Ryan Kalil recommended Darnold

[TheRumGone]

6 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

So what did Kalil say

Probably what everyone else says about Sam. That he’s a great dude and an extremely hard worker. 

[WarPanthers89]

April 2: At the start of the holiday weekend, Fitterer and Douglas still have not reached that happy medium. The Panthers’ initial offer was a fourth-round pick for Darnold, while Douglas was looking for something more substantial, such as a future first-round pick. With the Panthers’ selections falling in the top 10 in each of the first six rounds, Fitterer is not willing to part with a high pick in this year’s draft. “We wanted to keep our picks this year — one, two and three. That was really important to us, especially picking as high as we are in some of those rounds,” he says. “So those factors played into it. And just the fact that we could use picks next year — picks two and four next year — that really helped out. And that’s how we came to this agreement.”

[Basbear]

 

[BurnNChinn]

I’m sure they really made this dea listening to Khalil lol.

[WarPanthers89]

For those wondering...it only says Kalil endorsed him and that’s all, no details:

March 11: The Panthers begin their due diligence on Darnold, a process that includes a study of his three years of NFL game tape by Rhule and the team’s pro scouts. Rhule had met virtually with Darnold in 2019 when interviewing for the Jets’ head coaching vacancy but had not done a thorough film review at that time. Rhule and Fitterer also begin talking to Robby Anderson and other players who were teammates with Darnold in New York. On this day, fortuitous scheduling provides the Panthers an opportunity to meet with another ex-Jet. Former Panthers center Ryan Kalil is in town for the joint retirement ceremony for Thomas Davis and Greg Olsen. At a lunch with members of the Panthers front office, Kalil endorses Darnold. The two ex-USC stars were teammates in New York in 2019 when Kalil put his retirement off for one season. “I keep going back to the competitor that Sam is,” Fitterer says Monday during a Zoom with reporters. “I’ve talked to players, people in the Jets organization. There’s players that have been there, and they all just rave about the work ethic, the person, the guy that comes in the building every day. I love that — that we’re adding that to our locker room.”

[Black&BlueBubba]

The jets wanted a 1st rounder.  
 

From the article:

There was some consideration from Douglas not to do this deal yet. The team felt there was a chance it could get that coveted first-rounder, or conditional first-rounder, if it held Darnold until the draft. Ultimately, Carolina’s decision to include the fourth-rounder, in addition to the second and sixth, convinced Douglas. There was some risk in that, if he waited, the Panthers would decide to go in a different direction, much like Washington and San Francisco. There was also the outside chance a quarterback would fall to No. 8, which would also take Carolina out of the running for Darnold. With no other talks as intense as the ones with Fitterer, Douglas accepts.

[Black&BlueBubba]

55 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

So what did Kalil say

Not sure 

from article:

At a lunch with members of the Panthers front office, Kalil endorses Darnold. The two ex-USC stars were teammates in New York in 2019 when Kalil put his retirement off for one season. “

[KillerKat]

who gives a fug?

[onmyown]

R Kalil is a joke. Whined about a retirement deal after injury then played some games but couldn’t finish because of said injuries, then all of a sudden become 100% to sign with the Jets for some more big money and wouldn’t ya know it was all of a sudden was too injured to play that year. And lobbied for his garbage brother to do the exact thing to the Panthers.

He’s an idiot.

[WarPanthers89]

7 minutes ago, onmyown said:

R Kalil is a joke. Whined about a retirement deal after injury then played some games but couldn’t finish because of said injuries, then all of a sudden become 100% to sign with the Jets for some more big money and wouldn’t ya know it was all of a sudden was too injured to play that year. And lobbied for his garbage brother to do the exact thing to the Panthers.

He’s an idiot.

What are you talking about? Dude was the best center we have ever had and so what if Injuries caught up to him in his 30’s....that happenS to about 99 percent of all players at some point. He may of recommended his brother but he wasn’t the fugging GM. That’s on Gettleman not him as a player. What would you expect? Him to say his brother was terrible? 

[WOW!!]

38 minutes ago, onmyown said:

R Kalil is a joke. Whined about a retirement deal after injury then played some games but couldn’t finish because of said injuries, then all of a sudden become 100% to sign with the Jets for some more big money and wouldn’t ya know it was all of a sudden was too injured to play that year. And lobbied for his garbage brother to do the exact thing to the Panthers.

He’s an idiot.

That was Gross not Kalil...

[panthers55]

I would think asking a center about the QB you just played with would be very insightful given he knows about his ability to call protections know what was called and then what happened, etc. Kalil was a probowler until he had injuries and surely knows the game. This disparaging him because of his brother or his injuries really does him disservice. He was the anchor for the offense for a long time.

[JABANOG]

The fact he recommended his brother takes him out of the panther hall of honor in my honest opinion 

[WarPanthers89]

1 minute ago, JABANOG said:

The fact he recommended his brother takes him out of the panther hall of honor in my honest opinion 

Maybe the GM should have taken the opinion of the film and scouts over a brother. He wasn’t the GM...some of you acted like he had unlimited power within the organization. He has nothing to do with his brother being signed. The guy was the best center we have ever had, and did it the right way.