Mr. Scot

At my age, nothing keeps me up at night. Sometimes not in the daytime either

Probably the best point that I've seen regarding Richardson... From the article: All of Richardson’s elite physical gifts were on display during his pro day workout, just like they were last month, when his performance at the combine in Indianapolis made many wonder whether he might become the No. 1 pick in the draft. But Richardson still likely won’t go first, because he doesn’t have a safe floor and needs time (which is not an option for the Panthers, Texans or Colts, the three quarterback-needy teams slated to pick ahead of the Seahawks and Lions) to work on his fundamentals. His best path is definitely to go to a team that has an established quarterback in place and can give him time to develop. We are not that team.

Way too many of the designs I've seen look like they were inspired by the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers or a comic book villain or some other such thing. Don't care to see that.

Yep...that too.

If you're somebody who just watches at home, this doesn't hurt you. The fans who actually go to the games? Yeah, they get hurt.

Good luck with that

Clearly. Either they're so out of touch with everyday fans and their concerns that they don't understand the consequences of things like this or they just don't give a sh-t. (probably the latter)

That Is one long ass link

The question actually came from one of our own. For context, here's the full question and answer: From Fid (@RandyFidler): You’re the Panthers’ GM draft day. Who are you selecting and who would you target with the 2nd-round pick to complement? I think Bryce Young. Everything I’ve heard about Young as a kid is A-plus-plus. His OC from Alabama, Bill O’Brien, told teams in the fall he’s never had a player like Young, and O’Brien coached Tom Brady. Scouts will tell you his accuracy, instincts, pocket movement, football IQ, competitiveness and toughness are all A-plus. I’ve also heard he absolutely blew away Carolina coach Frank Reich when they sat down and talked football. If he was 6'3" and 220 pounds, there’d be no discussion. He’d be the No. 1 pick. But he’s not, and that is not a cursory issue for teams. And it could be a problem for Young, too, because C.J. Stroud does have closer-to-prototype size (6'3", 214 pounds) for the position, and brings a lot of what Young does to the table. The questions with him are more on his willingness to run, put his body on the line and create off-schedule—things he actually did flash in his final college game, which happened to be a national semifinal against Georgia. Ultimately, I think there’s a good chance Stroud will wind up going first, because he’s close enough to Young traits-wise, and you’re well within the scouting guardrails size-wise for a quarterback with him. But I’ve heard enough people call Young special—really special—to the point where it’d be hard for me to pass on him. Link

The way people talk about Young it sounds like he's damn near a savant. If not for that frame...

I did a quick search of "CJ Stroud leadership" and found this chronicling some answers he gave at last year's Big Ten media day. “If you ask me what a quarterback is, I definitely think I would definitely say a leader. I think on and off the field, I think off the field is probably more important, you build trust. I think leadership is all about trust, if I have trust in my guys they’ll do anything for me and I’ll do anything fro them so I do invite a lot of my teammates over, either side of the ball, even if you’re a specialist I don’t care, lineman. I’ll either cook something or order something and we just eat, have a good time, talk, play the game, do whatever, just have fun and be boys. So I definitely think it’s important to build that trust off the field so on the field we just ride for each other,” Stroud said. Stroud added that he’s established himself as a vocal leader of the team, and believes that accountability is a two way street. “Honestly I think I do everything, I’m very vocal, sometimes I think I’m too vocal, I try to keep it real just because I feel like those who keep it real with you in your life are the ones that do care. I try to call my guys out but I often tell them to call me out if I’m doing something wrong just because I like constructive criticism as well,” Stroud said. Stroud is a jack of all trades when it comes to leadership, being not only a vocal one, but one that can lead by example and relate to everyone on his team. “Lead by example type as well, first one in last one out, watch a lot of film, and I could probably tell the defense what the offense is going to do just off of film, I do watch a lot,” Stroud said. “It’s other things I have in my leadership ability and I think probably the most important one is being able to relate, I can relate to everybody on the team from different cultures to different backgrounds, you name it and I can relate to them in some type of way or I can understand where they come from and put myself in their shoes.” Link

Well if you hate the Thursday night idea, you're gonna be really pissed if Florio is right...

This is something that should be obvious to anybody with a brain. And yet most NFL owners either seem to not know about it or not care enough about it to weigh it into their consideration. Kudos to Mara at least for thinking of the fans.

Definitely

That's the kind of thing that I expect them to dig into with their visits.

There are definite signs that Orlovsky is full of sh-t. For one, at the time frame he was talking about there wouldn't have been much of a plan in place because the coaching staff was still coming together. I do think it's likely that we talk to him about a role on the staff, but I'm not sure it was as "high up" as he's indicated. That may have been why he's supposedly declined...if he really did.

Mara called it "abusive" The reason this is being looked at is because Amazon got a lot of sh-tty games last year and they were none too happy about it. So the question comes down to whether the NFL cares more about pleasing a streaming partner or their loyal fans. Sadly, I think we all know the answer to that question

Ellis Williams did a pretty thorough analysis of Richardson looking at both the positives and the negatives. The final conclusion was that Richardson is very inconsistent and would be a hit or miss "rollercoaster" type pick. His final take... The No. 1 pick should be used on the most risk-averse prospect, not a best-case-scenario-proposition. Link

So would I, but this idea is an abomination. John Mara said it well in explaining his 'no' vote...

On the exact same page...

I don't think it is. What happens with Stroud I think is that when the skill players see how good a position he can put them in with the accuracy of his passing, they're very much going to gravitate to him.

Dear Lord in Heaven, no

Florio reports that the Panthers and Broncos abstained from the vote. He thinks either of them could use the leverage of agreeing to vote yes to get something from Goodell. With the Broncos, it's wanting to host the Draft. As to the Panthers...he doesn't know. For the record, I absolutely hate this idea and even if it would mean getting something from the league (not sure what) I'd prefer they vote 'no'.

Have pondered the same many many times...

Everything I've read about him (including this article) says that he has a very even keeled personality. Delhomme was fiery. Newton was energetic. Stroud? Probably more like Frank Reich.