Panthers offered Dwayne Haskins a contract. He chose the Steelers instead

[BrianS]

Could be that Rhule told him he'd have to compete, where Pittsburgh said "You'll have the chance to be the heir apparent".  We'll never know.

[shaqattaq]

The steelers simply outbid us. They offered him $200 and a jelly of the month club subscription.

They got ripped off.

[Snake]

It was probably a low ball offer and the Steelers were like "that's my garbage thank you".

[CanadianCat]

I would have had no problem bringing him in for a league min contract. Would not have impacted what we did in the draft and given us options if we dont draft a guy. 

 

[CanadianCat]

Lets not all pretend that we dodged a bullet here. If we dont draft a QB and go into the season with Teddy as a QB half this board will be saying we should have been aggressive at brining him in.. 

[Moo Daeng]

2 hours ago, MHS831 said:

Funny how people act as if suddenly becoming a millionaire celebrity at age 22 should have no impact on your maturity.  These athletes are put on a pedestal--many from poor homes---and suddenly surrounded by fame and fortune.  They have never failed in sports--always the best athlete on the field, and that is what they believe they are.  So much depends on the athlete's support system.  I expect this coaching staff to kick the tires on a lot a players that we would call "damaged goods". 

Haskins doesn't come from a poor home.

[Waldo]

[Zod]

We really cannot get anything out of this news without knowing the details of each contract. 

 

My gut says the Panthers offered him league minimum. Pittsburgh a little more. 

[54th man]

Do you think Teddy was trolling around BoA in his minivan telling Haskins, hey kid get in we going to the club no mask needed

[Varking]

You get to pick between a lower end organization that rarely makes the playoffs and has a QB signed for two more years and rumors swirling that they are going to draft a QB with a top 10 pick

 

or

 

An elite organization with their franchise QB likely retiring soon and never picks top 10 to get a QB. 
 

Every one of you would pick the bottom one. Why is this a surprise?

[Khyber53]

Well, it isn't like we didn't already have a desperate competition in camp this year for third string QB. We'll somehow surive.

[OceanPanther]

We dodged a bullet there..  whew !!

He can't get out of his own way 

[thennek]

Well if he wanted an opportunity to start, Haskins would have been smarter to sign with the Panthers where the QB situation is not set. 

[stirs]

Meh, if he'd have signed here, after initial meltdown, ya'll would be all silver linings.

"Maybe Rhule saw something"

"Brady can work miracles"

"We all know Ron wasted him"

etc, etc, etc.

But hey, I am with you, sort of glad we are still looking