LinvilleGorge

I never understood why they paid Purdy

He should have 2 TDs already. Barely missed on an open deep ball to the endzone. This offense just makes decent backup caliber guys look like legit starters.

That drive is why I'm not a big believer in Brock Purdy. Mac Jones goes 5/5 for 77 yards and a TD on the opening drive in that Niners offense.

He looked like me when I was in about week three of having an infant with colic.

There will be more cases of food poisoning from those racoon taint sandwiches than XL will have yards.

I agree. I just doubt they're going to make a trade without trotting his old ass out there first. So let's just go ahead and get that over with so there's still time on the clock.

The nice thing about playing for the Panthers is the local press is generally pretty amiable to writing puff pieces. Just help them help you. Give them what they want and tell them that you were able to use this time to focus on better understanding the offense and watch film and whatever and they'll write a piece praising you for your commitment and predicting that you're ready to show what you can do when you're back. They'll generally cover for you as long as you give them something to work with.

Sooner rather than later hopefully. There's still time before the trade deadline. We need to see Dalton out there before time runs out.

Yeah, Dalton kinda seems like Cam after his shoulder injuries. He can come in and look good for a game or two but just seems physically unable to sustain it.

Was he? I mean he's kinda given the vibe of a guy who doesn't understand why he isn't playing. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPCcieGjjYq/?hl=en

Stop. You're comparing a proven high level pro to a second year player who had a subpar rookie season and was practically nonexistent this year before going out. You're massively reaching to create a narrative here. It was a fair question given the situation.

A big part of our overall talent issue is we have way too many utter throwaway drafts. Like virtually every pick is trash. Start stacking those up and you're cooked.

Yeah, he's hit a few. He's missed a lot more.

How many of these examples can you find? Because most of his deep balls are honestly inaccurate.

Yeah, he's just not a good downfield passer. Plenty of us pointed this out in his college play. He was throwing up "area balls" to wide open receivers who could adjust to the ball. Put an NFL secondary out there and most of those balls aren't completed.

C'mon... everything has to go perfect after the snap for Bryce to deliver a deep ball. Anything less than the perfect setup and he can't throw a catchable ball deep.

I don't know why folks are trying to act like T-Mac is a plodder like Funchess. He's not Randy Moss but the guy can run. XL was drafted in large part because he's 6'2" 220 with legit sub-4.4 speed. We don't have a QB who can throw a deep ball. We could have a fleet of absolute burners and we still wouldn't have a vertical element to our offense. We honestly just don't know what type of vertical ability we might have at receiver because we don't have the QB to unleash it.

I can't say that he absolutely should've been. I mean, maybe through the interview process and whiteboard work the issues that would show up in the NFL were evident. Especially when it comes to evaluating the QB position so much of the evaluation comes down to that part that we don't have any insight into beyond the rumor mill.

By far the biggest difference is that we had a ROY future MVP at QB vs. Bryce Young. We aren't nearly as depleted of talent on offense as people want to make it out. It just looks that way when you're this handcuffed by the QB position.

I would've absolutely taken a chance on Fields and I would've been wrong but I was always a loud Mac Jones dissenter. He just obviously didn't have NFL tools IMO. He was Kenny Pickett before Kenny Pickett.

Yeah, I just don't think approaching an off-season with a definitive plan of how you're going to address a position is smart. Maybe you aren't able to land the free agent(s) that you wanted. Maybe the guy you wanted in the draft isn't there for you. There's a lot of things that are going to happen that are largely out of your control and you gotta be ready to roll with the punches.

Keep all options open is all I'm saying. Seems like "next year's class" is always the one. I mean, the narrative going into this year was that this was going to be a great QB draft and now it's just not looking like that's panning out on the college field but we'll see. In a few years looking back maybe it is.

The Golden Calf of Bristol and Kaepernick are basically 1A and 1B IMO. Both camps were nuts for reasons that had nothing to do with football. You can't let loving what someone stands for off the field completely cloud your view of the play on the field. I honestly think both would've had long careers if A) the guy wanted it and was willing to play the role they should've been playing and B) they didn't bring a ton of media distraction to the team. Both guys wanted to be starting QBs or nothing. Which, fine. That's their call. It's their career or non-career. The Broncos offered Kaepernick a prove it deal. He declined. Payton wanted The Golden Calf of Bristol for the role that Taysom Hill would ultimately fill. He declined. Those are the realities the camps of supporters refuse to acknowledge.

A lot of folks dunked on the skins at the time for it (pretty sure I did) but ultimately that approach proved correct with how it panned out. RG3 was looking really good then got derailed by injury and then damned if Cousins didn't prove to be a great mid-round pick. Hats off. Well played.

We need multiple QBs. I wouldn't be opposed to taking the Redskins approach where they drafted RG3 high and then followed that up taking Cousins in the 4th. When you don't have a QB you can't leave any stone unturned. Obviously don't force it like Gettleman spam drafting CBs but if the opportunity presents itself just do it.