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Ding Ding we have a winner. Exactly the plan all along. Build an indoor stadium over time and use the present stadium for multipurpose and then exclusive for soccer once the new one is built.

If a QB is there and we can trade down we should do it in a new york minute as long as we get great compensation. And I think that if the QBs are all gone and the trade value is meh then take the BPA at tackle or corner. We will get an instant starter in either case.

Why. He isn't a better athlete than Darnold and he is a project. Darnold is an experienced veteran who is eager to redeem himself. I didn't see signs he was David Carred or going to be a flop. He played hard and didn't give up despite no talent around him and a poor defense that gave up 29 points a game or 26 out of 32. Their offensive output was abysmal at 15 points a game the worse in the league. He surely didn't look good but who would have? Who had a worse supporting cast than the Jets. Jacksonville maybe. I can see those that love Trevor or Wilson but Lance and Fields have question marks. They might be great but we can pick a tackle or corner who we know will be great as they might be the best player at their position and not the 4th or 5th best quarterback prospect.

Then you tell them to stick it and trade with someone else or get a real stud at 8. We would hold the cards not them. We don't have to trade with anyone.

If any QB is still there at 8 you trade back if you can get another 1st and maybe a couple of picks next year since we don't have a second or 4th in 2022. There will be lots of great players in the top 15 given 5 of them are QBs. Darnold is 23 and experienced. He is better than anyone in this draft not named Trevor. And after that interview I would have big questions about what happens if Lawrence struggles for Jacksonville and the losses mount. I wonder how much he will love the game then since that is his only reason for playing

I think we will likely trade down. Rhule wanted to last year but Hurney didn't. Hurney is gone and Fitterer seems okay with trading down. Then again Seattle hasnt picked in the top 10 in a long time so it might make a difference. Still if we could swaps firsts and get next year's first as well as a few other picks it would be worth it. Otherwise stay at 8 and get a stud.

I think they might if we hold onto him and tell folks we aren't releasing him. Of course teams are going to sit back and wait for him to be released unless they want to guarantee he comes to them or think we are keeping him. We have really mishandled the PR on this from the start.

I already said that and expect him to be traded. I also think we may have to eat some of the money on the guranteed money to get a team to make the trade assuming they want him as their backup. When have I said trading him wasn't better than keeping him or cutting him. I made this point about the trade almost a month ago. Where you been?

I guess the teams who have expressed interest must be stupid then

Not necessarily. We need to rework his contract to make it more trade friendly and Bridgewater is likely still exploring his options.

Cap money isn't the issue. The question is whether that small amount of savings justifies not having a quality backup this year. After watching all the jags we used when Cam went down you would think a quality backup would be important and not an after thought. Sure you are paying starting money to a backup but you are going to spend 20 million for nothing or 23 million for a guy who can start a few games and maybe get you a few wins.

You have to factor in his replacement so it isn't 8.million savings. And if Darnold goes down given he has only played 16 games one season then who is the backup? Grier or PJ? Or do we draft a guy. Seems to me that the little we save isn't worth cutting him. If we don't trade him which I think we will, we need to keep him and dump him next year. Cap room isn't an issue this year and we are one of the few teams that can say that.

That was largely due to a crappy scheme with no pressure. Which defensive back looked good for us?

Chinn played a lot more at linebacker because we didn't have three linebackers who were decent. Buffalo nickel which was first used as McDermott coined it to use a coverage linebacker in the nickel but it wasn't a full time position but only situational. And that was based on a 4-3 scheme which we mixed in with a lot of 3-5-3 last year. We got rid of Boston because we plan to move him back to his normal position which is safety. And yes we did play cover 1 roughly 20% of the time. My understanding was we would have done it more but our secondary wasn't very good and we didn't have many who could play man. I expect we will run more of it this year. So yes Chinn could assume more of an ED Reed type free safety position as his coverage skills improve and we play more single high safety to help with the pass rush.

He is a second year player so of course he isn't playing at an all pro level yet. But his athleticism and nose for being around the ball and his hard hitting reminds me of those guys. Hopefully he has the career those guys did.

He played a lot of linebacker last year more out of our necessity than his preferred position. He is more of a natural safety and would be our version of Earl Thomas or Ed Reed. I think we will use him as a hybrid but put him more at safety if our linebacking corps is improved.

Because then you have 2 guys changing positions instead of one. If you think the right side is as important as the left then you keep him on the right where he is awesome and keep looking for the left side anchor.

I don't know if they think he can't play left tackle or they value his ability to play right tackle. It used to be that playing right tackle was easier and you didn't face as many top notch rushers but that isn't true anymore. We will see if salaries for right tackles will have equaled that of left tackles when we see the deal.

It has been said that our front office isn't high on any QB outside of the top 2. So I expect us to pass on Fields or Lance if our LT is there.

We have suffered since Gross retired. It seems every year that we have had a decent replacement we have done well or at least not sucked. If Sewell is there at 8 you run to give them your selection before you wake up and realize it is only a dream sequence. On the other hand you might love a QB who dropped. That could be a bigger risk than taken the sure thing in Sewell. Pitts is a stud no doubt. I can't say I would be upset with a stud left tackle or stud TE. I think Rhule will go LT.

We have suffered since Gross retired. It seems every year that we have had a decent replacement we have done well or at least not sucked. If Sewell is there at 8 you run to give them your selection before you wake up and realize it is only a dream sequence. On the other hand you might love a QB who dropped. That could be a bigger risk than taken the sure thing in Sewell. Pitts is a stud no doubt. I can't say I would be upset with a stud left tackle or stud TE. I think Rhule will go LT.

Actually he said it would be great if we could play together and that he would help out all he could. Everyone knew about Matt Kalils injury so it wasn't a guarantee either way.

https://franchisesports.co.uk/sam-darnold-analysis-bright-future/ Seems at least one guy thinks Darnold's potential is pretty good. I hope he is right. If you are a Panther fan I would hope you are rooting for Darnold to be amazing.. Some folks almost hope he sucks so they can be right. I don't get it.

I would think asking a center about the QB you just played with would be very insightful given he knows about his ability to call protections know what was called and then what happened, etc. Kalil was a probowler until he had injuries and surely knows the game. This disparaging him because of his brother or his injuries really does him disservice. He was the anchor for the offense for a long time.

It is unclear whether he can learn a better system or not. Brady took Burrow and in 1 year turned him into a phenom so maybe he can do the same thing with Darnold. I figured that Brady would have signed off on this so he must think he can resurrect him. So I am along for the ride.