Go for Carr hard and save #9 pick?

[Cdparr7]

3 minutes ago, Leaky_Faucet said:

FO has interest, wants buy in/collaboration from Reich’s team. You don’t sign a guy that the staff doesn’t agree on, supposedly that’s the situation FR just came from.

Reich’s team hasn’t even sat down together yet.

NFL moves more like the DMV than McDonalds. 
 

I imagine there are other staffs being assembled that will want to talk to him as well. Hence why Carr wants to explore his options with these teams and NY wants deal done yesterday. 
 

What you’re referring to about Fitt is GM speak. Nobody knows what his plan is except him and his team. He isn’t going to broadcast it to the media and lose leverage with other GMs. 
 

Patience everybody.
 

 

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah I know Carr is "taking his time", but I see zero reason why we would consider signing him before the draft. Same with Jets or Saints, they could take a qb in round 1 as well and lose interest in him

People are making judgments that aren't warranted yet for reasons listed above.

41 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

I think the teams are going to wait til after the draft, theres not exactly a bidding war going on for him at the moment

We don't know any of that for sure.

The one thing we do know is that it doesn't make sense for Carr to wait until free agency because right now he has a monopoly. Once free agency hits, that changes.

[top dawg]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

People are making judgments that aren't warranted yet for reasons listed above.

We don't know any of that for sure.

The one thing we do know is that it doesn't make sense for Carr to wait until free agency because right now he has a monopoly. Once free agency hits, that changes.

Smart teams aren't going to sign Carr right away unless he comes really cheap (which he likely ain't trying to hear). In that sense, he's not taking his time, he's being subjected to other people's time.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, top dawg said:

Smart teams aren't going to sign Carr right away unless he comes really cheap (which he likely ain't trying to hear). In that sense, he's not taking his time, he's being subjected to other people's time.

Smart teams also aren't asking for your evaluation of him.

And to be clear, neither the Jets nor the Saints did just a cursory free agent visit. Both of them wind and dined him.

Hell, The Saints were prepared to trade for his existing contract if he hadn't invoked his no trade clause.

[ForJimmy]

It just seems like a waste of money to hire these QB whispers on your staff and then drop a ton of money to sign an established vet QB in his 30s?  I guess we shall see.  I just see us possibly signing a cheap vet like Brisset or even Darnold and drafting a QB.  Using that QB rookie salary plus all of our free space next season (assuming we don't use it up) puts us in a great spot to build a solid team.  Not to mention Reich issues having a vet QB signed every offseason with the Colts.  Who knows at this point?

[ForJimmy]

17 hours ago, The Crown and the Claw said:

While I guess things could change I have gotten zero sense that the Panthers are planning on seriously pursuing Carr or any other high priced vet QB. If anything they might kick the tires and do some due diligence but that’s the extent  

The plan since Reich’s hiring and all the staff brought in since have been about drafting and developing their own franchise quarterback. I don’t know where others are “hearing” things but at this point it’s much more likely to trade up in the draft than sign or trade for a current signal caller. 

This person understands.  Hell they have been the only reliable source leaking a little info for us.

[top dawg]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Smart teams also aren't asking for your evaluation of him.

And to be clear, neither the Jets nor the Saints did just a cursory free agent visit. Both of them wind and dined him.

Hell, The Saints were prepared to trade for his existing contract if he hadn't invoked his no trade clause.

This is a football message board. They aren't asking for anyone's evaluation. Why state the obvious? 

You can talk about the Jets and Saints all you like. If you offer a QB an I-want-you-right-now type of contract, they're going to take it. There are too many (or two many) dominoes left to fall right now to be giving Derek Carr a big ass contract. 

 

 

[Mr. Scot]

4 minutes ago, top dawg said:

This is a football message board. They aren't asking for anyone's evaluation. Why state the obvious? 

You can talk about the Jets and Saints all you like. If you offer a QB an I-want-you-right-now type of contract, they're going to take it. There are too many (or two many) dominoes left to fall right now to be giving Derek Carr a big ass contract. 

Acting as if you know what a certain player is thinking when the player themselves has said the exact opposite is a good way to look kinda silly.

[Cdparr7]

8 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

This person understands.  Hell they have been the only reliable source leaking a little info for us.

In defense of the other guy, I don’t think he said Carolina was going to sign him. I read it as Carolina’s front office (Fitterer, Drummond, whoever) likes him and they want Reich’s input. I didn’t take it as him declaring Carr to us.

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[top dawg]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Acting as if you know what a certain player is thinking when the player themselves has said the exact opposite is a good way to look kinda silly.

This is more about what the teams are thinking, and the fact that you didn't get that makes you look kinda silly.

[ForJimmy]

3 minutes ago, Cdparr7 said:

In defense of the other guy, I don’t think he said Carolina was going to sign him. I read it as Carolina’s front office (Fitterer, Drummond, whoever) likes him and they want Reich’s input. I didn’t take it as him declaring Carr to us.

Oh I’m not directly it at any particular poster. The person talking about the FO was fine and had sone good points. My post was just a reference to this whole topic/discussion. I don’t see us saving pick 9 and signing Carr. That’s all. 

[frankw]

3 minutes ago, top dawg said:

This is more about what the teams are thinking, and the fact that you didn't get that makes you look kinda silly.

It's fun for the back and forth to argue but this shtick where someone tries to drag another for not knowing anything is pointless. 99% of people posting here don't actually know anything. In the history of the huddle there might have been a handful of contributors here with legit sources to the team. It's just sports talk. But let him strut around the room like a rooster with his 100k posts. It's amusing.

[Mr. Scot]

54 minutes ago, top dawg said:

This is more about what the teams are thinking, and the fact that you didn't get that makes you look kinda silly.

Thinking that teams are going to keep a guy around for two days and give him the full court press when they're actually not that interested in him is, as the saying goes, "a bold strategy Cotton"

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[Mr. Scot]

48 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

Oh I’m not directly it at any particular poster. The person talking about the FO was fine and had sone good points. My post was just a reference to this whole topic/discussion. I don’t see us saving pick 9 and signing Carr. That’s all. 

If you're not sure one of the quarterbacks you want is dropping that far, it's definitely possible.

But again, Reich made clear that he and the coaches haven't had that discussion yet. The front office reportedly likes him, but It's gotta be a united approach or you're basically the Colts.