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We said this after year 3 as well. I could spoil this for if you.

If he dies he dies. Year 4, need to know he can be the guy or not.

Bryce is going to die if that happens

Where does the rest of the division sit in cap space vs us? My biggest concern is most free agents are going to view us as a team that was going the complete wrong way the back half of the year. Minus the anomaly of how well we played the Rams, this was a team that wasn't even competitive against good teams (Bills, 49ers, Seahawks), and who lost 3 of 4 to end a season where we had everything to compete for. Tack on that Charlotte isn't a place under 30 year old millionaires view as a destination, vs Atlanta or New Orleans. I think the deck is already stacked against us. I think this will be a very underwhelming free agency period, which means we have to bank on drafting well across almost every round, which we haven't done in 20 years.

That’s a good point. In literally one game he showed he is more clutch in the playoffs than Sam has to date. That could of course change today.

And he does seem to learn from his mistakes and deals better with crunch time pressure. Not sure if he will ever be elite, but the number of elite qb's is so small, that the odds of getting one are very slim. We are going to give Young at least one more year to see if he is good enough to help the team become a contender. As we should.

There's no way he watched any Panthers game this season and came away with TE is the biggest need on the team.

Need a vet edge and ILB. Would be fine going young at either LT or C but not both. That being said, might not have a choice. I think Nijman is our LT next year and C a rookie. Would also take a vet safety IF we keep Evero.

But also, a WR should assume every play can come to them and present themselves as available as possible. He is a veteran and should have seen the open field below him being exposed.

You're going to rile some people up with this one lol. I agree with you, Bryce is nowhere near the physical talent Sam and Baker are with muscling a ball when it needs to be done, but he has shown over and over and over he can throw downfield.

Also. For all the criticism of Teddy Bridgewater being a checkdown king and rarely throwing downfield he was 15th in yards per attempt the one season he played here. Compare that to Bryce who just finished the season 30th in yards per attempt.

I don't get this love affair with the tight end from Oregon. Get an OT or LB or Pass rusher. Nothing else really makes sense where we're going to be picking We already have solid TEs and Sadiq isn't some generational TE prospect. Even if he was, there's a decent change for him being not successful or being mid at best (See Kyle Pitts, OJ Howard).

lol @ bumping this thread thinking it's some kind of gotcha. Nobody ever doubted Darnold's physical abilities as a passer. Legitimately that throw that Sam Darnold made from his own end zone at the end of the game against the Vikings to Ian Thomas of all people is as good or better than any throw Bryce Young has made in his career so far.

Money continuing to pour in on Denver. Line shifted from +5.5 to +3.5 in about 10 hours.

I think its imperative to bring in another vet and draft someone 3/4/5 round range, depends who falls and from Morgans comments it appears they will

That's not a generality, that's this draft in particular. I would like to draft a second or third round center, I just feel this isn't the one to do it. Mayes was 5th rounder and some are acting like he's too valuable to lose. We have two 5th rounders this daft, take one there if the right guy is available. Edge, LB,S, CB, WR(S) are much bigger concerns with the talent in this draft to fill an immediate need.

We need to add a solid veteran pass rusher and we definitely need to bring in a better backup QB. I want someone who can come in and bury Bryce if he gets benched or misses a game or two again.

This has been the attitude that's given us horrible centers since Kalil injured his neck. This is not a good center class to draft one high, but having the attitude that anyone will do calling all the protections for the line has proven to be the wrong approach for years.

Darnold and Mayfield have the ability to drive the ball down the field. Teddy and Bryce don't.

I am of the mindset that our needs that would cost $20m+ should be addressed in the draft. (OT, Edge, WR, maybe C depth) The others (LB, S and maybe C could be free agents.) I am not of the mindset that DL is a huge need--but I need to look at it more carefully.

Ok I’m not bringing this thread up to dump on anyone in particular, just thought it was interesting. There have been issues pushing the ball downfield for so many years spanning Bridgewater, Mayfield, Darnold, Young, etc. as well as multiple coaches. We seem to finally be heading in a more balanced direction, but I think the QBs have proven at this point that they weren’t the problem, or at least the biggest reason.

That doesn’t change, ever. You don’t get smarter IQ wise, you just don’t. It was a stupid, risky pick and he was old and only had one good year. You don’t take that risk when you have stud Cs and CBs just sitting there. Then again we decided a RB coming off a late ACL was worth a 2nd the year before a huge RB draft class. XL is turning 25 this year, if he’s not smart enough, what does another year buy you? Just the playoff run with a healthy Coker and TMac’s rookie year were enough to show that XL isn’t in the same ballpark as those 2.

I consider OL DL/pass rush and LB the big 3. Just me. I am not saying the others are not important. If we sign a WR or Safety I’m not complaining that we should be looking to fix LB etc… instead. I suspect the FO is looking for upgrades all over it’s just finding something that fits the price u want to pay/should pay.

Bingo

I wish Adam Silver would just move this team to Seattle so I could stop giving a poo.