MHS831

According to the roster, we have 3 #15. Trickery! I like it.

I think that this class could be as good as last year's group. Here is why: Last year's QBs all came from optimal situations for QBs--Bama, Ohio State, NDSU, Clemson, and BYU (if you consider their schedule). This year? Liberty, Pitt, Ole Miss, UNC---not ideal situations. This year's group will play for better teams than last year's group: Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Carolina (gulp), and Washington--as a group, better.

Starting RT for the Raiders' and NC A&T alum Brandon Parker is someone I have known since he was 4 ft tall. This is a cool opportunity for area kids. Pass along if you know someone who might be interested: Sorry if not Panther related-

Tom just loves the spotlight. It will be a nice novelty for a while, but it will fade fast.

I think we are thin at DT--lotta unproven players.

I didn't know Clowney was interested in playing.

I cannot believe how many people did not put QB--we are far from stable there.

I believe that Tepper gave Rhule the vote of confidence so that 1) he would not get desperate during the draft, and 2) it had become a distraction. Was Rhule's behavior in pressers following the draft different? Yes. If you go back and watch him last year, it was obvious who was in charge. This year, Fitterer answered the questions.

RGIII is a good person and was good before he was injured.

at least you spelled consistent correctly.

I agree, actually. Cannot understand why BB drafted Zappe before Howell.

Did you start a thread to tell people about YouTube? Do you know how to link these videos, or was this just a tactic to get people to listen to your shallow theories? Maybe you should run a drive thru window (assuming you don't already) and when the car pulls up, tell them where in town they can go get a burger.

See OP---there is some tape

not sure what the last line means, but Zappe was drafted by the same guy who took a G from Tennessee Chattanooga in round 1.

According to the thread title, I expected tape. Nothing to see here.

You need to remember, these guys were sharing their opinions under the premise that Corral would go around pick 11. Late third? No brainer.

He is going through progressions. He has a quick release and is accurate. I think he might become the best QB from this draft---

Does anyone else have a problem with using a roster spot for a kick returner when 80% of the kicks are touch backs?

He has played for 9 teams--over a quarter of them.

does he return punts too?

Since 1980 means 42 Super Bowls. Taking Brady out is not fair--he is part of the equation. (to support your point) I count about 19 Super Bowls total won by teams with non-first rounder QBs. That is nearly half. If you consider that most starting QBs were first rounders, it seems the non-first rounders have a pretty high win percentage.

The NFL did not know either--when you have invited players to the Green Room and they are still undrafted mid third round (like Willis), it shows that nobody really knew how this might play out.

This passage convinces me that Corral was not #1 on the board--they seemed to equate them to a large degree, and as the number stayed at 4, they could back off. When it dropped to 2--Howell and Corral--they started calling.

We were perhaps the most QB needy team. If we had the draft capital, I am confident that we would have taken a QB earlier--we leaped when Howell and Corral fell into our strike zone. Fitterer praised Rhule by saying, "He talked to Billechick and did not raise our offer." (paraphrasing). That meant that we had a draft capital budget, and NE was probably looking for a 2023 second rounder at some point. Rhule stayed firm, because we had a budget that we were sticking to--and he knew that there were 2 QBs on the board. Had the deal fallen through at the end of the third, we could have moved up into the late fourth and STILL landed Howell--possibly both Howell and Corral (nobody knows).