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Hey @Captain Morgan, got a draft crush yet? Mine is Mendoza. Yes, I know it's not happening, but his arse better not being wearing gold and black next year. That would be like pouring lemon juice, vinegar, Pepper 'X' oil and salt into an infected paper cut wound.

You mean like Tyler Warren?

To sweeten the deal have language about an open competition. As a FA, he could sign just about anywhere as a pure backup or just stay in SoCal backing up Herbert. I bet he's chomping at the bit a get a shot at starting again. I highly doubt he gets an undisputed QB1 gig anywhere, that's the reason I would put verbiage about an open QB1 competition to brush aside any purely backup deals and that would put us at the head of the line.

Huh? Where are you getting your info, lol? I guess the places you are looking still has folks like Arch, Moore, Sellers, Mateer, etc...all going Pro this spring. Nothing is certain yet as it is still early, but most, if not all the underclassmen have been leaning heavily to going back to school from multiple sources.

Photoshopped his head onto a Panthers uniform.

He's started 5 games guys...FIVE! Spot duty in another 8. How in the world can anyone definitely say he sucks? Just because 49ers fans soured on him and said he sucks after an injury riddled rookie season and being behind the learning curve. The dude has been in the League 4 years and is 25-years old! He's Penix age now when Penix was a rookie. He's been in multiple systems now, healthy and obviously has a better feel for the Pro game than he did as a super-raw rookie.

I see what you did there.

L-O-A-D-E-D!!! We aren't cutting Bryce. At worse, he plays out his rookie deal without getting the 5th year option. No need to panic. What we need to so is a find a bridge QB NOW for the 2027 rookie and let the young fella sit most or all of his rookie year.

So did Darnold and Mayfield...until they didn't.

Nice. Allar is intriguing. He's a medical red flag. I'm not sure when he would be available. However, we aren't moving off Bryce at least until '27, so he'd have time. I'd be shocked if Young is not our starting QB next year.The OL needs some reinforcement, I agree . Moton's contract is a beast as well as the guards we signed in FA. Corbett is hurt all the time and BC is nice depth, but a mediocre starter. Defense is a must. You hit some critical areas--Edge, LB, CB. I would like to see another safety as well.

Lol, I'd take this draft in freaking heartbeat! To say it's unrealistic is an understatement.

White has had some success in the League, albeit very brief. That's better than Hookers zero experience.

How strong is this belief--like a fiver wager or betting your house sort of conviction? I'm convinced Canales is ready to move on, he has zero ties to Bryce, but I'm not so sure Morgan is quite ready to turn the page yet, especially if his boss isn't ready to move on.

Yeah, I think it was just a lazy way to dismiss him and write him off.

Ok, we ain't making the playoffs unless something insanely crazy happens and plus it's November, time to start planning for the draft this spring. Pretty simple, list our positions of need, address in the draft (or left to FA) and round we should draft that need. Currently we have 8 selections, the actual slot in each round still to be determined by finishing order, but I can't see a huge swing one way or the other. (This as of Week 10) Needs: (no particular order) ILB, CB, DL, Edge, S, QB, IOL, OT Rd1: ILB/EDGE Rd2:OT Rd3:Edge/ILB (opposite of round 1) Rd4:S Rd5-a:CB Rd5-b:QB Rd6:IOL Rd7:DL

I can't remember who the poster was, but earlier in the year when we were making W-L predictions I said that I wouldn't count on sweeping the Saints and that person said something along the lines like he'd quit being a Panthers fan...or something like that if we could sweep the Saints. I wonder if this person will fess up now, lol!

We historically don't win in Atlanta. We aren't beating the Rams or on the road versus the 49ers. The Seahawks are for real and it's the Darnold revenge game (we always get slobber-knocked in revenge games). Tampa is actually playing better on the road than at home this season That leaves two games I think are possible wins, the Saints and the last game in Tampa if they rest players because they can't improve playoff positioning.

I don't think you frequent the draft sub-forum, but my argument for us to draft Warren (yes, that was my draft crush) was WR classes are increasingly deep draft after draft, but TEs like Warren or even Bowers are a once a draft or once every several drafts type of prospect. If you have a chance to grab a dude like that you don't pass them up. You can get legit WRs deep into round one or even on the second day, no problem. There's usually not just one can't miss WR prospect in any draft class. At most you have one TE, if any at all, in a given draft class.

Statistical wash. The only difference is one is a WR and the other is a TE, which shouldn't even be close, even in today's NFL I was told that drafting a TE over a WR or EDGE would be a dumb move with our first round pick. Generally speaking, it is, but generational talents break the rules of conventional norms. I knew that, but people didn't want to listen to reason and held tight to their drafting 101 rules of thumb.

Don't remind me... Dude is on pace for a 1,000 yard season as a rookie TE. That sh1t is freaking unheard of. He's a system guy they said...he's a gadget player they said, his game won't translate to the Pros they said. Well, they were WRONG!

The unicorn game this year versus Atlanta where all three phases were completely locked-in was the ONLY game we have won with Bryce Young as the starting QB that wasn't someone else sealing the win in late in regulation or overtime. His stans are like" he had to get them in position for the game winning run or FG." While true, he can't cap off the game with his own arm nor put the game out of reach before needing to manufacture a so-called "game winning" drive. Young as our starting QB we: lose badly, barely lose or once in a while pull a last second win out of our sphincters. Oh, and can't forget that one lucky game akin to winning the lottery like the Falcons game several weeks ago.

At least XL has the tools to be better. He just needs to a) stay healthy and b) put in the work both in the film room and practice. I've been critical of XL, but he could turn things around. I'm not sure he has the mindset to take his game to the next level. Until he proves me wrong, he seems like he's collecting game checks with no will power to be any better.

Stafford = Young...got it. McVey likes a guy that can stretch the field. Bryce stretching the field is a 15 yard pass.

You can be become a millionaire transferring to the U to be their starting QB. Who's the lucky guy for '26?