Carolina may not "be sold" on young (per athletic)

[SmokinwithWilly]

I'm down for Fields as a backup/learn under QB for the right price. Obviously I prefer someone a bit more consistent at the position, but at least we don't have to worry about him breaking a hip running onto the field like Dalton

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, Champagnepapi704 said:

So you down for fields for cheap and let cam learn under him

Sure

[KillerKat]

Good

[frankw]

It's obvious to anyone with eyes who isn't engaging in self deception for whatever reason.

I don't think Fields is a good idea though. There will be other options. Sign one of the younger veterans and draft a QB to let him sit. We aren't going to be competing for some time anyways it's all about development and trending upward while we rebuild.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Huge news 

[NAS]

Joe Person’s source: The Huddle

[pdub0702]

I think Justin Fields is still young enough to be developed into a good QB. I would love having him here with Canales running his offense.

[Ghostofdelhomme]

Justin Fields is the exact opposite of what Canales is looking for, getting the ball out quickly to “playmakers”. However, if said playmakers are non-existent, then a wingback offense circa 1920s may be his best option 

[frankw]

3 minutes ago, pdub0702 said:

I think Justin Fields is still young enough to be developed into a good QB. I would love having him here with Canales running his offense.

I agree he's young enough and he has the prerequisite traits and talent you need to try to shape a franchise QB out of him. The issue is I'm just not sold this is the place to fix him. Until proven otherwise I'm not seeing Canales as the QB whisperer of sorts that he was billed as when we hired him. He had input along with Morgan on this QB room in the offseason. They chose to back themselves into this corner. And we currently sit 29th in the league in passing yards per game and 28th in points per game.

For comparison sake:

2023:

Passing yards per game - 161.2

Points per game - 13.9

2024:

Passing yards per game - 170.7

Points per game - 16.7

For all the talk about how bad Reich and his staff were that's really not encouraging. To have invested what we did in the offensive line in one offseason we really need to see better results than this through the remainder of the season under Canales.

[*FreeFua*]

I said before if we had Fields in 2022 we probably go to the playoffs with him and Wilks

This running game + Fields in the back field would be legit. Add in his ability to throw a nice deep ball and it could work well with what Canales wants to do

 

 

[scpanther22]

Its so many qualifiers in that article he's basically "I have no real info heres a guess" lol

[Joe Bear]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Fields would be a bad idea if you are bringing him in to start. Unless we want to run the triple option.

Ward I don't think will be available when we are picking. 

I wouldn't HATE the pick but he is a pretty wild gunslinger type. Could be Winston, could be Mahomes.

Ward will be there at No. 1 or No. 2.

[kungfoodude]

Just now, Joe Bear said:

Ward will be there at No. 1 or No. 2.

We aren't going to be picking at #1 or #2.

[countryboi]

Man this is the same speculation that was posted like three days ago. It’s basically an article quoting an article. They not be sold on Bryce but this article ain’t talking about nothing. 
 

That’s said Nothing makes me wanna throw up more than an idea of drafting another first round quarterback but I also understand this was not Morgan’s pick.