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I won’t be able to sleep at night now

Article: It was hardly a surprise to anyone last year when the Jets elected to move on from quarterback Sam Darnold in favor of drafting Zach Wilson. But that didn’t stop Darnold from making his feelings known to New York’s management on his way out the door. In an appearance on the Bussin’ with the Boys podcast hosted by Titans left tackle Taylor Lewanand free agent linebacker Will Compton, Darnold said he told the Jets they were “making a mistake” by sending him to Carolina to draft a new QB. “At the end of the day, it’s not my call,” Darnold said, via David Newton of ESPN. “If they don’t think I’m the guy, it is what it is.” Darnold is now in a similar position with the Panthers, as Carolina is bringing in six of the top quarterbacks in this year’s incoming rookie class for a pre-draft visit. But Darnold said in the same interview that if the Panthers choose another QB, he feels like another team will want him since he’s proven he can be a good quarterback. But it seems unlikely that there would be any robust market for Darnold’s services, given what the quarterback has put on film since the Jets selected him at No. 3 overall back in 2018. He struggled even last year with his fresh start, completing 59.9 percent of his passes for 2,527 yards with nine touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Darnold carries a career interception rate of 3.2 percent, tossing 54 touchdowns to 52 picks in 50 appearances with 49 starts. He’s also lost 11 of his 29 career fumbles. Time will tell if Darnold will find success in the league. But it’s hard to argue that the Panthers shouldn’t be looking for a different long-term solution in 2022. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/04/07/sam-darnold-told-jets-they-were-making-a-mistake-by-trading-him/

I do know if he is the long term answer……He most certainly is not. If you look at his body of work starting for over 4 years and think he can be a franchise QB I don’t know what to tell you. Will he be a very good backup? Absolutely, franchise QB? No way

We can’t even have a joke thread anymore on April fools? It’s not like we have had any stories going on this week. Title was changed in two minutes. Mods are becoming fun police

I’ll make this thread better. Will Sam Darnold…… A) Cry in only one game B) Cry in multiple games

If you think Fitt will keep the same draft picks after witnessing what we did last year…..you aren’t in touch with the team.

Mods are quick. Can’t even post a joke for less than 2 minutes before it gets ruined.

Hey….have a great weekend everyone! UNC AND DUKE on Saturday and beautiful weather on the way. I’m just here before I get poo thrown all over me

Have some fun on a slow news week

The Panthers are trading the number 6 overall pick and a 2nd round pick in 2023 for Lamar Jackson. We have also signed Jackson to a 5 year contract extension.

The stat on Darnold is funny because they literally used quick 3 step drips for almost all of his throws so that he could get the ball out quick, and most of the time it was an extremely safe, short pass, or a dump off. All defenses knew we would do that and allowed us to dunk and dunk all game, knowing we couldn’t sustain drives or get close to scoring range.

What a thread.

He’s waiting to speak once the future of the franchise is in one man’s hands

We do have someone there and to the staffs credit, they seem to be more focused on actual first round prospects

Lol Saints at number 6 overall with “crippling cap issues” just a few weeks ago

@Zod who are you pulling for as the selection, and what do you think our plans will be with them? (Day 1 starter, start later in the season, or red shirt year)

One of the QB’s (most likely Willis) will be picked top 10 and odds are that it is going to be a team trading up to #5 to get him.

I’ll never forgot the game against the Falcons where he was QB and we decided to run the wild cat 99 percent of the game with Deangelo Williams and actually won. We brought back the wildcat before the Dolphins made it mainstream

In Fitt I trust. He knows baby hands are not worth #6

bookies.com??? SOURCES!!

I thought this was an @TheSpecialJuan post for a moment

I agree, I don’t see anyone in the top 5 taking him but I really feel that someone will trade up to #5. That will be interesting to see what we do if that happens. Ultimately I would prefer a LT or trade down with the pick we have, but it’s going to be fun to see if another team traded up ahead of us, because we should have some great talent available at that point. Falcons wouldn’t have to give up much to get to 5

Absolutely

I have no doubt someone will trade to #5 in order to get Willis. ATL, Seattle, and the Steelers more than likely will do so. Everyone knows we are the team who will likely get a QB and they will trade ahead of us to get the guy they think can lead the franchise