Fwiw, I feel some sympathy for DJ Moore. One of the better receivers in the league, and has never ever had a qb that could consistently deliver the ball to him. If he played for Buffalo, KC, or Green Bay, he might be a pro bowl wr.
Imo, Purdy is better than Jones, not as good as Hurts.
My point was that Jalen Hurts was thought of as a qb who would doom Philly to mediocrity. I remember us losing a game to him during the Rhule term and some of the post were "we lost to a team qb'd by Jalen ffing Hurts"
I think Purdy is a adequate qb. He has proven that with the right team around him, he can win. It might be hard to win Superbowls, but then only one team a year wins those anyway. The forty niners have to do what they can to put their team in the playoff discussion and then let the chips fall. Constantly reaching for the next great qb is almost always a losing proposition.
I actually prefer it. While we are playoff longshots, if we do make a run, it would be best to to get a break before the final run in the final few weeks of the season.
If you look at the dead money on their cap, its already pretty high. Lattimore alone is 30 million. Most of their bigger contracts don't seem to buy them much in terms of trading or cutting. Best to play with what you have this year, and then start doing the cuts after this season.
We might get to see Taysom Hill at qb a lot.
Some.
Anything they already paid him such as this years ten million bonus, will still be a cap/dead money hit. But I read that it does clear about 30 million of his large cap hit.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45068251/unc-says-bill-belichick-girlfriend-welcome-school
So much ado about nothing.
That being said, it doesn't bother me a bit if UNC has issues with the BB hire.
I don't think its anything deeper than cap savings. We are very tight in terms of cap space.
And cutting Clowney saves more than just about anyone else we could reasonably cut on the dline.
That being said, I am a little concerned that we are going to be relying so much on unproven rookies.