Bama Panther

It must be. Panthers haven’t had one since Peppers.

I’m not a Fitterer fan, but you all do realize he was the GM for only two of the drafts posted at the top of the thread, right? Of course, you do.

Many people make the argument that you need a QB on a rookie deal to be able to field a competitive team. The reason they make this argument is that having a rookie deal for a typically highly compensated position frees up money to spend elsewhere. The same holds true for a DE as well. A DE on a rookie deal frees up money to spend elsewhere. While Burns has value, I don’t personally believe he has $30M+ per year value (and I don’t think five teams trying to trade for him shows he has that value either, as we don’t know what type of contract they would offer him). In the case of arguing Fitterer made a mistake not taking the Rams deal last year, you have to look at the return value. Absent the Bryce trade, it would have been two more players (likely at highly compensated positions) on rookie deals. That trade would have potentially led to three traditionally highly compensated positions on rookie deals with a fifth year option for each. That is too much value to turn down, despite the unknown of who the first round picks would have netted. Another interesting consideration is that one of those firsts could have likely been used in the trade for #1, thereby saving DJ Moore and giving Bryce a #1 WR.

I can’t figure out if the B1G is the only conference that still plays defense or if the B1G offenses just haven’t quite caught up with the rest of country.

I definitely think that should have been reviewed, but it appeared to me that the contact was made in the upper chest with the collision causing the helmet to meet the jaw. I fully acknowledge my Crimson colored glasses may skew my perception there. I thought the drive into the ground was much worse than the initial hit though. I would not be opposed to making that aspect of a sack a reviewable and ejectable penalty.

I felt the same way about Bama-LSU in the first half. Happy to see Bama’s D showing up a bit in the second half.

I’ve never understood the “generational prospect” take on Williams either, but we will live in digital world where everyone feels the need to exaggerate everything.

Bryce’s feet weren’t set at all during that throw though. It actually does support an arm strength argument.

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Biggest bunch of bull poo ever posted on this site.

I’m beginning to think the Panthers drafted the wrong dude.

I’ll say this, and I know it will sound crazy. However, I see the same things from Bryce now that I saw while he was at Bama. Everyone mocks Bryce as a “super processor,” but it’s really true. He is so cerebral and such a student of the game that he always knows what the “right” (see, safe) play is. The fact that he knows the “right” play gets in the way of his taking risks, albeit calculated, for big plays. He did this during periods at Bama, and it was infuriating. I also think Bates’ two INTs have caused Bryce to be a bit gun shy. All that being said, I believe Bryce will work his way through these issues. He is not performing nearly as well as Stroud or AR, but I believe he will get there. I hope he does, at least.

Marty actually did quite well in his first run, in that he built a team that had a five or so year run of seeming success. His tenure brought the likes of Peppers, Morgan, Smith, Johnson, Deangelo, Stewart, Thomas Davis, Cam, Luke, etc in the early rounds. His FA haul saw the likes of Delhomme, Wahle (sp?), Lucas, Stephen Davis, Buckner, etc. The bad parts of him that railed the franchise were many of his other draft picks (Eric Shelton, Pickles, that Louisville QB, Jarrett, and the list goes on and on). The terrible part of Hurney was the insanely bloated contracts he gave to keep homegrown talent.

Bryce is who he is, y’all. His affect is one of the things I hated while he was at Bama. However, it is that same affect that ensures he does not get mired in negativity when things are not going his, or his team’s, way. You’re not going to see much emotion out of him. He always plays like that, whether things are going great or poorly.

As a Bama fan, I’ll tell that is always Bryce’s body language.

Because people don’t understand nuance anymore.

And you know who said, “We’re out of the Deshaun trade because I’m not giving him that much guaranteed money?” David Tepper.

Just heard on NFL Radio that there may be a deal in place for HOU to trade #2 to NE for Mac Jones. I’d think the Patriots would have to throw in a lot more for that trade to happen.

Which really makes my point even more. The question then becomes, and the question I am asking is, “why do so many physical traits guys who coaches try to coach up on the mental side bust”? May suggest the mental side is not so easy to coach up, especially at NFL speeds.

If your argument is that the mental side can be coached, why have more QBs with the physical traits not had success? Josh Allen is really an anomaly. There have been far more guys with the physical traits but lacking the mental aspect bust than they have turned into a QB like Josh Allen. Are you saying that all of those busts simply had professional coaching staffs who just weren’t able to coach up the mental side? Wouldn’t the simplest explanation be that maybe it is not so easy to coach up the mental side?

Not at all. I hope whoever the Panthers select (Young, Stroud, AR, Levis) succeed. If they pick the guy I like (leaning Young but I am inherently biased as a Bama grad), great. If they don’t, that’s also great. I’ll trust the Panthers picked whoever they thought is best for their system, and I’ll hope that man, whoever it is, lives up to the pick.

No, because most who want Young will willingly accept Stroud if that is the Panthers brass decides to pick. Many in the Stroud crew will not accept Young if he is the pick. They’ll piss and moan about the pick. They’ll secretly hope he fails. They’ll gloat the first time he’s injured. All so they can be right over their team having a franchise QB.

It wouldn’t be #2 and #12 for #1, like some posters here seem to think. It’s not like Houston is trading up from #7 to #1. It’s a single spot, and I don’t think Houston will part with another first for that.

And the same number of QBs that will be drafted before pick #9.