Carl Spackler

Paying whatever you have to pay to swing for the fences never fails. Look at Coach of the Year Matt Rhule. By the way, I haven’t seen anyone advocating for signing a vet retread again.

And Shockey. Doesn’t matter for me, personally, though, because if Levis’ name is on that card, I’m out and rooting for Reich to get fired as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, those options are worse than Moore. But props to Chicago. I look for other teams to early offer up trades to the Panthers, because it’s the quickest and cheapest way for them to build talent.

An honest to God good TE would be a decent start.

Lmao rebuild and tank for the No. 1 pick that belongs to the Bears. only the Panthers

Not a single available FA is an upgrade to DJ. Fleecerer got fleeced again.

I'll be sure to revisit this thread in the fall and see how you're feeling

Fitterer was hired to turn a team into a perennial contender, and he's already done it. In Chicago

Because they're looking like they're not the A+ coaching staff I thought they were.

At least the backup will have DJ Moore to throw to

I wasn't directly asking you. I'm just pointing out how bad a trade it was.

If Moore's such a replaceable target, why could we not find someone 1/10 as good, and why did Chicago covet him so much?

Go back and try for a different pick, then. Surprised they didn't get him to throw in five more first-rounders, Burns, and the 2015 NFC championship trophy. Once he gets his heart set, you can get whatever you want out of him.

Here comes a historic L then lol

I can have some level of "OK" with either. But they're not gonna be set up to succeed with R. Jay Soward and Ryne Robinson as WR targets. If it isn't one of them, Reich could coach his ass off and 2-15 would still be unattainable.

Picking Levis would make it the worst trade in the history of pro sports. Picking Young would be disappointing, but I'd get it to an extent.

Trading up for Tim Couch/Ryan Leaf is never a 4D chess move. Levis was a reach at 9. At top-3, it's downright velcro shoes.

Giving away all your win-now pieces and very likely getting lose-now and lose-later pieces does not make a team better. Soon as they mentioned Moore, I'd be out. But Fitterer gets convinced of a trade, and the other team knows it can get whatever it wants, because he will always back down.

This thread reminds me of the "We've already won the Darnold trade" after Week 2 of 2021. Gave up the only offensive weapon we have, very may well pick a QB who we could've had without trading up, and collected more dead cap in exchange for the opportunity to do so. It'll either be the trade that makes people cringe, or one that was still a lot but netted the right QB. Either way, good luck to him, because a couple TMJs and a couple Shi Smiths are not gonna be fun targets when camp starts.

Who do you think they have in mind for No. 1?

I really liked some of the hires, and didn't dislike a single one. His first charge is to pick the right guy in April and I have major doubts he's gonna do it.

Sitting still and having a mediocre future is not fun. But the idea of Tepper trying anything is a far worse nightmare. If he wants a guy, stay away from him.

I'm more than convinced he's a bust. He's gonna get every opportunity this year to prove me wrong, but I'll be shocked if he does. He's not a reliable playmaker and he's injury-prone. His limited flashes among a larger body of injury and disappointment hearken back to a second-round WR from 2007.

When the first card is turned in in April, we'll know.