Donald LaFell

It’s been so obvious that they’re going to take a QB that this just seems unhinged. 

Having this much of an irrational chip on your shoulder only works if you’re Michael Jordan, otherwise wake up and smell the roses. 
 

Hope it works out for him. 

2 hours ago, bobcat91 said:

Stop with the trades. One more player isn't going to change our team one way or the other. Quit giving up picks

I’d love to trade up for Joey Porter Jr 

He had two picks for the Arizona revenge game in 09 IIRC. He was Drafted during the legendarily bad 09 and 10 Hurney draft classes. 

I wouldn’t be mad but I think the goal for this team is pretty much “win now” mode. They need to support their #1 qb as much as possible and show that we are heading in the right direction. Also it won’t hurt if we can get those future picks we traded into the 20s, it doesn’t really matter but it will make the trade look “smart”. 

It’s better for business to keep it under wraps. More speculation and higher initial ratings. More ad sales. 

Levis confirmed 

3 hours ago, PantherOnTheProwl1523 said:

Roger Goodell with start things off saying with the first pick of the draft the Carolina Panthers will pick and then a ? and the first commercial break about Doritos will start. Wouldn't' that be our luck.

I’m sure we’ll take the full 5 mins too. 

I have my complaints about Rivera but this is way too much 

6 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Nah, it's awesome. Drafting a RB in the top 10 is a colossal mistake.

 

 

It’s just a race to see if they can become SB caliber while he’s on his first contract. 

The animus towards Rhule is weird. All he did was suck in the NFL. He didn’t do anything outside of football to really warrant much hate. lots of college coaches sucked in the NFL too, who knows how Nebraska could go. 

I feel like Young is assumed, I thought this thread would proposing a new wrinkle lol 

3 hours ago, Tr3ach said:

Cam wouldn't be a great mentor for Young.  Their styles are almost the opposite and Cam was an absolute beast physically but a lot of the negative intricacies he had never improved that much.  He was a great qb in his prime, I'm not sure about helping coach up a young guy.

For real even in that pro day promotional film he’s still all arm on those throws, it’s like he never had to use his torso throwing. I’m sure that contributed to his shoulder issues. 

Only one team ends up happy at the end of the season. Winning more games is a good thing no matter what. 

On 4/18/2023 at 1:00 PM, SaltAndPepper said:

I'd take the brain of Peyton but the early career slipperiness of Russ. 

I feel like Young is going to take a lot of sacks and prob have a lot of deep INTs early in his career. Just like the urge of a rookie RB want to bounce things outside it feels like he’s so used to success it’s going to to be hard to realize he probably can’t bail out of a pocket the same way. 

It’s probably already been said but Wilson is much “bigger” than Young in many ways, it’s not an accurate comparison. His wingspan and hand size are off the charts relative to his height. 

1 hour ago, Actionman0z said:

Can’t. It’s such a huge fuging mistake. 

It can’t be that bad. I don’t think drafting one of of not the highest rated QB in any draft is a mistake. They are shooting their shot and trying to support the QB in the process. If it blows up it blows up, but at they’re trying.  

I’m as excited as I can be. There has been so much change I can’t help but have lowered expectations. 
 

I kind of worry that the patience has run out on losing even though you would want a new coach to get a few years. Hopefully Reich starts hot. 

Not sure any local reporter has ever distinguished themselves as far as reliability etc 

If we draft Young we pretty much have to have to at least try to have the best offensive line in the NFL. 

Deep dropbacks make me think of Shula and shudder lol 

4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Too bad Hurney sucked at literally everything else... and too many of his 1st round hits were at the lowest value positions. 

Yeah I think that’s partially why. Picked the sure thing. 

31 minutes ago, Kuhndog94 said:

Does every tweet need its own thread?

Honestly a “Twitter” sticky would be nice. Any truly new information would have a full article. This stage of the draft season is rough. 

14 hours ago, csx said:

I've really come to despise sports media.

It really is the “no such thing as bad publicity” concept on steroids. 
 

Clicks and traffic are king. The news has to feel “new” even if nothing has changed. 
 

Cable television made hot takes a thing and the internet more or less is just rotting our brains for a multitude of reasons. 

If you draft Young then O-line becomes a necessary strength. Things can change quickly. You can’t afford to ruin him. 

Yeah if we pick Young he’ll need elite protection for sure. I like the Washington pick, he’ll hopefully be an elite blocker day 1 like Gronk was.