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He has a couple of surprising throws, but let's be real: he's a veteran now and he has to be expected to make those throws. We still had a terrible 3rd down conversion rate, he still made bad choices, but overall he was definitely improved...He protected the ball and had some heads up plays, especially a hilarious one to pick up a forced fumble and roll into the endzone. His long bomb to DJ was a thing of beauty. Something to build off of but it wasn't an amazing game. He did all he was asked to do, threatened deep, and protected the ball - which is more than we've had from a QB lately.

I liked Matt Moore but this is the Huddles opinion on a QB in a nut shell hahaha

This is where I am, too. I'm not opposed to him coming back dirt cheap as a backup if he keeps protecting the ball and managing the offense, but he played the same or better in his first few games and we saw what happened there.

definitely, and honestly, a big reason I'm happy with wins is I see potential from a lot of young players etc. I get that may be copeium or w/e, but I don't mind. we need the right talent evaluators in for QB though and I'm honestly not sure what to make of our current GM etc because I dont know what was Rhule vs Fitt and his team.

Mahomes also benefited from a talented roster. I'm sure the chiefs take him higher than 10 if they can, even. But the reason I don't get stressed is just as many of today's great QBs weren't drafted in like the top 3 as were...

I think the point is you're just as likely to get the next Mahomes at 1 as... Where he was drafted, at 10. Edit: the likelihood is very low either way lol

huh?

Wilks does not seem like a particularly good coach - a massive upgrade over Rhule, sure, but whatever we call coaching on offense is lacking teeth. Why is it that we're a bad team playing like a bad team but the teams around us are good teams playing shitty? Maybe we're all a mix of shitty and good, lol.

this is another reason I'm really not worried. There's a ton of teams close to our record, and being 9th right now could become ~5th by end of day (guestimate/napkin math).

you can, you can hope for whatever outcome you want. I understand why people are putting so much emphasis on draft position, but I've seen too many top 5 busts and I'd rather see development of personnel we have leading to wins. Just a difference of opinion

you can't ask NFL players/coaches to tank. It doesn't work. Too few games in a season and big contracts on the line. as such, when teams lose, and lose a lot, it is often due to lack of talent. hence the huge holes that most top 10 drafting teams have. If your team is in good shape you can afford to trade up to get a final piece, like a QB.

yeah, this is where I'm at, too. I do understand why the Panthers didn't want to trade him, but I probably make the trade personally when the 2nd this year got thrown in. but then we have a huge, gaping hole at DE, which is unlikely to be properly filled next year or who knows in how long.

do you disagree? Its the reality of the trade

Got the game tracker going and I'll tune in if it looks close. Hoping for a big 49ers win

the very fact he is looking down field and completing passes down field is a significant improvement from the last few games out of him actually

holy poo do we actually control our own destiny? hahahahah edit: ahh no need one more loss from Falcons and Bucs, lol.

because we traded less for him and don't have him on contract next year.

reminder the trade was the equivalent of 2 2nds and a 3rd due to their timing. I get fans don't care and would rather just stockpile future assets, but I guarantee if the Rams had offered 2 firsts and a 2nd in this coming draft he wouldn't be a Panther anymore.

my opinion is you let him play out the rest of the year. He's not gonna light the league on fire, lol. But if he looks like an acceptable backup, sign him to a limited extension and let him be a vet stop gap, like we should have had with Teddy Bridgewater, while the new coach/staff get their systems in place and get their guy in the draft.

I'm fine with this plan even if we draft a QB "early" in this draft. Darnold is, by all accounts, a good teammate. Get a new young offensive minded coach in, if he's ok with Darnold as a vet stopgap, let's do it.

he is, but that is really saying VERY little. if he wants to come back for cheap, fine, but please do not plan to build around him. ofc if he somehow manages to lead us into the playoffs my attitude will change, lol.

no kidding. Top three picks go to atrocious teams with so many holes, its hard for them to be successful. Teams drafting outside the top few picks usually have fewer holes, better coaching, and a better situation for players.

No, you couldn't. With the way the D was playing, we probably coulda won with a much worse effort by him, but he played well enough. I get that he basically just managed the game, but he made a couple of big throws. No reason to hate on the dude. No reason to build around him either, lol.

He had a perfectly fine game, it was a great return against a very good defense. He took the shots he needed to, frankly he had a lucky but heads up/smart play to get that TD by rolling into the endzone after the forced fumble, and he had some very pretty throws. But Darnold has always been capable of good games, its the other type of games that he commonly has that are a concern too. Let's see how he does going forward - a lot of the flaws in his game last year were not apparent this game. If he can threaten 40 yard throws regularly, it'll be way harder to stop his short/intermediate game. I've never been a Darnold hater, and while I don't think we can build around him at all, I'm happy with his performance and looking forward to the rest of the season.

fuging great game by DJ and props to Darnold for finally looking down field (to his own teammates, that is). If those two can keep up the chemistry, it'll at least be a fun last few games of the season