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i've got this feeling that the colts will actually trade up into the first spot and take levis. not because levis is that good....this is the team that is going to be giving the full time coaching gig to jeff saturday. irsay is calling the shots in between shots and snorts. be ready for anything.

i don't think we'll need it.

interesting comparison. i can see it.

i really feel like all we need to do is get ahead of the raiders because aside from them only 2 teams are going to be looking for a QB and i'm pretty positive that houston will go for young and i just can't shake this feeling that the colts will be going after levis. the raiders are the only huge question mark for me. i think mcD would rather have a vet, but his number 1 target just said he's retiring...again and i don't see rodgers doing anything except going to nashville or retiring. jets won't be going the draft route again. they'll chase after the best vet they can find this time around. probably jimmy G. ravens will probably tag jackson. i don't know...i just don't think there will be a huge number of teams trying to jump up ahead of us. we won't need to trade up to the first or really even the third spot. just trade with seattle or detroit and we'll be alright.

this is from OSU's beat writer, Nathan Baird...

whose job is it to keep the other team from scoring? i'm no expert, but i think it's the defense that does that. you know i'm not even sure that it's the QBs job to kick a clutch game winning field goal.

pretty much all of this. stats don't tell the whole story. very different stylistically. fields relies more on athleticism and will likely have a ceiling of being a medicore passer. he'll be good at what he does, but what he does uses a narrower skillset than stroud. fields is a naturally gifted runner/athlete who can throw when needed. he's a big play guy, for sure, but i don't see him ever being one of the top most talented passers in the league. stroud is a good pocket passer, very natural in that role and he's much better at processing the field. he's kind of the opposite of fields, imo. he's a naturally gifted pocket QB who can run when needed. i do think that stroud's game and style will keep him in the game longer than fields will. fields will take a beating and likely miss a good bit of time because of things happening when he runs. you take his run game away or it diminishes, and he's going to be pretty limited. stroud, being the pocket guy that he is, won't be taking quite the beating that fields will and if you take away his run game, he's still going to be very lethal. i think he's just a much more complete QB.

don't worry, rhule, we'll get it sorted out in 7 years.

i wanted to be excited about him as a prospect. but as the season went on and then when he got hurt.... sorry, not excited. there's probably at least 6 QBs from this draft i would rather have. he's someone i would maybe take a flyer on very late if we got someone like Derek Carr

Lol

What pile of turds did you pull that steamy hot take out of?

I like him. I thought he could be a legit QB. Still might be. It's worth a shot But....it's not worth passing up on trying to get a legit QB this year. Keep swinging.

i don't think he understood the question. that isn't something that i think he has been following here and just wasn't ready to hear that question so it just didn't make sense considering the first question that was asked. he approached it like a follow-up. i'm sure he'll hear a lot about it going forward, but unless you've been in tune to panther specific discussions and concern for the playing surface...which is a new thing for us, then you probably wouldn't know it was such a hot topic.

agreed with all that. no more trading for players. trade them for picks? sure, but i'm over trying to get players, esp. QBs, via trade.

i hope so. there's a part of me that is expecting us to pick up Derek Carr, and while i like him and think he's got a lot left in him and he's not near the reclamation project that sammy or baker was... i'd still rather us find our guy in the first round.

from the minute reich was fired in indy, he probably became the front runner for us. he checks all the boxes they were looking for: 1) offensive minded 2) experienced and successful HC (no learning curve) 3) local/panther ties i don't think anyone else really had a chance. i think they were burned out relying on potential as a deciding factor because of rhule. i just hope they are burned out on trying to make a QB reclamation project your starting QB.

I've had this feeling for a good while now that the colts go Levis. I know most mock CJ to them, but for some reason I just see them really being drawn to Levis. I mean I wouldn't be surprised if they even trade up for him.

Quit posting this fluff. We only want cold hard football facts around here ...REAL football where QBs don't run and all that fancy stuff modern stuff.

I adjusted the title.

makes me want to post more. and then tag him in every one.

you need to drink some prune juice. you're just way too constipated.

i hope that we are still in the running for fangio. i really don't want us to get bradley. just not a fan of zone schemes at all.