Predict Team Captains!!! Will Bryce be one his rookie year?

[BlackPanther22]

19 hours ago, t96 said:

Last year's Captains were Christian McCaffrey, Baker Mayfield, Taylor Moton, Shaq Thompson, Jeremy Chinn, Brian Burns, Donte Jackson and J.J. Jansen

 

I would think those returning keep their Cs. McCaffrey and Mayfield are the only ones gone and I would bet $ on them being replaced by Young and Thielen.

I agree here tbh, 6 of the 8 captains from last year returned so it’d be surprising to see any of them not get their patch again. 
 

Lately there’s been a little trend of the #1 overall QB’s ending up as captains their first year. I know T-Law was one and I think Burrow was too. Of course every situation is different, but with Chark saying Bryce has the respect of the locker room already, I can definitely see him being a captain year 1.

I feel like the other vacant one will either be Thielen or maybe another O-linemen like Boze as the center. 
 

[Green-Ghost]

Probably too soon to tell. I think he has a lot of potential to be a captain. He will have to earn the respect of the other team members first.

[1of10Charnatives]

Honestly, I hope not. 

For two reasons. One while he is wowing everyone atm, it's still not even training camp. Let's let the young man learn and be a rookie for more than five minutes without piling extra responsibilities on him that aren't a requirement.

Two: seperate from Bryce as a person, imo if an NFL team is naming ANY rookie a captain, it suggests a lack of veteran leadership on the team. I think we have enough capable vets on offense (Moton, Bozeman, Hurst, Sanders, Chark, etc) without having to name a rookie captain. Sure, do fans prefer for captains to be longtime players for the team instead of FA's in their first year with the team? Probably. But so what, how much does it really matter?

If Young turns out to be anywhere near as good as we expect him to be and he looks capable of, he'll be a team captain for the next decade. I see no need to rush it.

[pantherclaw]

Part of being a Captain, is having the battle experience.  

Not college battle experience. 

Not OTA battle experience,

Actual NFL Regular season battle experience.  

I realize it's  a players vote, and it wouldn't surprise me to see him voted, but he honestly shouldn't.