Breaking from Sheena Quick: We passed on Justin Fields and began the trade for Darnold post Ohio St pro day

[Squid Game]

11 minutes ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Fields is a rookie. So the jury is still out. Cannot use that excuse on Darnold. 

Not sure if I put the blame on Darnold or more so on Joe Brady.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Squid Game said:

Not sure if I put the blame on Darnold or more so on Joe Brady.

Joe Brady was out there throwing the ball directly to defenders? I could've sworn that was Darnold.

[Squid Game]

8 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Joe Brady was out there throwing the ball directly to defenders? I could've sworn that was Darnold.

You are right. Looked a lot like Sam Howell. 

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, Squid Game said:

You are right. Looked a lot like Sam Howell. 

LOL! Howell has thrown five picks in six games. Darnold has thrown five in the last two alone. If you're gonna try to throw a jab, make sure it lands.

[Varking]

15 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

LOL! Howell has thrown five picks in six games. Darnold has thrown five in the last two alone. If you're gonna try to throw a jab, make sure it lands.

That dudes on a fresh account and blaming Joe Brady for Sam Darnold throwing interceptions today somehow. 

[KSpan]

This is not news in any way, shape, or form (and she may very well be flat out wrong if she presented it as OP titled it). I recall the timing being discussed openly during a press conference and sources out there for months have the Panthers offering for Darnold as early as February... Fields' first pro day was in March. Hell, the trade was discussed at the pro day itself.

From the link below:

"The Panthers were first in touch about Darnold in mid-February, after an offer of the eighth overall pick, a fifth-rounder and Teddy Bridgewater for Stafford fell short of what the Lions wound up getting from the Rams for their quarterback. And thereafter, because of strong relationships Douglas had with the Carolina brass, trust and communication between the teams kept the light for a Darnold trade on.

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Also, as luck would have it, the Jets and Panthers were actually together at Wilson’s pro day in Provo as that deal was being finalized. So Douglas talked with Rhule and Fitterer in Utah about Darnold. And those talks, with the Jets having just lost a suitor and the Panthers now facing dwindling odds of landing a quarterback they valued at eight, sparked new momentum.

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Douglas and Fitterer talked again on the night of March 29, after both arrived in Columbus for Fields’s Pro Day, and then Douglas talked with Fitterer, Rhule and Stewart again inside the field house at Ohio State after Fields got done throwing. All of which timed up nicely. Just as the final box was being checked, and Douglas and LaFleur were seeing the last quarterback throw, a Darnold trade was coming to life."

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/04/08/inside-story-of-why-jets-traded-darnold-new-qb-search

[SmittysLawnGuy]

Thank God we decided to pay Sam 20 million next year instead of seeing if he was worth a shizz first! Saved us 5 million if he had been good. Instead we couldn't trade him for your grandpa's pack of Worthers originals +10 million bucks.

Edited October 11, 2021 by SmittysLawnGuy

[CPF4LIFE]

3 hours ago, tiger7_88 said:

The billionaire ownership of the franchise doesn't seem to consider the quality of the starting QB position as being very important so far.

I mean, that's been made very clear for those paying attention and not hating over the last couple of years.

Where have you got this notion from? Tepper has alluded  plenty times how important QB is...far as we know Tepper was all in on Watson more than anybody. He had to be convinced on Darnold project, you could tell over pre season he was still on fence about it. 

[CPF4LIFE]

2 hours ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

Which makes me very worried because if Darnold ultimately doesn’t work out what does that say about a coaching staff that has failed twice. 

EXACTLY.

[OldhamA]

6 hours ago, pantherj said:

The jury is out on Fields, but whoever pushed for Sam probably has their job on the line. If Sam doesn't stop playing like Jets Sam heads will roll.

He's had one bad game and suddenly he's the worst QB in the world and oh lord everyone's getting fired.

Never stop, Huddle. You're hilarious. 

[mbarbour21]

I think we take Fields if we didn't trade for Darnold. We probably didn't think that he would fall to us. 

[TheRumGone]

2 hours ago, OldhamA said:

He's had one bad game and suddenly he's the worst QB in the world and oh lord everyone's getting fired.

Never stop, Huddle. You're hilarious. 

Dude literally said IF Sam doesn’t get it together. And it’s true. Rhule has passed on qbs in the draft in favor of Teddy bridgewater and Sam Darnold. One didn’t work out after one year of a 3 year deal and Sam just regressed majorly this past game. They need to get him back on track because if he doesn’t those seats are gonna get hot going into next year. If Sam doesn’t and we roll with him next year without other options there is a strong possibility that Rhule’s tenure will end in Carolina within the next two years. That will be 2023/2024.

If I had to make a bold prediction; if we fail to make the playoffs next season you will see Rhule resigning and taking a college job lol

Edited October 11, 2021 by TheRumGone

[raleigh-panther]

7 hours ago, TLGPanthersFan said:

I don’t know. Theses last two QBs seem to be 100 percent Rhule. Tepper seems to really want a franchise QB but he keeps defaulting to Rhules decisions. 
Rhule seems to not see much value in a franchise QB and maybe that is because he is a college coach. 

Yeah

he can ‘coach them up’ because who has more answers than Matt Rhule 

….even if he doesn’t know the questions 

the process, you know 

[Fox007]

5 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Where have you got this notion from? Tepper has alluded  plenty times how important QB is...far as we know Tepper was all in on Watson more than anybody. He had to be convinced on Darnold project, you could tell over pre season he was still on fence about it. 

His comment made no sense considering we went after Stafford and Watson lol. How are people this stupid and ignorant about poo you can easily just know following the team in a basic way then also this thing called the internet exists lol.