Davidson Deac II

Not so sure I agree. Or maybe its just that their are exceptions. Teams that have great qb's that are nearing the end of their career tend to max out their cap space in an attempt to win before the old guy retires. For example Green Bay has more dead cap than we do. The Saints do to, as they are still suffering from the Drew Brees pay. I think its more about competence in the front ffice and a little luck, especially when it come injuries. At least we won't be on the hook for much qb money after this year. If Corral works out, or if we have to draft another one next year, we should be able to put a good team around them.

We are 13th in dead cap this year. And we have more cap space than any other team, although I imagine that will change soon. But its clear that the front office has gotten better in that regard. If we can find a qb, and get the right staff on the field, we could end up in pretty good shape over the next few seasons.

Guess it depends on the definition of intelligence. Most good quarterbacks couldn't explain string theory, but they can analyze defensive coverage patterns. I suppose that is a type of intelligence.

Because he wanted to come to Carolina and if he scored to high, he knew that someone else could pick him before we got him? lol

The odds are against every single quarterback that gets drafted ever. Just look at Lawrence. It was said he was a sure thing, and yet he struggled a lot. Might work out eventually, but it shows just how much tougher it is to play qb in the NFL than it is in college. In fact, if you look at the qb's drafted in the top 10 over the last few years, the majority of them are backups or out of the league. Even if you look at the qb's drafted number 1 overall, more than half of them don't live up to expectations. IMO, Corral has the same chance of succeeding that just about anyone we might draft next year. That being said, if he doesn't look good this year, then I don't have an issue with drafting someone else next year.

Meh, doesn't really matter to me. I rarely care who is calling a game.

I felt the same way when people first started talking about the Chargers moving to Los Angeles. That was a dumb move, and it's still a dumb move. The chargers are an afterthought in their own stadium. DIdn't stop them from doing it.

Don't care. Incentives are necessary if you want your community to thrive. Just as building roads and infrastructure are necessary. Otherwise, we can watch the best and brightest move away to places that do provide incentives. I do think that sports teams get more than they deserve as they don't bring in as much revenue as they think they do. But I support incentives in general as a necessary evil.

I think the teams should get incentives just as other industries that bring jobs to the region do, but the incentives should be tied to the expected economic impact. BMW builds a plant in Charlotte, that plant brings a lot of jobs and money into the city. The city should offer incentives. NFL teams should get something as well, albeit smaller incentive packages, since they bring a smaller economic impact.

Regarding tech, I am considering Palo Alto, but haven't done much research regarding the fundamentals.

I don't really care about the comparison. Corral is a complete unknown, while Watson is a very good and proven NFL qb. All things being equal, I would rather have Watson regardless of the cost. But the off the field issues with Watson are a huge problem even if he isn't going to get punished as a criminal. If even half of the stories are true, there is a decent chance it will happen again. So in the end, I am glad Watson is not coming here. If Corral works out, so be it.

Hopefully, 0%. But it depends on how well he plays and how badly Rhule needs him to remain employed.

Did Rhule get fired and I didn't hear about it?

The team will get better, they will leave, and the team will then get worse. On the flip side, what if they realize he is smart, but very inexperienced? Not that I believe this is true, but the possibility

He now has some NFL assistant coaches. Hopefully, they are good and he listens to them.

More of a football move that Pickett created.

If we are talking 40 yard bombs consistently, I don't think those are integral to an offense. Throwing 20-25 yard passes accurately with DE's bearing down on you is. If Corral can do that, then he should be fine. The deeper stuff only needs to be on occasion and I think Corral is decent at that.

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Yeap, same with every other player drafted.

Your numbers are a little misleading. Towards the end of the season, we were far behind in multiple games and teams were just running the ball a lot to run down the clock. That tends to increase the yards allowed per game. Ypc allowed is imo, a more important stat. We were actually 9th in ypc, a significant improvement from the year before last. I think the run defense has improved each of the last two years. During Rivera's last season, it was the worst run d I have ever seen. Year before last, better but still bad. Last year, we were middle of the pack. Hopefully the trend continues. But we certainly need to improve on all phases of defense.

That will depend on how Corral plays. If Corral plays well, but we still lose a lot of games (ala Burrow's first year in Cincinnatti), then we won't take a qb. If he doesn't, then maybe.

Sounds like most high school fights I saw. Mostly just pushing and shoving with teachers and friends jumping in before things got serious. I do remember seeing two girls fight once, and they were really throwing slaps and punches and going at each other. And no one jumped in to stop them.

Kick returns perhaps. On the punt team, seems like he might be a good candidate for gunner.

Him getting into a fight in high school or getting drunk in high school/college doesn't bother me. The depression thing could be an issue, but if he is talented, probably worth taking a shot.

Just out of curiosity, how many 7th round picks have you cared about over the years? For me, the answer would be exactly one, and then we stupidly traded the player to Kansas City.