45catfan

My snap reaction right after the draft was a B+ and I'm sticking with it. I can't argue with the positions, but what player and the rounds some of the position drafted is my reasoning for not getting a higher grade. The Brazzell pick is the most baffling to me. That pick alone kept it from being an 'A'.

I want to sign him so the excuse can be removed if (when) our offense looks mediocre again. Supposedly TE is the lone weak spot in our offense.

The very reason Tepper had to get rid of him ASAP. First year head coaches struggle, especially with a rookie QB, but Dave was super quick on the trigger getting rid of Reich. Frank coached QBs, WAS a QB himself and saw that Young was not going to be that guy for the Panthers. He was not going to keep propping up the illusion of the front office that Bryce was some all-world QB, so Tepper fired him.

Yes, but we moved up for Young and gave up a legit starting WR in Moore. The reason we drafted Mingo was to replace him. So Mingo is kinda on Tepper too. We also lost our fist rounder the next year. While the entire draft sucked, Bryce was the first domino to set things in motion.

Franchise QBs feast when things are rolling and the tide that raises boats when things are going sideways. Bryce isn't that. He's a complimentary player, that's it. When the defense and STs are on point, he plays loose and it shows. When we are in a dog fight and things haven't gone our way, he struggles. It's that simple. He's not a horrible QB, but he's not top tier either. So the question begs, is this worthy of a second contract? The answer should be no. It definitely is my answer. Bryce will never be a QB that can produce wins largely on his arm. That's a FRANCHISE QB, any other QB is simply a placeholder at the starter's position until that guy can be found. At some point the excuses of lack of weapons will be a straw man. Heck, it's nearly there now. I mean if he doesn't look even better than last year will we blame it on the TE position? 'Well if Bryce only had a player like Kelce, Kittle or Gronk on this team...' Are we really going to do that?

Probably not. If we are taking a QB, it would be a prospect to replace Bryce and not a flyer type player. I can't say for sure, but I doubt he would have cracked the top 3-4 QBs even if he were to play this coming season.

The Giants, Cardinals and Dolphins should have moved on, but they didn't and ended up cutting their QB early into a monster second contract and had to eat a TON of dead cap money.

XL for Michael Mayer straight up.

I don't get it. I looked at about ten 'way too early' 2027 mocks, most of which had us around pick 10, a few in the teens and one at #20. None, I repeat none, had us taking a QB. Only one briefly talked about it. I'm sorry but if we are picking in the top half of the draft, QB HAS TO BE an option. Picking in the top half means no playoffs and undoubtedly a losing record. Four years of a losing records with one fluky playoff appearance and QB isn't even on the table for discussion? Heck, some even has Atlanta considering a QB. So they have written of Penix already, but Bryce is somehow a made man? I'm really baffled.

I've been here off and on since the beginning. I was wondering why no new members in over a year. I figured it's because MBs are fading out.

1109892/nfl-mock-draft-2027-quarterbacks-arch-manning-dante-moore-projection?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us This has us at 20 and winning the south. So you are telling me this is still on the board and we still stick with Bryce? Sorry, but pick 20 is one and done in the playoffs. Unless that loss a nail-biter, then I'm going with one of these guys. BTW, I like this guy too. I totally expect him to jump over Sorsby, Sellers and maybe even Mensah.

We should have stayed pat and taken McConkey (who many of us wanted anyway).

To bad we had the tiebreaker over Tampa and this could have been reality. Ickey didn't get hurt in the regular season remember, it was that feel good/hopium playoff game where we had a zero shot of advancing deep where his injury occurred. We could have drafted Rueben Bain Junior instead of the Bucs or traded back.

I would to, but there's not a time machine. It's Cam with limited weapons and a legendary defense or Bryce with weapons and a marginal defense. I'd still take Cam with the limited weapons and that defense. If you haven't noticed a pattern with Bryce, with few exceptions, he wins when our defense shows up. When he can play game manager and be a 'point guard', limit his mistakes and at minimum get us in FG range, we usually win. When the defense struggles, he can't put the team on his back. Yes, I know, there have been a VERY few games where he bucks that trend, but those are obviously outliers. This offense with Bryce isn't going to boat race any team in the NFL (one game in three years).

The only difference I can see is either a TE, ILB (earlier) or RT at Wheatley's spot at #151. You know who the next pick was? Justin Joly to Denver at #152. Him or Tanner Kozoil TE out of Houston. There was a run on TEs in round 5. The ILB talent and OT talent was just about depleted. OT Crownover went nearly a full round later in the 6th, but that may have been a reach. Based on value and availability, the pick would have been TE.