How the Mayfield trade came about

[rippadonn]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Yeah...that's not a reason.

I genuinely hope Corral is a good quarterback, but if Mayfield proves to be the guy I'll be okay with that too.

If it becomes apparent in camp and preseason that Corral has "IT" and the backups don't why not? Do what they should have done with Cam, play him in the preseason and trade him to the Bears for picks, assets.

Seattle loves him.

They are backup grade QBs each for different reasons. 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

If it becomes apparent in camp and preseason that Corral has "IT" and the backups don't why not? Do what they should have done with Cam, play him in the preseason and trade him to the Bears for picks, assets.

Seattle loves him.

They are backup grade QBs each for different reasons. 

Yeah, the Bears aren't looking for a QB.

And if Seattle loved him, they'd have offered something. They never did.

[LinvilleGorge]

6 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

If it becomes apparent in camp and preseason that Corral has "IT" and the backups don't why not? Do what they should have done with Cam, play him in the preseason and trade him to the Bears for picks, assets.

Seattle loves him.

They are backup grade QBs each for different reasons. 

Seattle does not love Baker Mayfield. They never seriously engaged in trade talks with Cleveland. They let us get him for a 4th/5th round pick while sticking Cleveland with the bulk of his salary. You don't "love" a guy and then fail to make that deal.

 

[rippadonn]

6 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

Corral is extremely unlikely to play at a higher level than Mayfield and even Darnold early in camp or likely at any point early this season even if he is ultimately the guy and better than them overall. There is a serious learning curve in the NFL, and I hope Corral makes the jump quick, but I'm not giving up on him as a prospect even if he doesn't see the field this year.

"IT"

Some people have it. Some people have less of it. Juice.

[rippadonn]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Seattle does not love Baker Mayfield. They never seriously engaged in trade talks with Cleveland. They let us get him for a 4th/5th round pick while sticking Cleveland with the bulk of his salary. You don't "love" a guy and then fail to make that deal.

 

Makes this a even worse trade when you put it that way. They kicked the tires.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, rippadonn said:

Makes this a even worse trade when you put it that way. They kicked the tires.

How?

[rippadonn]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

How?

C'mon he's no Deshuan Watson.

[frankw]

4 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

Makes this a even worse trade when you put it that way. They kicked the tires.

Baker is the least of our worries. We need to take out the Jets trash that is littering a stench cloud in the building.

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

C'mon he's no Deshuan Watson.

What are you talking about?

[rippadonn]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

What are you talking about?

You know...

[LinvilleGorge]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about. You seem mad that we traded for a QB instead of starting a 3rd round rookie. Okay. Then you seem mad that we didn't repeat the same mistake we made with Darnold and overcommit unnecessarily. That's weird.

[rippadonn]

Can the QB1 of 2021 from the SEC best two failed QBs who already had their chances? Back ups?

Possible. If he looks like himself last season that's better than Zach Wilson and maybe as good or better than Mac Jones.

Neither of whom are that much better OR worse than the SECs Matt Corral.

[LinvilleGorge]

You don't want to put the kid in position to fail. If he's the best option, play him. If he needs time to sit and learn have options available so that you're not forced to play him too soon. This is a rarity for Panthers fans. We actually watched the Panthers make a smart, calculated move.

[Mr. Scot]

44 minutes ago, rippadonn said:

C'mon he's no Deshuan Watson.

He doesn't have twenty plus lawsuits?