PNW_PantherMan

You also get in a perpetual loop by tanking in football. I don't really think its like the NBA where you can get 1 stud in the lottery and you're in much better shape. If you draft a good QB prospect on a dumpster fire of a team, he could easily get killed from no protection or not perform very well ever. You could be looking at decades of poor play before you get something going. Instead of trying to find someone that can develop and win on a decent football team, you're looking for someone that shows flashes in a dumpster fire. Not the best approach in my opinion.

No way to know for sure, but I find it hard to believe that Herbert and Mayfield would look as bad. Josh Allen looked pretty bad his first 2 seasons with the Bills and has improved tremendously.

We definitely need help at CB, but having a pass rush can hide that weakness somewhat. I think our OLine needs help for sure. I'm not convinced these guys we signed are going to be the answer.

Possible that other teams had this plan as well. Maybe we overpaid, but maybe that was the price for closing the deal now.

Teddy didn't outright lose a lot of games. He just doesn't win any of them either. If Darnold doesn't work out, he WILL lose us a lot of games next season.

He went to another team and became a good QB after everyone thought he was trash.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this. My initial gut reaction to the Teddy Bridgewater contract was negative. I don't really have the same feeling about this. I think its relatively low risk, even though some think the 2nd is too much. If he doesn't work out, we aren't really set back too much. If he fulfills his draft potential with us, we got a major steal.

Leaning this way more and more myself. I could easily see the Texans being stubborn, and Watson sitting out the entire year.

But the gamble could be anything. It could even be a Deshaun Watson!

Also, who then made the call to sign Shaq Thompson? Perry Fewell?

The only problem with that package is that BoB doesn't work there anymore. I don't think they go for it. On the Panthers side, I think you take that trade in a heartbeat.

To be fair, that wasn't exactly the Seahawks plan either. They signed Matt Flynn to a Teddy Bridgewater deal after he had a good game with the Packers. I know they liked Russ and wanted to land him, but if they really knew how great he would be, they wouldn't have let him fall so far.