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The new sheriff(s) in town

Mr. Scot

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We now know that the Panthers aggressively went after Matt Stafford, and just about landed him. By all accounts, if not for the Rams upping their offer, Stafford might be on his way to being a Panther right now.

That tells me that when Scott Fitterer talked about this team being aggressive as far as talent acquisition in the future, he wasn't kidding.

Quick Note: That doesn't mean we're getting Desean Watson and that's not what this is about.

What it is about is that offseasons are probably gonna look a lot different than they used to. How people feel about that is likely to depend a lot on whether the players they're aggressively pursuing are players you like or not. Responses to the news about Stafford have already shown that.

So I'm kind of wondering what people's way too early feelings are about where we're headed at this point, specifically how they feel about the directions Fitterer and Rhule are likely to take us in.

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2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I'm encouraged that we're aggressively seeking to upgrade the QB position. My concern is that if we strike out and if we miss out on the QB run in the draft, we're gonna do something dumb and reach on Mac Jones just because we desperately want to upgrade the QB position. 

Yeah we have guy getting paid to watch college film on here saying Mac Jones is next Tom Brady lol

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2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

We now know that the Panthers aggressively went after Matt Stafford, and just about landed him. By all accounts, if not for the Rams upping their offer, Stafford might be on his way to being a Panther right now.

That tells me that when Scott Fitterer talked about this team being aggressive as far as talent acquisition in the future, he wasn't kidding.

Quick Note: That doesn't mean we're getting Desean Watson and that's not what this is about.

What it is about is that offseasons are probably gonna look a lot different than they used to. How people feel about that is likely to depend a lot on whether the players they're aggressively pursuing are players you like or not. Responses to the news about Stafford have already shown that.

So I'm kind of wondering what people's way too early feelings are about where we're headed at this point, specifically how they feel about the directions Fitterer and Rhule are likely to take us in.

Well at least it seems Fitts is not predictable or settling for lesser talent players all-the-while gifting them overpriced contracts. *yet*

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4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I'm encouraged that we're aggressively seeking to upgrade the QB position. My concern is that if we strike out and if we miss out on the QB run in the draft, we're gonna do something dumb and reach on Mac Jones just because we desperately want to upgrade the QB position. 

That's kind of the thing.

Aggressive pursuit of players is great until they're aggressively pursuing a player you think is garbage.

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1 minute ago, BurnNChinn said:

Yeah we have guy getting paid to watch college film on here saying Mac Jones is next Tom Brady lol

Hell, he might be. But there's a reason why Brady was a 6th round pick. He defied a LOT of odds to become what he is. The draft isn't about determining what a guy MIGHT become, it's about determining what a guy is LIKELY to become. 

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1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

That's kind of the thing.

Aggressive pursuit of players is great until they're aggressively pursuing a player you think is garbage.

I don't think Jones is garbage, I just think he has some serious physical talent deficiencies. In terms of physical tools, I don't think he's a bit more talented than Teddy.

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