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I don't get the sense the Texans would pass on him for Richardson, so I guess it ultimately depends who it taken number one.

We were never going to pay Carr that much. I think there was legitimate interest at the right price, but it realistically was never going to happen. If anything kudos for making the Saints rush and overpay for him.

Tanking the opening season with the coaching regime we have would be a really bad way to kick things off and leave moral corrupted to the point it may never corrupt. There are a lot of our coaches who already have their hat in the ring for a head coaching job next year, so even being just a bad idea in general, it would sit very poorly with literally everyone in the building.

I did an article on this actually! It went back two years. Hasn't been published yet but I believe it was 1. Lawrence 2. Young 3. Stroud 4. Richardson 5. Wilson 6. Fields 7. Lance 8. Jones 9. Pickett I flip flop on Stroud and Richardson a lot. It is a continuous development.

Richardson

Lol no it is not

1. I spend literally hours scouting these guys and come away with my own opinions. It is literally my job to do so and I have a few years of experience doing so. I have hits and misses just like everyone else. 2. How long have you been around? I have been doing this since 2012. I was pretty on point with most of the Watson stuff idk. Obviously we didn't ultimately land him but it's not like we weren't in the race until the last minute. If Tepper gave him that guaranteed money that Cleveland did he would be a Panther.

1. I will talk to my Houston beat writer and dig more into it, but they seem like a Stroud team 2. I think teams are mixed on him. There is a lot of risk in a 25 year old coming off a major injury from a gimmick offense, but he clearly has a nice skill set. I think he will ultimately go in the third. 3. I think that is a real possibility

I know at least one person who has Levis as their QB1. That was pretty far from my deduction but to each their own.

I am a huge Jones fan personally but I don't see this happening lol. Both Tepper and Reich are tired of retreads.

It's that time of the year again! I will keep everything in this thread for ease of everyone. I have been doing a lot of work on the draft and have done a lot of film study. I still have contact with my guy but it has been limited of late as I am busier and busier with life, but thanks so much for your patience! I will drop tidbits I hear about free agency, and the draft here when I can. Last years QB rankings: 1. Malik Willis 2. Matt Corral 3. Kenny Pickett 4. Desmond Ridder 5. Sam Howell This years QB rankings: 1. Bryce Young 2. Anthony Richardson 3. CJ Stroud 4. Will Levis 5. Hendon Hooker From what I have heard so far that I have said as much on my twitter account and many people of echoed without my voice is that Carolina is keen on moving up to find a quarterback. #3 seems like the most likely landing spot, but you cannot count #1. It will obviously be tough to move Chicago down that far as they still want an elite player at the position, and moving down with the Colts would allow them to have their pick of Tyree Wilson, Will Anderson, or whoever else they may want. Please feel free to drop any questions you may have here! I will try my best to get to them, and I appreciate the support!

Absolutely. The number of "tank for Sam Howells" lives in my mind a lot lol

Admittedly, I have not been posting here as much. Part of the reason was feedback I was getting, it takes a mental toll to come here and post info you get or opinions you land on and deal with all the blowback from people who could give a poo about you. Mainly though I have been working for USA Today full time and during draft season I am particularly busy because I built their entire scouting platform. I watch hours and hours of tapes on guys and type of reports on them and then condense it for public consumption. I also still have my child in the hospital so my time to do things online is limited.

You cannot sit on your hands at the position anymore, move up and get one of the three guys we know they like. You might get lucky like you did with Ekwonu and your favorite falls into your hands. Need to find the answer sooner rather than later.

The opinions on next years QBs are a lot more varied than this year honestly. Like yes, Williams is a consensus top guy, but outside of that there is a variation of grades on everyone else. You are on the mark with point one.

A mock with zero trades that I was asked to make interesting. I feel like Carolina will be moving up for a quarterback in this draft, just like everyone else does.

Let me know when you find out who it was!

I doubt Carr would except anything less than a multi-year deal as the guy for the next five or so years.

Burrow and Josh Allen were definitely viewed as elite prospects.

Just have to outbid the Colts.

They are very very different players

Yeah of course! I start all the draft wire stuff next month so I will be sure to also send it your way.

This class is absolutely loaded with edge talent

Good question. Could be Darnold, Carr, Lance, Brady, Jackson, etc. The market is open so it could go a number of directions.

I am proud to say I am the only analyst to not hand the Panthers a quarterback at 9. https://draftwire.usatoday.com/lists/2023-nfl-mock-draft-playoffs-bryce-young-cj-stroud-will-levis-anthony-richardson/?taid=63cc1b75f6f20a00018587fe&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=twitter