kungfoodude

Well, that happens when your better options are largely gone. Stafford was #1 but we got scooped by LA, Watson was #2 but he isn't likely to be an option until next season at the earliest and trading up in the draft is going to be almost as expensive at Watson would have been. I can't imagine those "why" conversations with Tepper, Rhule and Fitterer coming to the conclusion that we should trade away tons of draft capital for one of these QB's in the draft. I like the top 4 guys a lot but the price of being wrong(as the 49ers may well find out) could hurt for a long time. So, that's kind of what we have left....throwing poo at the wall. Darnold is one of the shiner remaining turds we can throw, I suppose. At least there is a glimmer of upside still remaining, although the optimism about his career trajectory has obviously faded pretty dramatically. The truth is that we made a bad decision last year with Teddy and had some piss poor luck in facing a bad enough team/coach late in the season. Both of those factors didn't help our QB prospects for this offseason. We are gonna be in another unenviable position as fans this season, wishing for the best and then rooting for the worst if this decision doesn't work out. Otherwise we are going to be stuck in franchise purgatory for a while.

Basically this. The owner is clearly invested in Rhule but I do think his seat atop the personnel decisions chair may start getting pretty warm if this was another Rhule decision that backfires. This is inferring a lot of things that we don't actually know but I don't think he comes out of a "Sam Darnold disaster starter" scenario unscathed, that is for sure.

You do realize that your explanation is describing a "panic move" right? Similar to what I said in another thread, I don't see how there can be a lot of optimism about something that is easily our 4th best option at replacing Teddy this offseason. The most optimism I can muster is that I hope I get proven wrong and he turns out to be something other than....current Sam Darnold.

Being young works for being a rookie. Darnold is not a rookie. He has multiple years of NFL starting experience. Make no mistake, this is probably his last shot to prove he can be an NFL starter. If he whiffs here, he's destined to the journeyman backup QB realm. Not bad for him monetarily but it will make us look like fools, yet again, as a franchise.

I guess we will see how that comment ages. If the QB taken third in this draft ends up being an elite QB, that won't age well. Especially if Sam Darnold keeps being Sam Darnold. Quite honestly, the fact that this was likely our fourth option for QB, at best, that isn't encouraging. The fact that we were likely the only team in the NFL to make that offer, way, way, way less encouraging. On the positive side, I think we are about to see how this GM/coaching staff combo is going to work out. If this flames out, ooh wee mayne.........

The bourbon game is crazy, tho.

Dogg, I just left working in Cleveland.

Remember, you just never know who you are fuging with when you are talking and/or starting poo.

OMG. What a finish.

Cannot buy a fuging goal.

Nail biter.

We should be up 3-4 goals.

That Brazilian booty will get you every time.

Get your goddamn vaccine derailing out of the shitter thread

Awful, awful way to start this home stand. Just not a game we need to get zero points.

Ned really struggling with rebound control tonight. Very uncharacteristic of him.

Literally almost every QB prospects probably has some level of footwork or mechanics issues. Some analysts just freak out about it and assume it cannot be coached.

Leader in the clubhouse for dumbest post of 2021. Excellent work.

Zero chance this isn't a troll. The DAPP(DUMB ASS PER POST) ratio is too high for it not to be.

This might be close to the worst replacement QB idea yet.

Yeah, the pressure stats he generates are bananas. I think with some other pocket collapsing players, he might be a 15+ sack guy.

Faces of mushrooms?

They capitalize on our miscues better than any other team we face, IMO. How many of those goals were off of bad passes?

I read "Jerk Mod" and thought this post was goijg to be about Fleshlights. 0/10 Massive disappointment.