ESPN’s Matt Miller: “There's a lot of like for C.J. Stroud there, but Bryce won the entire organization over.”

[ncsfinest21]

9 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Our secondary sucked last year we got no legion of boom. Maybe a run game but our guards had major injuries at the end of the season. I'm not saying we'll suck but you can't assume we have a 2012 Seahawks supporting cast to carry a young QB

never said we had the exact but a similar look. A healthy Jaycee and I think with Chinn going back to the Nickel and Bell playing safety is a good move. If DJax can stay healthy and we maybe get a good cb in the draft. I can see us maybe looking good defensively.

[OldhamA]

11 hours ago, jasonluckydog said:

 "I can't remember being in such awe of a quarterback in my decade of attending combines and pro days. His passing session was the most impressive of all the pro days I've been to. His footwork for such a quarterback was surprising. He was nimble in his dropbacks, rolling out and throwing on the run. The ball just explodes out of his hands." -- ESPN's Todd 

 

Who could Todd be talking about?

 

This QB is going to immediately energize that fanbase, that football team -- on the practice field, in that locker room. Three years from now you could be looking at a guy that's certainly one of the elite top five quarterbacks in this league. ...You're talking about a 2-3 year period once he's under center. Look out because the skill level that he has is certainly John Elway-like." -- ESPN's Mel Kiper 

 

Mel knows his football.

Richardson?

[MechaZain]

32 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

Richardson?

Those quotes were about JaMarcus Russell

[rebelrouser]

On 4/23/2023 at 7:56 AM, frankw said:

Bryce Young needs to be very very good and CJ Stroud needs to be mediocre at best or this is going to get ugly by the end of the year. I hope BY is a baller.

By ugly do you mean a bitchfest on this board? Because i agree with that. You pick the qb that you think is best and you move forward if you are the coaching staff without regard to ugly. If you make picks based on potential fallout from the media and fans, you are a fool.  

[Jackie Lee]

On 4/23/2023 at 7:47 AM, Jackie Lee said:

So it's a Tepper pick

 

Young scored in the 98th percentile on the S2 Cognition test, which could be what sealed the deal for Panthers owner David Tepper. The last time the Panthers had the No. 1 pick, they used it on a 6-5, 248-pound quarterback from Auburn. Young’s playing weight figures to be about 50 pounds lighter than Cam Newton’s. But the Panthers are seemingly convinced Young can make a huge impact.

 

https://theathletic.com/4443193/2023/04/24/panthers-mock-draft-2/?source=emp_shared_article

[KatsAzz]

14 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

It's amazing that ESPN has laid off like 1k people in the last 5 years minimum yet David Newton and Mel Kiper managed to stick around. 

I suppose the both just became well known and entrenched to the point that ESPN felt it was better to retain them than let them go and have to get some unknown replacements  later.

[ncsfinest21]

Supposed Stroud scored a 18 on the S2

[ickmule]

18 hours ago, ncfan said:

He did and they are.

No one here actually knows this to be fact. 

[jasonluckydog]

4 hours ago, MechaZain said:

Those quotes were about JaMarcus Russell

Winner, Winner!!

[ickmule]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

Young scored in the 98th percentile on the S2 Cognition test, which could be what sealed the deal for Panthers owner David Tepper. The last time the Panthers had the No. 1 pick, they used it on a 6-5, 248-pound quarterback from Auburn. Young’s playing weight figures to be about 50 pounds lighter than Cam Newton’s. But the Panthers are seemingly convinced Young can make a huge impact.

 

https://theathletic.com/4443193/2023/04/24/panthers-mock-draft-2/?source=emp_shared_article

Those that don’t think Tepp is in on the decision are foolish. 

[Ezrider1423]

17 hours ago, ncsfinest21 said:

Because most QB's under 6' it takes  years to adjust to the NFL especially height wise. 

He’s done a pretty good job of it his entire life. I don’t think lineman are gonna be any taller in the nfl than in college. He’s already adjusted for his height; Now he just needs to get used to the speed of the game at the pro level, and I think he will be fine.

[BlackPanther22]

33 minutes ago, ickmule said:

Those that don’t think Tepp is in on the decision are foolish. 

I don’t think anybody is refuting that he’ll have a voice, but I think it’s just as foolish to act like there’s just no way that Reich and Fitt could also be aligned on Bryce being the guy as well just because Tepper may like him, which is what some on here have been doing to justify why the pick probably isn’t Stroud. 
 

I can’t wait for the Draft confidential stuff to come out this year just to see what some of those BTS conversations were like. 

[Mr. Scot]

2 hours ago, ickmule said:

Those that don’t think Tepp is in on the decision are foolish. 

There's a pretty wide gulf between being in on the discussion and having final say on the decision.

[96Bravo]

I'm actually watching a documentary right now about the 2005 Aaron Rodgers/Alex Smith draft. I have an awful feeling Stroud will be dropping like Rodgers did.