Mr. Scot

Edit: Misread this, corrected.

Given that the talk is they think a top five pick would be too high for him, that'd be kind of a shock.

Not mortgaging your future. Right now, I'd say trading up to #3 is smarter than giving up what it would take to get to #1. As Fitterer pointed out, if you give up the kinds of things that are being requested to trade up right now, you'd better be damn sure you're making the right decision. If you don't have - as he puts it - conviction, you don't do it. And you sure as hell don't do it just so you can say you took a "big swing".

No

I wouldn't guarantee that. There are likely some that do, but there are others who would tell you that they'll support your quest to get as much for yourself as you possibly can... But only up to the point where it affects their ability to do the same. Anyone who feels like he could have played and didn't is likely going to have it in the back of their mind that they might have a playoff victory, or more, on their resumé if not for that. They may not say anything publicly, but then you didn't see a whole lot of public criticism of Russell Wilson either...until he changed teams.

No problem, Nostradumass

No you're not dude, but nice try Hint: We're not getting Rodgers either.

There was a pretty big change on that front though (a fired coach). Is there a change like that you can anticipate happening now?

You're always gonna have fans that wanna sign someone for who they used to be.

Probably not. He'll likely be a Jet shortly.

Be smart. Bold isn't worth sh-t if you do something stupid.

No indication we're interested

Main argument there is what you'd have to give up. For those prices you'd like a Lawrence type prospect, and even the best guys in this year's draft aren't quite that.

Sad for him, but true...

I do it by talking football. Maybe it's not as important as fighting the evil forces trying to gaslight the good fans on a Panthers message board, but it's a lot more fun.

Oy Some guys are more about themselves than the team.

I'm watching you talk like you're fighting some kind of conspiracy theory trying to turn people into Will Levis fans. It's kinda paranoid. The Panthers are gonna draft who they're gonna draft regardless of what any of us think of them. After that, most of us will hope for the best, though a few will still hope they're proven right...even if it means losing. It's silly, but...

What does that matter?

Loosen your tinfoil hat a notch or two. GOAT pointed out that it's a real possibility he comes here. You called it "gaslighting". It isn't. He's correct.

It's not happening, dude. It never was.

It's based at least partially on multiple sources pointing out that we like him

We've got a head coach very familiar with Pederson and his thinking