ForJimmy

This might be the worst case scenario. I would hope we draft a LT then try a project QB like Newman in the 2nd. However Jones could still be a solid starter in the NFL. He is just a big unknown to me...

We currently have 0 offensive lineman and no TE worth anything. The main concern is while Moore and Anderson are great, they won’t have as huge of a gap between their competition as the players at Alabama did. I’m not saying Jones will be bad, he is just an unknown right now not unlike Lance and Newman. If we draft him I’ll get on board. I actually trust this staff to evaluate and develop.

Makes you wonder where people get this stuff...

Well it might workout good for us. LT first, Newman second could be a solid backup plan...

He is average at best. Solid starter, but can’t put the team on his back.

He is almost as much of a question mark as Lance to me. Can Lance play that well against better competition? Can Jones play they well with lesser talent and against teams that may have better players than his? I think they both are a risk, Lance just has the higher ceiling with his athletic ability.

Practice INTs happen all the time. He hasn’t played for a year. The good news is Rhule gets a close and personal look at him to decide if he is our guy or not.

He needs to talk down Newman so he is available with our 2nd or 3rd pick. Talking up Jones is great. Let another team draft him.

From Newton to Newman...

Yeah he is still pretty raw. Clemson was going to be rough. He leading WR was out and his line/weapons were going against all around superior talent. With that said he still looked pretty bad (no time to throw and no players getting open can do that). I try to look at his games against similar talented teams like UNC, NC St, Louisville, and VT. Didn’t look good against VT, but great in the other 3. Sounds like the potential is there, just needs some coaching/development IMO.

Not unlike the draft profile of Josh Allen right? I know his arm isn’t as strong as Allen’s, but it’s legit. He has the physical tools to be a great QB, I’d love to see how Rhule and Brady can develop him.

If he looks the part, a team may try to snag him late in the 1st. If we get a stud LT at 8, we would be wise to use our 2nd on Newman. I don’t think he makes it into the 3rd if he looks good....

If we draft him and land Newman in the 2nd/3rd, I’ll be able to handle it.

Teams rest their players because they need them for the playoffs and they are already locked in. Teams that aren’t in the playoffs don’t just obviously rest their starters. We did the best we could by “holding CMC out because he wasn’t 100%.” The only coach I’ve seen bench his starters when they aren’t making the playoffs is Pederson, and it is part of the reason why he got fired.

In 2019 he came to Knoxville and led BYU in an OT comeback win against a more talented Tennessee team. (I know UT hasn’t been great lately, but they usually have way more talent than BYU).

I’m not against it, just don’t want to give up any 1st round picks for him at this point in his career. It makes more sense for a lower picking, more seasoned team to trade for him.

The stats make sense, but it’s primary because elite QBs never get traded in the NFL. They only get traded or sighed like Warner and Favre before they prove how great they can be or are starting to decline like Montana to the Chiefs. Watson is demanding a trade at the peak of his career as one of the best QBs in the game. It never really happens, so it’s more of an unknown.

Or Fields

Yeah I kind of want either Lance or Newman. Both seem very gifted with a high ceiling. I want to see what our staff can do with a player like that...

I see some Josh Allen comparisons too. Either way...

I’m glad Rhule is getting a good look at him. He seems to have all the tools, just played for Wake. If he looks the part, I would be upset with LT in the 1st and Newman in the 2nd/3rd....

A team like the Colts or Niners should give their first for him and the Lions should take it. It gets Stafford to a team ready to win now and they get a mid first round pick for him which sounds right. Maybe throw in a 3rd... Colts 1st and 3rd for Stafford and Lions 5th sounds pretty fair to me.

Then he shouldn’t have played, which makes him an injured 32 year old QB that has a losing record as a starter and never won a playoff game.

That we shut out with our rookie defense that has his team constantly drafting in the top of the draft.