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but you would think if he had off the field concerns...we would know them. I mean it is 2021. Nothing remains secret. Everything leaks out and becomes public.

I think the smokescreen is merely them second guessing themselves after such a bold move. Because really, what is Mac Jones going to give you that Jimmy G doesn't? Given this is Kyle running his scheme/O in SF. Does Mac really make you better?

I don't buy that he believes he will be drafted #32. Field's physicals tools with Trubisky's brain doesn't = 32nd pick in a QB starved league. It's total clickbait. It's literally Simms' job right now. To get the internet folks talking.

Trey Lance is the wildcard that messes up the narrative entirely lol. Maybe it is more about Justin Fields not mimicking a successful QB for all these GMs to make themselves feel good. Everyone cherry picks Wilson's odd throws and starts talking about Mahomes. That's a Mahomes throw! Lance gets the Josh Allen talk/love. Mac gets Brady. See! accurate dad bods that play in a system win!! Trevor gets all the textbook robots of Luck, Peyton, etc. Fields doesn't have that QB for them do to do that with.

Zach Wilson is the perfect counter example IMO. He has plenty bad habits. Fields' are being put under a microscope. Wilson's largely dismissed as people gush over the upside.

He also thought Teddy Bridgewater was a top 10 prospect. Guys with fancy titles have shitty takes just like the rest of us.

I would be thrilled to have a Justin Fields/Sam Darnold both on the roster. Seems like a win/win to me.

he is suggesting you draft the best player on the board. And if you have Sam....you aren't forced to throw your rookie QB to the wolves day 1 out of desperation/no other options. QB is our biggest need in terms of consistently winning football games and actually doing something. We can draft a CB. We ain't going to do anything without a legit QB.

what do you think you like about Horn over Surtain

true, I already deleted him from the memory bank. Worst first round pick since Butler.

well, 3rd option in regards to addressing the QB situation not via draft. And like I said, the fact we went looking at Stafford/Watson and how we did Teddy in the process.....kinda built the need for a 3rd option whether we initially had anyone in mind there or not. I think failing to get Stafford/Watson created a weird environment. Then they just had to get a body to replace Teddy with.

I'd rather draft a talented QB that might struggle to get on the field because of talent in front of him.......than do it with a RB, LB, DT, etc. Which we have gone into the draft and done....in the first round.

yep, Sam was option # 3 of the offseason. And we had to do something given how we did Teddy while looking at option #1 and #2.

I think Mac Jones is the only QB in this draft who fits Kyle's preferred type. Now, did he spend all that draft capitol to go get Mac Jones? No point doing a smokescreen IMO. He can just name the player. No one to fool. I think there has been a concerted effort to knock Fields from 1b to as far down as possible while simultaneously pumping up every other QB over him. And nothing on the football field backs that IMO.

I didn't LOVE Burns (largely because of Everette). But I didn't hate the pick. Probably would have to go back to the Dom Capers era to find a first rounder I disliked as much as Horn at #8.

Because all it takes is 1 team out of 32. I mean the majority of teams could have him as 2nd rounder. But if someone at the top wants him... Kyle has a type. Mac is it. Which is baffling to move up and spend the capitol to get to #3 to take Mac. They didn't need to go up that high and plenty of teams IMO would have traded down.

trying to think if there is a first round pick we have made that I disliked more at the time than I will Horn at #8.....and I'm coming up with nothing....

Star made our defense. Star > KK. KK had the fancy sack numbers though.

Clausen didn't spend the last 2 seasons of his college career being the consensus 1b with someone hyped as a generational talent (Trevor). Players can fall. No doubt. But what Simms is doing with Fields IMO is just 100% clickbait. Guarantees Simms gets the attention before the draft and after it.

Justin Fields going # 32 lol. This is just performance art and trolling.

I think he is a grabby man DB.

per PFF in that Bama game. Horn allowed five catches for 113 yards and a touchdown into his coverage, good for a passer rating of 145.8. They bluntly said he was bad in that game. And that his 2019 wasn't really that good. Horn's rise really came in 2020. But like I said, I wonder how much of that is just opponents taking advantage of all the easier options on the field in 2020. Gamecocks were horrible. They gave up 40 points per game. So how much of that is being scared of Horn vs just preferring to attack a very weak team elsewhere.

I'm still hoping for Justin Fields. If that doesn't happen? I don't really care. I don't want them to leave Pitts, Chase, or Fields on the board if QBs go early. But if they are all gone? I probably won't care until we see them in pads.

the back of my mind concern about Horn is.... did Horn's personal stats benefit from the rest of this team being bad? Tua threw for about 500 yards that day. There were easier places to go than throwing at Horn. So teams often did that. How much of that is being scared of Horn vs just taking the open and easy layups that were all over the field (especially last year). Corners always scare me in a draft. Hard to tell in college how good they really are often vs other positions.