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The way I look at it, you just can't bank on this kid but you definitely give him a good hard look this summer. He's on contract so see what you've got. Elsewhere, Darnold has as much experience in our TBD offense as anyone available and the FA is a bit average at best. Especially when you look past the guys I can't imagine coming here (Geno-SEA return, D Jones-NYG return, Baker, Teddy, and probably Sam) It's pretty much Jimmy G, Heinecke, Brissett, Mike White, Dalton by process of elimination. Unless you really think we're going after Jackson, Rodgers, or Brady, which I just highly highly doubt. It's just gotta be a draft trade-up QB any which way you look at it. It's like our only option with what's out there. And honestly, draft 2 QBs. You never know who clicks. 1-Stroud A Late Rounder-Haener/Tune/O'Connell And looking at the FA crop, I'm going to be a different here; but it's what I want and think could work: 2023 QB Room: CJ Stroud, Taylor Heinicke Jake Haener/Matt Corral/Jacob Eason battle it out for QB3

Jacob Eason was pick 122 in his draft, and Corral 94. Just a year apart, and Eason was drafted by, you guessed it, Frank Reich. Tighter mechanics, better arm, more traditional, so not the mold he speaks to, but I think there's a fair shot Eason ends up ahead of Corral come preseason. I'm not dissing Corral but he's closer to the PS than the active-53 at this point.

Having lived in Cali in recent years, I also think it's a pretty crap city. The best spots are across the bridge by Sausalito or far south outside town. The actual city has really dipped in quality. Even the trendy/cool neighborhoods for older millennial couples/young fams. This is coming from a City Planner Oakland is even looking better with the amount of improvements going on. San Fran has just had such a disappointing trajectory after being a standard bearer in many ways in the early 00s. Same goes for Portland. East coast & some of the resurgent midwest cities are what's up.

The Cardinals are becoming a big old question mark. Apaprently they're resetting and requesting an interview with Lou Anarumo

He gives me Kevin Costner vibes

Chiefs went and got him. Buffalo went and got him. Baltimore went and got him. Cinci was #1 and took him their guy. Same with JAX. Hell, PHI and SF went and got their guy that didn't even work out, so lost the picks to a bust, and still made it as far as they did the past few years. So it comes to show even losing the future drfat capital isn't always some huge setback. If they found a QB, I honestly don't mind giving away what could be a mid or late 1st rounder in 2024. You'll likely be doing the same thing next year with your 2025 pick if you like Caleb/Maye/Ward/Penix/JJ. If Stroud or Young is the guy, sure. Do what you need to.

Campen's Zone/Power Hybrid that he ran in GB shows well in that respect. He knows every scheme and how to blend them. He coached up two of my fave OL prospects in the past decade in Bitonio and Bakthiari so I think we've got a lot to really like with the approach. This bodes really well for Brady & Icky.

You could see how he was good at diving into details without giving away the meat and potatoes. Different responses, with varying depth, and if anything, I am 100% reassured we're finally going to have a 3,800+ yard, 20 td+ passer again, and soon.

I love that he knows NFL nuances and vernacular like it's a language in itself. Our fundamentals and discipline is gonna get a lot better. He just knows how to navigate pro-football. You can tell when compared to Rhule. He just knows it like clockwork.

Trying to get the turf question in there oof haha

I wanna thank that dude for his two questions on offense & lessons learned. That got a good response. Balanced Offense that can run & get chunk plays. Can have the long drives but get big plays quickly when needed. And his confidence in getting a passing game going was reassuring. He knows what he's doing with the passing game.

It will definitely feel like he's more in control of the moment and not this awe struck youngling or out of element college guy. I think we'll definitely sense why Tepper/Fitt/Dan went in this direction in thinking about it in that regard. He garners respect, people like playing for him and coaching with him.

At a minimum, this type of thing is just good to gauge the general feel and direction of things. I imagine we'll get more into his vision, some big picture stuff beyond that short interview he had. Expect to hear a lot of generalities and to players we already have, but I'm excited to see what other takeaways come from it. If he came to his interview as prepared as it sounded, he could have a pretty strong plan in place. Would love to hear what he sold to Tepper and what we should expect. Also--He's quite a different dude than Ron & Matt so it's going to be a different feel than we're used to from the HC.

Big Nazareth fan by the sounds of it ha Bond & Mission Impossible fan as well.

Hey Folks. Before the bot swoops in, heads up! https://www.panthers.com/news/head-coach-frank-reich-will-hold-introductory-press-conference-on-tuesday Hopefully our god awful local reporters ask him some questions regarding how he's going to build out his staff. What I'd like to see: Him describe the offensive vision Type of players he wants to bring in Playcalling -- is it dependent on the hire? Will he take the reigns? What's everyone hoping to hear?

Yep, it takes finding the passing lanes with good arc & velocity. Brees did it tremendously well. Bryce shows a lot of freaking talent in this department. Just really navigates smoothly and finds the lane. He threw over the line between the hash really well and I didn't see much issue. He's been able to stay in the pocket and find guys in the middle which is the biggest concern that emerges from the size discussion aside from injury potential, which I think is overblown. Everyone playing is at risk of an injury. Biggest to the smallest, and I don't see reason to think he's not durable. He's taken good licks over the years.

Brian Johnson and Jason Michael

F*ck yes. Deserves its own thread

I'm happy we didn't reach on a QB from 2006-2009 to eventually replace Jake. There were very few good ones to come out of those drafts and none that we could've even drafted in R1-2. Flacco would be an exception but he was taken a pick before us. Also don't like the narrative that Clausen led us to Cam. That was more on Matt Moore pulling a Kevin Kolb/Kyle Allen and teasing us he was our future, then flopping terribly. That saved us from a lot of pain and heartache, and truly led us from the end of Delhomme to Cam. No "bridge" required. A popular opinion: I still can't believe we didn't draft a QB high with Rhule. It is still mind boggling how poorly he did at trying to build an NFL team.

Truly unpopular? Rasul Douglas should have had a 3-4 year extension/new contract. WIth all the complaining about contracts for our D, he would've solidified the outside and we could've gotten way more aggressive with QB. Would have been easy to let Jackson go. Totally change the current build.

We could honestly be a great bet for him given he's clearly not getting an HC spot and we did our homework. If both parties are fans, he could easily be here.

Ohhh ok this has gotten interesting. Not the biggest Moore fan but he's soo freaking young. Could see him learning a lot under a guy like Reich.

That's what I imagine Shanahan was afraid might be the case but their booth just didn't have the time to confirm.