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I’m with @Bear Hands on this. Allar will take his NIL money and stay another year to improve his draft stock.

We missed on Stroud. It sucks, but we can’t pretend like he isn’t one of the better young QBs in this league. If we had him we would be in much better shape. What are they 6-3 with injuries to the OL, Nico, and Diggs? I’d take that in a minute.

So you are just going by what these analysts are saying. So if come draft time they say Ward/Sanders is worth pick 1 you should be good. The future draft QB class is always going to be projected as the next great thing until these young players start playing the game and scouts can see some flaws. Think of all of the high school phenoms that didn’t look as good in college. If Manning does turn out to be the next great prospect only one team gets to draft him. Odds are someone else could get the top pick, especially if go all in on building a supporting roster. I’m never going to be a just wait another year guy, because there are so many variables. If our staff loves Ward/Sanders then we should just draft them with our pick. It’s as simple as that. I also might go with Hunter over TMac as WR1 in this class. The roster has the OL to help a young QB, young weapons in Coker, XL, and JT to grow with a QB, and a RB who can catch in Brooks as a safety net for a young QB. Sign a vet WR, extend BC and our offense would be set outside of depth. Let our young offensive core go through their growing pains while we iron out the defense. It’s definitely a path forward.

Who is in this loaded 26 class? Nico has been struggling? Manning was promising but can’t kept Ewers on the bench like Caleb did to Rattler. Who am I missing?

It was the "I can't play every position on the field" comment that was a slap to the face of his teammates IMO. That was at the press after a game too.

Stats are stats. You don't deduct yards because of the timing of the stats. Coker was boxing out their CBs and making plays.

Yeah but if he doesn't get his touches in a contract year he may get pissed.

If we stay at 1 and go QB then yeah it's between Ward and Sanders at this point. I know he had a bad game but trading down and getting Nuss could be something. Ewers, Allar, or even Milroe in the 2nd could be interesting, especially if we have a vet FA to give them time.

If he can’t make it work with Lamar he won’t have any options left. It’s a contract year so he better make the most of it…

Maybe not Jerry Rice, but Coker can and did.

Plus Nico, his top WR, has been out. Diggs is also injured now.

I think Carr might be playing.

DJax was getting cut either way.

Yeah I was out after hearing about the rape. I want no part of him.

The funny thing is, us holding out DJ in order to trade him helped Coker get more looks and is showing us we might have something in this player.

Yeah I’ll stick with Fields or Z Wilson (he likes moms but it’s consensual) as the vet preferences.

Yeah we wouldn’t have a 1 with hope that XL can develop into 1 eventually. I wouldn’t be against signing Godwin as a vet familiar with DC and yeah he isn’t a 1 too. As long as we have a lot of playmakers I’m good with it.

Oh poo. I missed that? I knew about the crab legs but that was no big deal….

Why??

Pretty sure he has voided years which makes him more pricey than normal to extend. I’d look elsewhere…

Yeah they can get a 6th or 7th but that’s irrelevant to us. We are adding a bunch of players in FA to help this sad roster so we weren’t getting a comp pick.

Yeah I’m just saying mid-tier starters can become quite good with some help. You keep trying to find that upper tier elite guy and it may never happen. If we think Ward can become a good NFL starter at the most important position, one we can’t see to get right, we should take him. I know Goff’s situation was different, just showing how a mid guy can appear top tier.

It doesn’t really matter we weren’t getting close to what the Titans got for Hopkins so it’s not as big of a deal. I wish they ate more of his contract but it’s all about developing our young weapons now.

What if a player like Allar declares (I don’t think he will). Yeah I like how Ward gets better every year and went from a small school QB to one of the top QBs in D1. You know he has to have crazy work ethic. If he is a mid-tier starter in the NFL you can definitely build around him. Goff for example is a mid guy but the Lions have built him a squad and he looks great now. Ward has also carried that Miami team to several wins with is promising.

When it came to the trade of Diontae Johnson, Mike told Kyle that this deal made it clear that Diontae Johnson was not staying past this year and you couldn’t get as much for him in part because it is essentially a rental Mike also noted that this deal sends the message that Carolina just wanted to get him out of the door. He may have called it alarming but also stated what other people have said. We just wanted him out the door and took whatever offer we could get for a rental WR2.