamar Jackson has put himself in the mix too.

I know many have said they're taking Jones, but damn that screams Fields or Lance.

If they're talking about potentially jumping up that high I'm not liking our chances at #8.

If you asked a man in a mangled car wrapped around a tree why he was driving so recklessly I imagine his response would be something along the lines of, " Well, I didn't know it was gonna end up like this." Even though all who were watching saw it coming a mile away.

Last year all I heard was how much better Brady's system was going to make Teddy. They know what they're getting and they know Teddy can run this system. They're not dumb.

Coach, GM, QB We see what Tepper thought of the coach and GM. They're gone. I wager to say that Tepper wouldn't have jettisoned prime Cam like he did those two.

It makes his hire in Jacksonville very questionable IMO. Forget the migraine issues that led to his OSU retirement. The guy has a long list of NFL QB failures and you're hiring him to develop the NFL career of the most anticipated QB prospect since Andrew Luck? Okay...

Yeah, I can advertise oceanfront property in Colorado too. That doesn't make me savvy.

When? Honestly, we've been amateur hour when it comes to a lot of stuff. "I can't wait to coach Cam" "Teddy Bridgewater is a franchise QB" Then we publicly trashed Teddy to the point where we HAD to go a different direction.

There's no dead money in '22. There's very significant cap savings.

This would be true if his base salary was zero or very low. It's $17M. You'd be paying him $17M in new money that is $17M in cap space you'll never get back by keeping him on the roster this year. Hell, I would've given up a 6th just to have him gone.

I mean, there's always the Panthers Way. "Don't worry! We'll get 'em next year boys!"

Everyone gets a fresh start with a new team. If you're not giving a guy a fresh start there's no reason to bring a bust in.

Can you just make this your signature. We all know that we don't know anything for sure regarding future play. What we do know is that Sam Darnold has three years of terrible NFL QB play under his belt. That's what we know for sure. He isn't basically a rookie as much as you desperately want this to be true. He's a failed NFL QB hoping to resurrect his career.

If you pass on a franchise QB at #8 then you're indeed betting the franchise on Sam Darnold.