PETER KING: Bryce Young is head and shoulders in the lead to be #1 pick

[Jon Snow]

1 hour ago, rayzor said:

absolutely. i hope we're never in this situation again, but since we're in it i don't think there's a better dilemma to have. whoever we pick, especially if it's either young or stroud, we can count on to be an absolute stud for years.

and if they think it's AR, then giddyup because if any coaching staff can take all that potential and help him reach it, it's us.

I wish I had your optimism about these rookies.  Especially about being a stud for years.  But I'm hoping for best. I'll being cheering from the sidelines and giving my hot takes either way. 

[The Lobo]

5 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Who Bryce?

Yessir 

[ncfan]

5 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Yessir 

Raiders

[ForJimmy]

20 minutes ago, ncfan said:

While Stroud has been setting up more visits with teams the last few days.

It’s appears Bryce is shutting it down

 

Yeah 2 is his absolute floor and there is a slim chance of that happening.  Carolina is probably just looking at the others to see if they are comfortable taking one if a stupid trade is offered to them. 

[The Lobo]

5 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Raiders

So we are taking him then haha 

[CPF4LIFE]

And....

both of them probably have guarantees they wont fall out the top 3 or 5. 

 

 

[Mage]

WELCOME TO CAROLINA BRYCE

[Martin]

I’m a Stroud guy, but the current best guess by the majority of “sources” and reporters is that Young is the guy. I don’t get the issue with this. Nobody knows what the Panthers 100% think at this point, probably Young, but it might be Stroud, who knows. Young’s floor is 2 whole Strouds is maybe 5. This seems to be pretty clear cut.

[joemac]

1 hour ago, Martin said:

No offense, but the Curry comparisons I see are terrible. Curry is a relatively tall PG at 6’3”. The major hesitations around him were never size related, it was his athleticism and level of competition. 

Its not a comparison of their sizes, its a comparison of how each of them play their respective games. 

[amcoolio]

The team probably thinks Bryce is worth the gamble, and I agree. Maybe Bryce and his team have convinced the Panthers that they have been working on his body and ability to avoid hits. Again I don't care about his size, just about him avoiding hits. If healthy he is definitely better than Tua, and healthy Tua was a beast this year. 

A part of me still thinks this is a giant game by the Panthers to extort the Texans into giving pick 33 or the Cleveland first next year. I still think the Panthers are in good shape with either QB, but Stroud would not fair well with the Texans because they have no offensive development experience, so they'd rather pass on QB if they can't get Young.

[jfra78]

58 minutes ago, ncfan said:

Raiders

The Raiders wanting him should be a big red flag

[Panthercougar68]

but but they only think!!!1!1!1!

[BrisbanePanther]

2 hours ago, Panthercougar68 said:

but but they only think!!!1!1!1!

Ha yeah, I've always wondered what we're realistically expecting out of these reports. If someone definitively says something is happening and we don't like it (or it ends up not being that way), we say they don't know anything; if they say "think" we take that as code for also not knowing anything. Hilarious.

 

FWIW, he covered his bases here--one "think" and one definitive...which one is right?

[BrisbanePanther]

4 hours ago, Jackie Lee said:

Yeah 6'3" PG's are common in the NBA, he's more like a Muggsy Bogues

 

5 hours ago, Martin said:

No offense, but the Curry comparisons I see are terrible. Curry is a relatively tall PG at 6’3”. The major hesitations around him were never size related, it was his athleticism and level of competition. 

His size was indeed a concern, but it was frame not height (like Bryce). He was thin as a rail and was actually looking like a bust early on due to injuries. The fact that it was the Warriors who drafted also lent itself to the sense that he was no good since they were a putrid franchise at the time too (like Carolina), so of course "they'd" pick a bust.