kungfoodude

I guess what would be considered "fair?" Honestly, probably anything past the 2nd round is a stretch.

His track record as a GM in the draft from 2021-2025 has been pretty good. Free agency has been a mixed bag, for sure.

Explain the logic on a 3rd string rookie QB appreciating in draft value? He has played zero snaps. What caused his value to rise?

Honestly, I don't have a problem with the deal they signed. It's actually far more team friendly than most of the other top 15 QB contracts. It was a fair deal all around. Don't love the player but it's not a major ordeal to move on after a couple of seasons.

He is more along the lines of a Fitzgerald/Hopkins/etc. Big, rangy guy that wins by running good routes and winning 50/50 balls. He needs to get his hands stronger and improve his concentration. A fairly significant chunk of his issues have been off target throws. That has plagued the entire receiving corps with Bryce. He's just so incredibly inaccurate as a passer and his timing is awful. I think TMac will be fine. We just need him to keep working to reach his overall ceiling.

I will forever be permanently scarred by the Fitterer "Turn a 1st into 9 7ths!" draft. Just fuging get a good player if they are available, if the board says most of your guys are off it, trade down to a REASONABLE area with APPROPRIATE compensation to avoid overdrafting someone.

Purdy didn't do anything but become one of the most successful 7th round draft picks in NFL history. No one put a gun to their head to sign that deal.

How do you pay attention to them and have not realized he has an injured shoulder? So you just pay attention to the box scores?

Look at his draft and free agency history. He is significantly better than any GM in Panthers history. Low bar, for sure, but there is a reason New England really didn't want him to get away.

If you make moves to stabilize the QB room and turn down his 5th year, there is no real reason to keep him in Carolina for the 2026 season. It's pointless for both parties. Give him a fresh start and turn the page. I don't anticipate that happening. I suspect they will pick up his 5th year and barrel straight into denial mode with the Tepper based assumption that we just aren't good enough to help him win yet.

I would heavily disagree. They have a longer term financial commitment to Purdy and they are very similar level players. Unloading Purdy would be a true roster purge would have to happen. That's destroying the health of the franchise for.....Mac Jones.

They have unloaded assets on offense and defense. Nothing that was too detrimental. Not Purdy, Jones. Jones could net a 3rd or so.

Why on earth would Sanders have appreciated in value? He's worth a conditional 7th, at best.

Well, as a guy "on a the internet" there is no question that 95% of the Huddle knows more about football than David Tepper. Why don't you take a gander at his football "background?"

He has left multiple games this season with that shoulder injury. I think it happened in the first or second game and he has been nursing it the entire season.

Jones would likely just look like Jacksonville or late stage New England versions of himself again. Not terrible but below average to average.

Caserio is a smart personnel guy. They aren't going to be moving on from Stroud unless he collapses the rest of this year and next year too. I don't think they will hesitate at all to pick up that 5th year option this offseason. AR will definitely not get picked up and I wouldn't be surprised to see us pass on the 5th too.

No. They let talent walk because they have a LOT of big contracts and they can't afford them all. If you look at their drafting, it's been stellar so it really is a transitional period. Don't get me wrong, I hope they collapse. I fuging hate them. But, that's not really the reality, sadly. It would be a hilarious thing for him to attempt to hold out. It wouldn't work, they would just put Purdy back in and roll out as if nothing happened. They are similar level players. I will be curious to see if they opt to trade him in the offseason and get some draft capital. I would if I were the 49ers.

That's not really a physical attribute. That's purely part of the "brain" aspect is what I mean. There is no physical reason that he cannot throw an accurate pass.

He has had a shoulder injury the entire season. Probably should not be playing at all.

Overpaying for Jones would be a trade and that would be lightspeed stupid. Also, there isn't a dramatic difference between the New England, Jacksonville and SF versions of Mac Jones. The biggest differences are Kyle Shanahan and the SF roster versus the poo he had with New England and Jax.

That's actually nuts what you are saying. The backups to Corbett and Moton at OG and RT are demonstrably worse than they are. By any available metric or film study known to mankind. We don't need them on the bench.

He's just a slightly worse version of Dan Snyder. Same ego, same hubris. I just don't think you completely understand how people wired like him tend to think outside their area of expertise. If you ever have a chance to be around a bunch of them, you will see what I mean. 99% of all of this franchises troubles are David Tepper based.

TBH, they are in a transitional period with their core, so I don't think it will be a big setback for them. Especially when you look at the structure. They have a pretty early out on the contract.