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1 hour ago, Trainwreck said:

Why did you make another thread? You seen the first Hubbard thread. You were even the first person to comment on there. 

quit trying to be a mod.

27 minutes ago, XClown1986 said:

He has a little bit of Favre and Delhomme in him. He wants to take shots. That can be both exciting and frustrating. He will need to be more controlled to make this offense work. He doesn't have to risk as much now,

His ability to scramble and keep a play alive reminds me of Cam. His gunslinging, or as you probably better put his gambling, reminds me of Jake.

I think he's got a lot of potential that just needs to be channeled. I have every confidence that Rhule and Brady can help him reach that potential.

13 minutes ago, Agent Blue said:

Sam is one interesting QB.

On one hand, he makes some spectacular throws and runs.

On the other hand, makes some really boneheaded throws/reads.

Lots of talent.

Not sure if he has what it takes between the ears.

Hopefully Rhule and Brady can figure this out.

Sounds like most gunslinger QBs.

16 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I remember when Fozzy Whitaker was our primary backup.

Guess you could say we've gone from Waka Waka to Hubba Bubba.

Lol nice

16 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

shhhh.....your age is showing

Lol I'm in my 50s now. I don't care anymore. 

13 minutes ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

Quick Chuba seems to do everything quickly.

Wonder how quickly he can eat a Marathon Bar?

 

 

Used to love that candy bar... mainly to because of the commercials. Was my favorite as a little kid.

4 minutes ago, Actionman0z said:

There goes your Dannon sponsorship. 

6 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

He is trying so hard to troll, but isn’t very good at it...  

Here is a little advice. You have to make it just slightly believable you might be for real with the slightest shades of truths in your troll. It either gets a good chuckle or response. That’s like Trolling 101.

What makes it funny is that he is basically just a bitter Teddy fan. That's at the root of all of it.

Good luck with that.

That package? Lol

I'd prefer he was someone else's head case (tho, tbh, I'd rather he not be anywhere near the NFCS).

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

I would be curious to see how they manage that. My understanding was that the rookie deals are basically scaled and there isn't much tinkering allowed.

It's probably different since we didn't draft him. No idea how all that works, tbh.

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've seen speculation that they'll rework his contract to split the cap hit evenly across both seasons. It'd work out to about 11.5 million per year.

Significantly lower than Bridgewater...

Yeah, that bridgewater contract was ridiculous...but then hurney was involved. 

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

I also agree with the premise that, even if the current quarterback doesn't work out, we're doing a nice job building around that position.

Yes. Whether Darnold works out or not, we have a foundation laid for a successful team. 

I also totally believe that it won't take more than one season to figure out if Darnold is the guy,  just like it didn't take more than one season to figure out that Teddy wasn't the guy.

The biggest mistake with Teddy was the contract we have him, but we have to also remember who was GM at the time.

The good thing is that this regime knew when to cut bait and move on to the next one and I have no reason to doubt their ability to move on to the next QB if Darnold isn't the guy. 

In the meantime, we'll just keep building a better foundation for our franchise QB to get plugged into.

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

We're definitely gonna see.

Yes. 

There are no guarantees (which is what people want), but the truth is that there are no guarantees with anything involved in football. There are no guaranteed results in any personnel or coaching regime, GM, scheme... nothing.

It's all a calculated risk (which people also don't want to hear).

That said, I think we are set up nicely for success. 

I think it's pretty clear that most people with any kind of real knowledge of the situation believe that it's much more likely the situation and especially the coaching that failed Darnold rather than Darnold, himself being the failure.

Most of these people also believe that he can still be who he was believed to be when he was drafted and that all he needs is to have better coaching and personnel around him and a system that fits him.

I personally think that we have the ideal situation for him and absolutely the best coaching staff you could ask for in helping a young guy willing to do the work reach his potential.

5 minutes ago, Billy Love said:

The Long Snappa from Alabama!!!!

That phone call made him an instant legend 

15 minutes ago, Diehardpanth02 said:

Best point of view I've seen in regards to this. They're building a football team, and rebuilding a franchise from the ground up essentially. They mortgaged their future on surrounding the QB position with talent. So that then they can cycle through the QB carousel until they find their guy. Is Sam it? No one knows. But worst case scenario, if he doesn't pan out we've built a stable roster to draft or sign the next guy.

 

Sam should be given the benefit of the doubt for 2 years tops. If he isn't making improvements then, as Jay-Z said we "on to the next one".

Very balanced and reasonable take on this.

We've got a pretty cheap option for a franchise QB.

We're rebuilding the team for 'a' franchise QB. If it's not Darnold, then we'll be in better position for the next try.

With Darnold, we're getting a still very young QB that we don't have to commit the next 4 years to like we would if we had drafted him in the first round.

Plus we got the legit haul we got in the draft. 

I think we are set up nicely for the future either way.

2 minutes ago, TheCasillas said:

i can't edit my post to clarify taht I was being facetious. You all should know by now how much I hate the saints......

Lol gotcha. Hard to tell around here anymore.

Did a little edit for you.

1 hour ago, TheCasillas said:

Saints did it to force us to draft him. They know something we dont.... bc the Saints are a brilliant franchise who are always steps ahead.....

The only way the saints were able to be relevant for the last decade or so is because of a QB that is no longer playing. It had nothing to do with their "brilliance".

Burris or FA.

Probably just Burris, tho.

and we will be fine.

Just let them play.