Peter King has us taking Justin Fields

[bandu]

i like Trey Lance but still as bad as we need a QB right now  I would roll the dice on Fields in a heartbeat 

 

[Smithers]

49ers will take Fields.  We will trade back if Sewell or Pitts are not there.  

[mrcompletely11]

8 hours ago, App Panther said:

I have no idea how so many people are on board with Fields after the Darnold trade. It just makes that move look like total incompetence. 

If Darnold is good, what happens to Fields? Traded for a lesser pick?

 

If Darnold stinks, Fields starts around mid-year and we blew those picks. Not saying Fields is bad choice at all, but it would just really leave a sour taste in mouth after giving up what we did for Darnold.

 

It would be total incompetence.  How foolish would we be to think we have the staff to coach up Fields and make him an NFL qb but not the same for Darnold.  Roll with Darnold next year and build the fuging line.  Dont get cute

[mrcompletely11]

8 hours ago, ForJimmy said:

If the Pats start offering a good amount to trade up for Fields, then you know he is your guy and draft him.

The Pats have been dreadful at drafting for years now.  You could argue the opposite

[mrcompletely11]

5 hours ago, SizzleBuzz said:

If Fields is chosen seems to imply Panthers won't pick-up 5th year option on Darnold...

...he'd need to be shipped.

The front office would look like keystone cops holding their dicks if that happened

[OldhamA]

8 hours ago, App Panther said:

I have no idea how so many people are on board with Fields after the Darnold trade. It just makes that move look like total incompetence. 

If Darnold is good, what happens to Fields? Traded for a lesser pick?

 

If Darnold stinks, Fields starts around mid-year and we blew those picks. Not saying Fields is bad choice at all, but it would just really leave a sour taste in mouth after giving up what we did for Darnold.

 

Again, we gave up the equivalent of our third round pick this year to acquire Darnold.

In the grand scheme of things that's nothing. 

If one of the QBs they love unexpectedly falls to #8 I could understand them taking him. 

As with the rest of the off-season, they've positioned the team so that it has no glaring holes. Obviously multiple positions are easily upgradable, but you're not forced to draft a particular position.

[firefox1234]

8 hours ago, App Panther said:

I have no idea how so many people are on board with Fields after the Darnold trade. It just makes that move look like total incompetence. 

If Darnold is good, what happens to Fields? Traded for a lesser pick?

 

If Darnold stinks, Fields starts around mid-year and we blew those picks. Not saying Fields is bad choice at all, but it would just really leave a sour taste in mouth after giving up what we did for Darnold.

 

I see where you are coming from and a couple years ago I would agree but not anymore.

If you don't have a franchise QB and you aren't actively looking for one then you're doing something wrong. Just look at the Cardinals. Our incompetence started by paying Teddy and arguably not going after Herbert. The sour taste in my mouth has never left and it came way before signing Darnold.

Edited April 27, 2021 by firefox1234

[mrcompletely11]

4 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

Again, we gave up the equivalent of our third round pick this year to acquire Darnold.

In the grand scheme of things that's nothing. 

If one of the QBs they love unexpectedly falls to #8 I could understand them taking him. 

As with the rest of the off-season, they've positioned the team so that it has no glaring holes. Obviously multiple positions are easily upgradable, but you're not forced to draft a particular position.

If we were in love with Fields and thought he was a franchise qb we would have made the trade with Miami

[OldhamA]

3 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

If we were in love with Fields and thought he was a franchise qb we would have made the trade with Miami

Again, they've set themselves up so that they don't have to make that franchise crippling trade.

If Fields (or Jones or Lance or hell even Wilson, who really knows?) falls to #8 and they have him rated significantly higher than Darnold then you take him.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, OldhamA said:

Again, they've set themselves up so that they don't have to make that franchise crippling trade.

If Fields (or Jones or Lance or hell even Wilson, who really knows?) falls to #8 and they have him rated significantly higher than Darnold then you take him.

Nah.  I think they were so out of their minds in trying to get a qb they would have made the trade if they like fields.  They were ready to give up the farm for watson. 

[OldhamA]

13 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Nah.  I think they were so out of their minds in trying to get a qb they would have made the trade if they like fields.  They were ready to give up the farm for watson. 

We don't actually know if / what they offered for Watson.

They offered #8, a 5th and Teddy Bridgwater (to get his contract off our books) for Stafford - an established upper echelon NFL QB.

Not trading the farm for the chance to draft a College player fits in with that valuation.

[jayboogieman]

34 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

As with the rest of the off-season, they've positioned the team so that it has no glaring holes. Obviously multiple positions are easily upgradable, but you're not forced to draft a particular position.

If they don't think Darnold is good enough to be the guy, then they traded one glaring hole(Teddy) for another(Sam). And that is stupid for a team saying they want more picks in the draft, not less since they traded picks for Darnold.

[LinvilleGorge]

31 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Nah.  I think they were so out of their minds in trying to get a qb they would have made the trade if they like fields.  They were ready to give up the farm for watson. 

No comparison. Watson is a young proven high level NFL QB. Fields is an intriguing, talented draft prospect. Watson is a lot more valuable. Well, WAS.

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

No comparison. Watson is a young proven high level NFL QB. Fields is an intriguing, talented draft prospect. Watson is a lot more valuable. Well, WAS.

Sure but Tepper was/is(?) hellbent on moving from Teddy and if the staff thought that Fields could become our Watson (minus the rub and tugs) then they would have went and gotten the pick.  I dont think they like watson, jones and most certainly not Lance