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“He’s got a little ass” -Ron Rivera

That’s the only team that might do it. But if the Panthers trade down to #4, they either need to be content with getting Will Levis (barf) or they’d probably have to trade up to #3 with Arizona to prevent someone from trading up for Richardson.

Unless Houston is hell bent on getting Bryce Young and/or hates CJ Stroud and Anthony Richardson, I see no way they would trade up. The Panthers would also need to drum up some smoke that they are planning to trade down and someone else is going to scoop Young #1 overall. I see no scenarios that this happens.

What about the S Club 7 test?

He was still a notch above the rest of the prospects this season even without that game. Maybe he wouldn't have been considered for #1 overall, though. Playing great in a big game always looks good for QB prospects.

Well then we’d better be prepared for them to pick Will Levis then

Whoa this thread is not what I expected it to be

Ehh I disagree, Stroud is good but padded stats playing poor teams. Young has some elite traits. They’re close.

Sounds like a great opportunity to make some monies selling distribution amplifiers and matrix switchers that hook up to a PC running YouTube TV in a bunch of browser tabs

On the flip side, if Bryce Young doesn’t exist, CJ Stroud is a slam dunk #1 overall pick over the rest of the QBs this year.

There should be a tournament for the 1st overall pick between the 4 teams with the worst record to prevent tanking. You have to WIN to get the top spot after having a bad season. I like chaos.

Maybe if they’d traded up to #3 but not at #1. It’s Stroud or Young and I’m fine with either.

Because he went through the same thing at his last job

He thought Matt Moore would be a pro bowler

I can’t believe Richardson is even up for consideration.

I have a feeling this quote was from Texas defensive coordinator Pete Kwiatkowski

Could be smoke from a team trying to get him to drop. Could be true. Who knows this time of year. I haven’t seen anyone smoking weed out of a gas mask yet

If he needs to drop back so far to see over the line….in the NFL that’s a lot harder to do. I look at Young’s game against Texas as a good example of what he could look like in the pros. Young was under pressure the entire game and largely ineffective until the very last drive and finally evaded a sack to make a big play. I’m concerned if he can’t withstand an average college defense’s pressure, what will he do against NFL caliber D-Lineman? At his size he will need to get the ball out fast and dropping by 7 steps and surveying the field isn’t always an option when you’re playing a team with good pass rushers.

Already spent premium draft capital on him so they might as well keep him through training camp. Maybe he shows Frank Reich he can be a long term backup or more. We have really barely seen him play at all let alone under a competent coaching staff.

Evidently I can because I would have thought someone who has “been watching football for a little over 50 years” would know better than to claim the floor for an extremely raw QB prospect with a losing college record and accuracy problems is a Pro Bowl QB before they even take a snap in the NFL but hey, thanks for letting me know that your wrongness is just rooted in a lot more information.

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He was the 2nd most inaccurate passer in the SEC in 2022. His floor is Josh Allen? Come on man, are you new to watching the NFL? Like all QB prospects his floor is being a massive bust. Richardson's amount of college experience and stats are closer to Trey Lance than anyone else, except Richardson played in the SEC. Now pile on the pressure of being the #1 overall pick. The risk is SUPER high. I like Richardson, don't get me wrong. In the right situation on a team that is patient, he could be very good. But you just don't trade what the Panthers traded to get to #1 overall and pick a guy who might not be ready to start for 1-2 years, and has a huge bust potential.

They didn’t give up what they did to trade up to #1 overall to draft a project. But hey, who knows what they’re thinking. I don’t dislike Richardson. He will probably have flashes of greatness in the NFL early in his career. His athleticism is off the charts. But there have been many QB prospects like him before that only have a good deep ball and running ability who flame out of the NFL before their second contract. If he was the pick at #9, I would have been fine with it.

They don’t have time to wait for Richardson to be ready.

3 out of the last 4 years were either a Super Bowl appearance or NFC championship appearance. I’ll take it.