General Draft Week Rumors

[Mr. Scot]

General rumors and speculation from draft week not necessarily related to the Panthers...

Starting with...

 

[travisura]

https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1386690742941331459

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, travisura said:

https://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk/status/1386690742941331459

If they really are looking at moving on from Julio Jones, I wonder what that says about the status of Matt Ryan.

[travisura]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

If they really are looking at moving on from Julio Jones, I wonder what that says about the status of Matt Ryan.

Could be that they're all in on Pitts this year and hoping to get something for Julio while they can.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, travisura said:

Could be that they're all in on Pitts this year and hoping to get something for Julio while they can.

Also could mean they're ready to take a new quarterback and blow the whole thing up.

Or that they want people to think that

[Mr. Scot]

Breer on the Mac Jones discussion...

 

[Khyber53]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

General rumors and speculation from draft week not necessarily related to the Panthers...

Starting with...

 

I have every reason to believe that the Patriots will be trying to move up and take one of the top 5 QBs out there. There's no way they are looking at Cam for a long-term answer (love ya Cam but let's realize there's more good football behind ya than in front of ya). And there are too many QB hungry teams out there to not be aggressive in their pursuit -- it's likely that all of the top five will be gone before 15.

 

[Mr. Scot]

Apparently the Chargers social media team had a boo boo...

 

[top dawg]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Also could mean they're ready to take a new quarterback and blow the whole thing up.

Or that they want people to think that

It will be very much cost prohibitive for them to move on from Ryan for at least the next couple of seasons. 2023 is the first realistic season that he'll be gone. They could still take a QB, but if that happens I'd bet that he sits for at least a season and a half.

[Moo Daeng]

2 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

I have every reason to believe that the Patriots will be trying to move up and take one of the top 5 QBs out there. There's no way they are looking at Cam for a long-term answer (love ya Cam but let's realize there's more good football behind ya than in front of ya). And there are too many QB hungry teams out there to not be aggressive in their pursuit -- it's likely that all of the top five will be gone before 15.

 

It just doesn't seem like the year to be getting in to the inflated market for the QBs that are there.  High demand doesn't make them better prospects.

[countryboi]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Breer on the Mac Jones discussion...

 

Devonta Smith had 1,856 yards receiving, you dont have to do something crazy when you running wide open. 

[travisura]

http://<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In regards to <a href="https://twitter.com/peter_king?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">@peter_king</a>&#39;s report from last night about Atlanta listening on Julio Jones, and why it would be a post June 1 move:<br><br>*If the Falcons trade him after June 1, they save $15 million against the cap.<br><br>*If the Falcons trade him before June 1, it would be a $23M cap hit.</p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1386737645351444485?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">April 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[davos]

Some tidbits from the link below:

• The 49ers decision will predicate the Falcons.  Wonder if they prefer Lance or Mac?
• Xavien Howard is in trade talks? Speculation
• The Pats, Bears, and WFT still rumored to move up (9-10 range? Is that a CAR trade partner?)
• Could definitely see a DEN jump ahead of us if the last bullet point is the case.  Maybe a 7 & 9 swap for Fields.  DET would still land a top WR (Smith or Waddle)

https://phinphanatic.com/2021/04/26/miami-dolphins-among-hottest-nfl-draft-rumors-whats-going/

[trueblade]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

If they really are looking at moving on from Julio Jones, I wonder what that says about the status of Matt Ryan.

This is from Albert Breer:

"The drumbeat for Florida’s Kyle Pitts has grown louder here, and a good number of other clubs believe he’ll be the fourth pick. Three breadcrumbs we can leave for you here. One, GM Terry Fontenot has done some relationship-building with Matt Ryan that, really, seems to indicate the Falcons aren’t desperate to move on from him in nine months (the contract restructure sends a similar message), and Ryan has been a steady presence in the building the last few weeks. Two, word is the asking price to move up to No. 4 is high, which would indicate Atlanta might not be rushing to move the pick. And then there’s where Arthur Smith made his bones—coaching tight ends. For what it’s worth, the buzz around the NFL has been that Fontenot and Smith are comfortable going forward with Ryan, if that’s where Atlanta lands. But if the right quarterback falls here? Who knows?"