Fitterer on Quarterbacks and regrets

[Zod]

From The Athletic...

 

 

 

Sure sounds like a regret is a) Trading for Sam and B) picking up year 5 of Sam. 

[ForJimmy]

He would be a fool NOT to regret and learn from the Darnold disaster.

[L-TownCat]

Reporter: Did y’all fug it up?

Fitty: ….yeah

[LinvilleGorge]

At least he's willing to admit it. I agree with him though. If you don't have a QB then QB is always your biggest need and historically your best bet by far of finding a franchise QB is in the 1st round of the draft.

However, my concern remains this crew's ability to evaluate QB talent. I haven't seen much to hang my hat of hopes on there. Hell, I think they might even realize it themselves, hence their hesitancy to draft one.

[NCTHFL0567]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

At least he's willing to admit it. I agree with him though. If you don't have a QB then QB is always your biggest need and historically your best bet by far of finding a franchise QB is in the 1st round of the draft.

However, my concern remains this crew's ability to evaluate QB talent. I haven't seen much to hang my hat of hopes on there.

He probably wouldn't admit it, but even he got lucky with the RW drafting. 

[OldhamA]

27 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

He would be a fool NOT to regret and learn from the Darnold disaster.

Agreed. They picked up a project QB and put him behind the worst OLine in the NFL.

More fool them.

[LinvilleGorge]

10 minutes ago, NCTHFL0567 said:

He probably wouldn't admit it, but even he got lucky with the RW drafting. 

Honestly, I bet he would. Finding a franchise QB on the 3rd round is lucky as hell.

 

[hepcat]

Trading for Darnold was not a bad idea. Picking up his 5th year option was a HORRENDOUS idea.

[frankw]

6 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Trading for Darnold was not a bad idea. Picking up his 5th year option was a HORRENDOUS idea.

It was all a bad idea. The Jets knew what we damn well should have. But instead we had people who thought they saw Matt Stafford in him.

Edited March 29, 2022 by frankw

[hepcat]

1 minute ago, frankw said:

It was all a bad idea. The Jets knew what we damn well should have. But instead we had people who thought they saw Matt Stafford in him.

Hindsight is 20/20. Darnold was playing under Adam Gase and there were a lot of teams that were willing to take a chance on him. The 49ers were rumored to have offered a 1st round pick for him (who knows if that is true). The Panthers did pay a little bit of a steep price, maybe a 3rd would have felt a little better, but I didn't and still don't disagree with taking a chance on Darnold. 

What I really disagree with was picking up his 5th year option without him playing a down for the team. And also passing on Justin Fields or Mac Jones. Having Darnold battle it out with a rookie was the right call. 

I have to think Joe Brady's amateur-esque offense had a hand in not drafting a rookie QB. A rookie needs development and Joe Brady's offense wasn't flexible enough to cater to a rookie. Who knows how well McAdoo will do developing a QB, but he can't be any more reluctant or inexperienced than Joe Brady was.

[Zaximus]

Yeah Sam was handed the keys to everything without really proving anything.  The fifth year, the starting position, etc.   It's like they felt they would just jinx it if they had any backup plan lol.

[NCTHFL0567]

21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly, I bet he would. Finding a franchise QB on the 3rd round is lucky as hell.

 

Very lucky. 

[SizzleBuzz]

Hello K-Diddy

[frankw]

7 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Hindsight is 20/20. Darnold was playing under Adam Gase and there were a lot of teams that were willing to take a chance on him. The 49ers were rumored to have offered a 1st round pick for him (who knows if that is true). The Panthers did pay a little bit of a steep price, maybe a 3rd would have felt a little better, but I didn't and still don't disagree with taking a chance on Darnold. 

What I really disagree with was picking up his 5th year option without him playing a down for the team. And also passing on Justin Fields or Mac Jones. Having Darnold battle it out with a rookie was the right call. 

I have to think Joe Brady's amateur-esque offense had a hand in not drafting a rookie QB. A rookie needs development and Joe Brady's offense wasn't flexible enough to cater to a rookie. Who knows how well McAdoo will do developing a QB, but he can't be any more reluctant or inexperienced than Joe Brady was.

 

On 10/26/2021 at 8:32 PM, Waldo said:

 

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