Jon Snow

There is always a lot a smoke and gamesmanship going on this time of year. I don't put much stock in coach speak anyway, especially this time of year.

Maybe, but I don't see Rhule as the type to telegraph his moves.

Just throwing it out there. You have to take that praise with a grain of salt. It's good for the players egos but it means nothing about what he really has planned.

I'm beginning to think that if Rhule raves about a player it means absolutely nothing in getting a sense of his direction. It's a good strategy to be honest because it throws off the competition to your thinking.

I can see a situation where they stay at 8 and take bpa then go after Newman later in the draft to serve as a project behind Teddy this season. There are so many ways this could play out that it makes my head spin.

Pretty much. It will be interesting to see how the manage this awkward situation going forward.

It was never really an option in the first place. It was just a bunch of fans wishful thinking.

I do not try to predict how these guys will pan out. It is a total crapshoot with these players almost every time. There is no such thing as a sure fire lock in this league. There's too many variables that effect the outcome to predict with any certainty.

It also is reminiscent of the events that took place in our FO last off-season. I would love it if we could trade Grier to the WTF team for anything, a pick, a player, a hot sandwich, anything.

This may play into somewhat but it will ultimately boil down to opportunity. They will have some options up their sleeve (I certainly hope so) to fall back on. It just may not be the Huddle's choice.

Sounds familiar.

Apparently to some foozball is life.

I will probably laugh my ass off at the reactions. But I do not take this stuff seriously.

They better find some competition then. Because currently Teddy is a lock to start.

Or us at 8. Don't count that out.

Well in fairness it appears we are trying some type of hybrid rebuild ourselves.

If they are smart they will. It's not a lock they won't take one at 7.

I'm not there yet. I can see them passing on Fields as the curse is real with OSU QBs but the others I have not watched a single game or highlights of. No clue on them and really do not care at this point. If Jones ends up being their fallback option I would think that they better not drop back enough that NE or NO can't jump them because if reports are true ( I know it's BS season) both are looking at Jones in the first if he's there. Or they may look to take one in the 2nd or 3rd since they are pretty much stuck with Teddy.

Does it matter?

Yes. Better question is what will the huddle reaction be if we trade the 8th pick before it's our turn and one of the huddles top 4 QB's is still on the board?

I mean it was pretty much destined for him to start anyway. It's not like we have a better option currently. They will throw crap at the QB position until something sticks. Teddy will have real competition this season, hopefully. Otherwise I suspect we may be drafting in the top 10 once again next off-season.

This^ forget big spending in FA this off-season. Except at QB apparently.

I certainly hope that would not be the Panthers first offer.

He doesn't. You get 5 or 6 at best simply because his style of play won't afford him 10 years at this level. Delusional fans are funny.

I would surmise that given how wrong that assessment turn out to be may have had something to do with the choice to hire Fitterer.