WrigleyField 22
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I'm an absolutely ncaa football casual, but have been mixing it up in the comments section of nccaf Twitter. SEC fans and their sense of superiority is insane. Arguments created out of cloth with no regard to CFP actual criteria. Appeals to results from 2021+2022.
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We'd get some seeding complaints at the very least. 😊
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There was some smoke about Cleveland trading up to 2. And Josh Lucas in one of his interviews alluded to that belief as well. Not sure anyone from SF ever has or will confirm if any real offer was on the table though. In any case there has been reporting that Mahomes and Trubisky were neck and neck in Bears org, so paying an insurance policy when that's your own internal evaluation and consensus boards were all split across 3 guys is obviously moronic.
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And if they don't take a QB top 2 in this draft they most likely would need to in order to get a similar caliber QB prospect again. QB is undoubtedly the one position you're allowed to trade up for.
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Yes, I'm under no illusion they will do a shotgun approach. But I think in the "Justin balls out" hypothetical it's a valid idea. But NFL FOs are just too conservative and only willing to try things that might fail in a specific way (usually passive failure). Doing something proactive and failing is not allowed though. Probably more plausible is just that Justin does well enough that the return on his trade is kind of decent. If they are for some reason they aren't gonna trade him I think they need to trade down from one of those two picks and make sure to pick up extra 2025 and 2026 capital. Even if that means it's the top pick and losing out on MHJ. At some point they'll likely need to be ready to have horsepower to trade back up for a QB. The shotgun approach on a tier 2 QB (Daniels, Penix, McCarthy) is of course a possibility too, but if you've convinced yourself you can bridge Fields and develop a QB, I'd still say just go big on Caleb. But full disclosure, the absolute best thing about the shotgun approach would be the absolute Twitter mayhem on draft night. 80% of the fan base being ecstatic that Poles is all in on Fields and 20% being bummed he's out on QB, and then have tables flipped woipd be amazing for the TL. 🍿
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So apparently the popular talking point from many fans and even some media analysts is basically 1. Justin Fields is a top 22 QB 2. QBs at the top of the draft are a crapshoot 3. You can find a QB later if Justin doesn't work out. Do these idiots with their crapshoot odds realize it's still like 4x as likely to find a good QB in the top 5 than the other 250+ draft slots you might draft a QB.
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I know it's not a popular opinion, but even if Fields has that finish, I'm just taking a shotgun approach if I have pick #1 (and prob #2). Throw on that 5th year option and start Fields for a least a year and slow develop Caleb as backup. In 2025, reevaluate again.
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Harbaugh is kooky, not dumb.
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There is of course no rush to make any final decision on Justin. You don't have to be in or out or in the middle because none of those should impact how they approach the next 6 weeks. That out of the way, 5 games can only do so much against the rest of the book of work. It'd be foolish to let a barn burner run sway your opinion too wildly. What happens with the Car pick is going to influence their decision 10x more than what Fields does. That's just the plain reality of it all, imo.
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I don't have much to say except bump. Why are we still chatting in the Vikings thread lol
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I want to make clear that there aren't really any factual statements you can make where the owner is worth worrying over to me. They're either bad enough I ignore the team or their mid enough I ignore the owner and focus my worries on the employees who actually have a chance of being replaced.
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Excuse for what? They are like every owner. Not worth getting worked up about because they can't get fired. The choice is stop following the team or shrug your shoulders and try and forget they exist.
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No, THAT would look like Dan Snyder or Marc Davis. McCaskeys are just.... I don't know, third generation heirs really just sums it up.
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Probably most?
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Eh most owners are some flavor of suck, but even the less sucky ones you're just hoping get lucky
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The idea if Flus being retained... AND GETSY? Whew, lordy.
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Yep, a series of polls from today. Now depending on that guy and his takes its possible his follower sample is skewed, but still.
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Anyways it seems far more likely that the "fan appeasing" move is keeping Justin and not moving on. That's the decision we should give a ton more scrutiny to (random series of Twitter polls I came across)
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If Poles believes Williams and Maye are elite QB prospects and passes on them due some flowery view of the natural progression of the team (whatever the horsefeathers people want to think that means) , fire him into the sun. Fields just hasn't shown enough to pass up that opportunity. He's not a bad QB, but the clock has struck midnight. Maybe his biggest flaws can still be improved. And if Carolina plays the pick into slot 3 we get to have the fun decision of MHJ and then a choose between Fields + more help or QB3. But if the season ended today, I don't see how they don't move on.
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We can work ourselves into a pretzel to create a scenario where these guys aren't elite QB prospects, but we have every reason to believe they are widely seen as such and imaging Poles might go against the grain, why?
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I genuinely still like Fields, but that would be so dumb.
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Took em 50 extra plays tbf.
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Re: Arizona and their odds, do we also have a schedule of Call of Duty events the rest of the year?
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Better QB and coaching than NE though.
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To be clear, I have nothing to hide Mr FBI agent.
