Jon Snow

2 hours ago, Verge said:

I am pretty sure he tried to push for Fields last year and regrets not pushing more now. Doubt that helps at all.

I have heard that rumor also.  The jury is still out on that one. But I have an aversion to OSU QB's. I feel the same about USC QB's.  But given the situation we are in a qb world have probably been a better choice. 

I am a fan of drafting one every draft until you hit on one to build an offense around.  Unfortunately we have someone in charge that thinks he can resurrect one from the ashes of someone else's scrap heap.

Of course they are. It's all due to Rhule's ineptitude. 

I will laugh so hard if they take a CB.  Rhule logic and power runs amuck in the draft room.  He will ask his wife who to take.

Not one of his fans. Pass.

Odds do not favor them repeating the success they had this season.  It's extremely difficult to go all in every season in the salary cap era without it catching up to you.

It's also difficult to maintain the motivation and chemistry among teammates.  The chemistry that has driven them to the ultimate goal and glory off becoming champions. A lot of players will be satisfied with that and who can fault them.  It takes a special group of leaders to keep the young guys hungry and the vets engaged. 

It takes a great head coach to pull all of that off. 

Getting all of those things to fall into place and have fortune's favor along the way?  That's why repeating is almost impossible. 

Do you really need someone else to tell you the outlook for the offseason?  

Pressure will make a monkey eat a banana pepper. 

We haven't hired them yet.

1 minute ago, ellis said:

28 minutes ago, BrianS said:

Can't be serious, right?

I know, right?  I say offer him a reasonable contract. If he balks let him walk.  He's a 3-4 linebacker anyway.  

9 hours ago, pantherj said:

It will be a dark day for the Panthers and the massage parlors of Tampa if the Bucs land Watson.

Not for me. I do not want any part of that circus. Let Tampa have him. 

Who?

J/k

11 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

Big question is does Tepper believe that. If he trusts Rhule then he will give him free rein to get himself out of this mess of Rhule’s making by trading picks and players. If not he forces Rhule to run with Sam and make sure he doesn’t mortgage this team’s future in the process.

If Rhule trades everything for a qb it will not help his situation.  Fans might get off his back and think said qb will solve everything. But reality is it will not help. It will just leave us in a massive cap hole paying 2 qbs not on the roster and with bare cupboards.  Said qb will demand a trade after one season.  Prepare thy anus.

1 minute ago, RumHam said:

fug it, trade the entire next draft for Garoppollo and take a corner at 6. THAT'S THE TICKET.

I know this is a joke but I would almost wager that it will end up being pretty close to your suggestion. 

5 minutes ago, BlitzMonster said:

Campen is a well respected OL coach.  Some FA may be specifically interested in playing for him. 

If the contract offered is similar to other teams, having a boss that you enjoy working with makes all the difference.  

I wouldn't count on that playing much of a factor.  It's all about the Benjamins.

3 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

Why the hell is Tepper allowing Rhule to get away with this? I can only hope he took away some roster building decision making duties to Fitt and the coaching staff.

Abandon all hope. 

6 minutes ago, Ricky Spanish said:

One thing we need to consider is whether or not we are at the top of the list of destinations for any of these guys. There are quite a few OL needy teams in better locations/situations than us. 

Would you rather play in Charlotte or Miami? If you are chasing a ring, would you want to sign with this lame duck coaching staff, or help out the defending AFC champions get back to the ship? Is money all you're after? Well we can pay you an average amount but Jacksonville can pay you more. 

We don't have the cap space, the locale, or the coaching staff to bring in the best and brightest in FA this season and it's a damn shame. Whoever our QB is next year is going to get demolished for sure if we don't draft any linemen again. 

The only way any of those guys consider signing here is if they drastically overpay them. 

9 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

They certainly sent a message when they picked up Darnold's option and jumped on overpaid bad OL at the opening bell of free agency. Unfortunately, it wasn't the message they intended.

The message:

 

Just wait till you see what they give up for Jimmy G. or someone even worse.  I suppose they could convince Watson to come here for 50M a season after they give the Texans 3 1sts and half of our core players. That should do it. What a splash that would be right?

22 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Agreed on the value of rookie contracts but our cap situation will be fine if we stop throwing money away on terrible QBs and terrible FA OL.

That's not going to happen.  Be prepared for this...

1 minute ago, Captain Morgan said:

Verge says she believes our options, in preferred order, are

1. Deshaun Watson
2. Jimmy G + LT @ 6
3. Kenny Pickett
4. FA QB (Mariota, ETC) + LT @ 6

 

She also says they want Darnold out of the building as soon as possible.

Jimmy G has a no trade clause in his contract, but it expires in March, interestingly enough

So he gets the Teddy B treatment, or should I say the Rhule treatment. 

They give up all those picks and sign his option before seeing him actually play in a Panther uniform. Now he is cast off like used condom.  

Can someone else pick the qbs please before Rhule digs the hole deeper. 

If he had to tell some to hire experienced coaches it should have been Fitts the minute he fired Rhule. 

18 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

He's going to keep swinging (and striking out) until he gets fired.

Well look at it this way, if they go all in and mortgage the future on a bust qb they won't have anything left to do it again...so there's that.

Bless your heart.