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Can Sam Darnold play himself into becoming the 2023 starter?

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kungfoodude Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

This is a comfortable take once you completely ignore that he’s been a “good player in the NFL” this season. That’s what has made this decision tricky. If Darnold is held back a couple years in high school or gets COVID years in college, this would have been a nice rookie year for him. You point to his years in the NFL as a negative, when really he’s developing on the biggest stage while other guys his age were still playing college ball. 
 

I’m not completely sold yet, but he has brought me back from ‘no longer under consideration.’

I don't really understand how you got to him being a good player in the NFL this season but I guess that is your prerogative. 

It would be a very bad sign for the franchise for him to return in anything other than a lowly paid backup player in 2023. Almost every other scenario is extremely bad for us as a team and franchise. 

But, it would be a very Panthers thing to make that mistake.....again.

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5 minutes ago, ECHornet said:

This is a comfortable take once you completely ignore that he’s been a “good player in the NFL” this season. That’s what has made this decision tricky. If Darnold is held back a couple years in high school or gets COVID years in college, this would have been a nice rookie year for him. You point to his years in the NFL as a negative, when really he’s developing on the biggest stage while other guys his age were still playing college ball. 
 

I’m not completely sold yet, but he has brought me back from ‘no longer under consideration.’

He has had 1 "good" (and I use that term loosely) game out of 4.  WTF are you people watching?

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To bump this thread up :

If he is re-signed (hopefully to just backup money), I would not be surprised if he starts next season while we draft a young QB who would sit, watch, and learn about the NFL game. 

I mean...having a young QB just start right off the bat straight out of College doesn't often translate into success. 

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1 minute ago, glenwo2 said:

To bump this thread up :

If he is re-signed (hopefully to just backup money), I would not be surprised if he starts next season while we draft a young QB who would sit, watch, and learn about the NFL game. 

I mean...having a young QB just start right off the bat straight out of College doesn't often translate into success. 

I’m all for Darnold being the bridge quarterback.  

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After what I saw today, he seems to be turning the corner.  I think I would sign him for next season and forget giving up 3 firsts or paying $50m for a veteran free agent.

I would have to see the numbers, but we REALLY need a TE.  We could use a S.  We need healthy CBs. 

 

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1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

After what I saw today, he seems to be turning the corner.  I think I would sign him for next season and forget giving up 3 firsts or paying $50m for a veteran free agent.

I would have to see the numbers, but we REALLY need a TE.  We could use a S.  We need healthy CBs. 

 

^^^All of this.  At least someone gets it around here.

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12 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

After what I saw today, he seems to be turning the corner.  I think I would sign him for next season and forget giving up 3 firsts or paying $50m for a veteran free agent.

I would have to see the numbers, but we REALLY need a TE.  We could use a S.  We need healthy CBs. 

 

I'd love a TE and a #2 WR. Bump Marshall to #3 and you're cooking.

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Both polar extremes of this are dumb IMO. 

Nothing about Darnold's overall body of work should guarantee him anything next year.

That being said, Darnold has been playing the best ball of his career over the past month and has been top 10 or higher on almost all advanced metrics. He's only 25.

To just let him walk without seeing if he can build off of that next year is folly too IMO.

Darnold will be on a roster next year. If we are going to draft a rookie, then why not have him on our roster to be the bridge guy (or longer). I would hope Darnold would like some stability after his turbulent NFL career so far and would take a high-end backup type deal. I don't see the logic in signing a high profile veteran and then taking a QB high in the draft after just using a 3rd on Corral along with all the other draft capital we've given up for QBs.

Otherwise, we need to cut bait and try to sign a veteran like Carr that will cost more. Then there's no need for Darnold and we keep and develop Corral.

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