Possible the Browns are looking to trade Shadeur?

[csx]

He's saying all the right things now. Maybe this has been just what he needed

[Jon Snow]

[PanthersNCSU]

If the Browns thought he was good, why would they trade him? That's some 4D chess they're playing if they finally have a QB answer and they want to immediately get rid of him. 

And this is a team with, *checks notes*...

• Deshaun Watson
• Joe Flacco's corpse
• Dillon Gabriel 
• Kenny Pickett
• AND just signed Tyler Huntley

So again...if he was good...why would they even want to trade him when they're throwing more poo at the wall than we do for bottom of the roster churn? 

[TLGPanthersFan]

No because he wasn’t that good in college. He had a lot of help from his WRs. 

[Day1PanthersFan]

Nah, I'm good rolling with Bryce this year

I had enough of other teams cast-offs in the Rhule era

And there is a reason the Browns want rid of him, and he almost went undrafted, iirc he had really poor interviews, and his Father comes with him, Dieon would be in Caneles office demanding he starts

In Bryce I trust!!!

[ncsfinest21]

Can you even trade a rookie before he even plays a down? I know you can cut.

[LinvilleGorge]

28 minutes ago, ncsfinest21 said:

Can you even trade a rookie before he even plays a down? I know you can cut.

Yeah, hell they don't even have to be signed. You can trade away their draft rights.

[ncsfinest21]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

Yeah, hell they don't even have to be signed. You can trade away their draft rights.

I guess its just rare to see.

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, ncsfinest21 said:

I guess its just rare to see.

The Eli Manning deal comes to mind immediately, but yeah the whole draft and trade thing doesn't happen all that often. Those deals usually get made beforehand and they simply trade the pick. The Chargers just couldn't get the deal they wanted prior to the draft and Eli was refusing to play for them so they drafted him and squatted on his rights knowing full well they were trading him.

[Basbear]

39 minutes ago, ncsfinest21 said:

Can you even trade a rookie before he even plays a down? I know you can cut.

 

Just last season Panthers traded Michael Barrett 2024 7th rounder for Michael Jackson before the season started. I think it was close to two weeks before Panthers kickoff. 

[csx]

Nm

Edited August 7 by csx

[CPcavedweller]

19 hours ago, PanthersNCSU said:

If the Browns thought he was good, why would they trade him? That's some 4D chess they're playing if they finally have a QB answer and they want to immediately get rid of him. 

And this is a team with, *checks notes*...

• Deshaun Watson
• Joe Flacco's corpse
• Dillon Gabriel 
• Kenny Pickett
• AND just signed Tyler Huntley

So again...if he was good...why would they even want to trade him when they're throwing more poo at the wall than we do for bottom of the roster churn? 

Their goal is this. 
 

1. Joe Flacco is the starter

2. Keep Watson on PUP because you can’t afford to cut him and you don’t want him taking up a roster spot

3. Gabriel and Sanders will be back-ups. Neither are going to the practice squad because someone will pick them up

4. Kenny Pickett is trade bait. If he isn’t a better option than Flacco, then you trade him

5. They can’t keep two veterans on with Watson’s whale of a contract already holding the team down. I believe it was a competition between Pickett and Flacco to start. Whomever loses either gets cut or traded

[LinvilleGorge]

Kenny Pickett might fetch them a conditional late round pick if they're lucky.

[csx]

Remember when that SS fan boy was saying he would never allow the Panthers to draft him? When it was assumed we would be picking top 3.