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Thomas Davis - Not so fast my friend!


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"Game tape is what's most important. Hopefully it's two or three years of production, you'll see 1000 plays on tape and that's really who the guy is. You get to the combine, yeah they run around and they're going to throw the ball great but no-one is in front of them no-one is chasing them."

Does this really sound like a GM who's going to take Richardson with the 1st pick?

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2 hours ago, Billy Goat said:

"Game tape is what's most important. Hopefully it's two or three years of production, you'll see 1000 plays on tape and that's really who the guy is. You get to the combine, yeah they run around and they're going to throw the ball great but no-one is in front of them no-one is chasing them."

Does this really sound like a GM who's going to take Richardson with the 1st pick?

Exactly. Richardson is the direct opposite of that description. I find it incredibly hard to believe we'd be going to this level of smokescreening when we hold the #1 pick.

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9 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

Exactly. Richardson is the direct opposite of that description. I find it incredibly hard to believe we'd be going to this level of smokescreening when we hold the #1 pick.

I don't think it's a smokescreen.  I think the Panthers know who they want, but the league wants them to keep it quiet to give them something to talk about.  I think the Panthers are just having fun with it

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27 minutes ago, therealmjl said:

Exactly. Richardson is the direct opposite of that description. I find it incredibly hard to believe we'd be going to this level of smokescreening when we hold the #1 pick.

If everything is a smokescreen, why couldn’t his statement about film be one? Not saying you’re wrong, it’s just we can’t really believe anything at the moment. 

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They are making moves to win now---unless they plan to start Dalton for a season or more, this makes no sense.   If Cam Newton had not played here--and these players are similar---would this even be in the discussion?

RISK is a very important factor--Tepper knows RISK---CALCULATED Risk.  When you have 2 investments that will earn a 10% return for 10+ years, you don't invest in something that might tank or earn you 15% for 8 years---

Tepper Knows Risk, and if this decision had been made, they would not be traveling to Columbus by the dozen.

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1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

They are making moves to win now---unless they plan to start Dalton for a season or more, this makes no sense.   If Cam Newton had not played here--and these players are similar---would this even be in the discussion?

RISK is a very important factor--Tepper knows RISK---CALCULATED Risk.  When you have 2 investments that will earn a 10% return for 10+ years, you don't invest in something that might tank or earn you 15% for 8 years---

Tepper Knows Risk, and if this decision had been made, they would not be traveling to Columbus by the dozen.

You'd have a package of plays for Richardson from day 1.

He's only going to benefit from playing - you'd probably start Dalton until the bye week, then hand the reigns over to the rookie after that.

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2 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

You'd have a package of plays for Richardson from day 1.

He's only going to benefit from playing - you'd probably start Dalton until the bye week, then hand the reigns over to the rookie after that.

I just do not see taking on the risk.  Cam's completion percentage at Auburn was 10% higher (roughly) than Richardson, and in the NFL, Cam was below 60%.  If you have a Stroud or Young sitting right there, do you take a QB who will dazzle with his running ability, but his passing is a huge ?  

I would take him #1 in last year's draft, but not this season.  However, anything is possible.

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1 hour ago, jfra78 said:

I don't think it's a smokescreen.  I think the Panthers know who they want, but the league wants them to keep it quiet to give them something to talk about.  I think the Panthers are just having fun with it

Unless TD is also doing a smokescreen. He is smokescreening the smokescreen….

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1 hour ago, The Lobo said:

If everything is a smokescreen, why couldn’t his statement about film be one? Not saying you’re wrong, it’s just we can’t really believe anything at the moment. 

Because at some point, common sense prevails. Everything Reich, Fitt, and even Thomas Brown have said about traits they want in a quarterback just don’t align with AR.

Go back and listen to Thomas Browns intro presser - he mentions the desire to have a QB with a “point guard mentality, a distributor” - which just isn’t what AR is at this point. This would have to be some next level smoke-screening.

I just don’t see any possible scenario AR is in play, especially after trading up.

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10 hours ago, cookinwithgas said:

It’s just nice to know that as of right now, at least, our coaching, staff and owners are playing actual chess regarding the draft and what they are going to do. That is always a good thing.

If they're playing chess, it's against themselves and they don't know the rules. They've already paid a lot to move up to 1 and this isn't a movie where they magically get to make moves that allows them to get 2 top 10 players and all their picks back.

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