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23 minutes ago, CPsinceDay1 said:

QB PJ Walker.  NFL Stats: 32/56 (57.1%) 368 yards, 1 TDs, 5 INTs. 

P.J. Walker XFL stats Walker started in five XFL games, and went 5-0 while tearing defenses apart. He averaged 267.6 passing yards and three passing touchdowns per game. He was also strong as a runner, with 24 carries for 99 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

 

6-0 as a starter

Guys in the XFL were in the XFL for a reason. If we played XFL caliber defenses, his XFL stats might be relevant. Since we don't, only his NFL stats are relevant.

Practice is so unexciting that most of the beat reporters are tweeting about cutting Matt Kaskey...

25 minutes ago, CPsinceDay1 said:

Question: When is Darnold going actually start ????

Light crowd today. 

Didn't see a thread started.

12 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

2. Marty tried to trade up to pick #33 to get Jimmy Clausen. Could not believe it when Clausen "fell" to him.

Rumors said he offered our 2011 first rounder to move up to #33. Thank goodness they said no. Our 2011 first rounder turned out to be a pretty good player.

 I don't see where the Panthers have the resources to make a competitive offer to the Jaguars. I wouldn't want to give up a 1st for Minshew, who would hopefully be a backup QB, and we don't have a second round (or a fourth round) pick. Those belong to the Jets after the Darnold trade.

1 hour ago, Toomers said:

 

OK. 22 QBs chosen in the top half of the first round from 2011-19. First year of rookie deals that changed everything. 
 

  7 are(were) worthy of that status. Cam, Luck, Watson, Mahomes, Allen, Mayfield, Murray. Tannehill and Goff could go either way. 

13 were busts. Locker, Gabbert, Ponder, Manuel, RG111, Bortles, Winston, Mariota, Darnold, Haskins, Rosen, Trubisky, Jones. 
 

  So of 20, there is a 35% a team gets a franchise QB. Of all those busts, who “turned” it around? Tannehill was on his 2nd contract, with a major injury, on the team that drafted him.

Can you do the same exercise for 1st round CBs?

17 hours ago, frankw said:

 

Kudos to @ncfan and @shaqattaq. It always easy to go back years later and say 'oh we could have had X' but NCFan was right here moments after the pick with "just with Chauncey Gardner-johnson sitting there, I wouldve jumped on him." and Shaq is right there in agreement.

I never get on someone for a bad take. If you put your takes out there, you're gonna put out some terrible ones eventually, but I like giving people kudos when they get it right.

Sorry to hear about this and wish you a speedy recovery.

I hate to sound pessimistic, but after eighteen months of dealing with this, I just don't think we're going to beat this thing. We're going to have to learn how to live with it someway, somehow.

(Note: I am fully vaccinated).

double post.

6 hours ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

Honestly, if Darnold goes down, I am on the phone to P. Rivers and see if he wants a curtain call.  He recently said he would consider the option. 

If I recall the story correctly, Rivers said he would consider it for a contender. I certainly hope we're in a contending positon if we need to call him.

1 minute ago, CPsinceDay1 said:

But yet today he played just as good as any starter in the NFL would have, except maybe one who didn't play at all...

You, my friend, watched a very different game than I did.

3 hours ago, CPsinceDay1 said:

Hey if B.Zylstra caught half his passes that percent is near %75 completion rate...

Them two just couldn't connect for some reason...

And if some of the other receivers hadn't made nice plays to catch balls thrown behind them that percent would have been worse. 

We can play the hypothetical game all day long it won't turn PJ Walker into an NFL backup.

2 minutes ago, Jon Snow said:

PJ is responsible for 12 of the 16 points left on the field today.  We can do better.   They both need replaced asap.

I was not impressed with PJ. Under 50% isn't going to cut it in this league. He has to be more accurate. That said, he's clearly better than Grier. We're in trouble if Sam --who has never played all 16 games -- misses time.

I'm excited for tomorrow, but just think. One week from now, we'll be all gathered back inside BoA. 

I can't wait!

Greetings from Section 524!

If you're planning on watching this on NFL Network tomorrow, it'll be the Indy broadcast. I've been watching bits and pieces of the various games NFL-N has been carrying. It's always been the home team's broadcast.

58 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

The joint practices are much better than playing a series or three in a preseason game. On these practices you see film after you play and can go up against the same guys the next  day to correct it.  After games you either don't get a chance to play them again or have to wait weeks or months for a second chance. Hence the reason that playing a series or two in a preseason game is highly over-rated.

The coaches also have more control over the situations (down & distance, red zone, 2 minute, player X versus player Y) that they want to get reps in the joint practice. In the preseason game, the coaches just have to deal with whatever situations present themselves.