Rookie QB or Veteran QB for "Next Season"??? (I didn't bump this, but I ended up being wrong anyway....)

[KDawg]

I have a feeling that New England is in the Trey Lance sweepstakes and are going to try to find a way to move up for them. Grooming a rookie was probably a part of bringing Cam back and Lance fits the mold of what they want.

[Renegade7]

Man, we look like we are running out of options left and right.  I'm less optimistic on us getting a quality veteran then I've ever been since I made this thread.  Hope folks are happy with a rookie, because that's what this feels like now.  : /

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

[Koolblue13]

Winston, Mariotta, Minshew and Fitz are all FAs, right?

[DWinzit]

1 minute ago, Koolblue13 said:

Winston, Mariotta, Minshew and Fitz are all FAs, right?

Mariota isn't. I don't know for sure about Minshew. Fitz is but like Winston, their current teams are trying to resign them

[Koolblue13]

2 minutes ago, DWinzit said:

Mariota isn't. I don't know for sure about Minshew. Fitz is but like Winston, their current teams are trying to resign them

I thought he was getting cut. Maybe throwing a pick at them to keep the competition in FA down. 

[DWinzit]

4 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said:

I thought he was getting cut. Maybe throwing a pick at them to keep the competition in FA down. 

I think the issue is his current contract and didn't seem to want to rework it

[Est.1974]

3 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said:

I thought he was getting cut. Maybe throwing a pick at them to keep the competition in FA down. 

The problem is Mariota’s contract, nobody wants to trade for that one year, potential 20mil contract, after incentives.

[Koolblue13]

5 minutes ago, DWinzit said:

I think the issue is his current contract and didn't seem to want to rework it

 

4 minutes ago, UK SKINS FAN 74 said:

The problem is Mariota’s contract, nobody wants to trade for that one year, potential 20mil contract, after incentives.

If he can beat out Allen and Heinicke and lead us to win, I'll happily see him get that money.

[ODU AGGIE]

1 hour ago, Koolblue13 said:

 

If he can beat out Allen and Heinicke and lead us to win, I'll happily see him get that money.

 

And if he does not beat out TH or Allen, how happy will you be then?

[HigSkin]

 

[Est.1974]

Yep Jimmy G will be lucky to survive the cut in SF with that cap number. Said before, they may as well trade for Darnold at a million for this year then pony up the cash to keep Trent at LT. Then draft a QB.

[Skinsinparadise]

3 hours ago, Koolblue13 said:

Winston, Mariotta, Minshew and Fitz are all FAs, right?

 

Yes on Winston and Fitz.  No on the other two. 

[Skinsinparadise]

Breer.  Kim Jones who covers the Jets at times said that she heard their GM< Joe Douglas has seen enough of Darnold to judge that its time for them to move on from him.  but the new coaching staff is intrigued about whether they can coach him up. 

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/2021/03/15/mmqb-drew-brees-retires-free-agency-dak-prescott-deal

Status quo on the Sam Darnold front, with Darnold likely to be the next QB domino to fall....the team would like to see Wilson and Fields throw live at their pro days before making a final call, but has relayed some flexibility on that to other teams. What kind of deal would get it done? My guess would be maybe something north of what Arizona got for Josh Rosen in 2019 (that was a two and a five).

[HigSkin]

It feels like 49er's are up to something.  Hopefully, it's Darnold.

 

 

[Koolblue13]

4 hours ago, ODU AGGIE said:

 

And if he does not beat out TH or Allen, how happy will you be then?

I won't care because we don't have to pay it.

[Skinsinparadise]

 

 

For some reason this thread isn't let me dump the old tweet above, so I won't fight it and repeat it since I have no choice apparently

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2021 by Skinsinparadise

[Andre The Giant]

 

[Burgundy Yoda]

All we need is that 1B WR to McLaurin and I would totally agree with Colin. Tampa had Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, we don't have a Chris Godwin. 

[Skinsinparadise]

Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera saw a lot of Mitchell Trubisky last year, with the North Carolina quarterback on TV quite a bit in the Charlotte area. The Panthers, set with Cam Newton, weren’t in the market for a quarterback in the 2017 NFL Draft, but Trubisky nonetheless stood out to the seventh-year Carolina coach and former Super Bowl-winning Bears linebacker. 

For Rivera, more than Trubisky’s arm strength and athleticism jumped off the screen. 

“Leadership,” Rivera pointed to. “When you watch him when he was playing — I love watching guys that either get on their teammates when they’re not doing it or they take accountability when they make a mistake. And you saw that with him.

“… We think the young man has got what it takes. We like who’s he’s gonna become. We do. We think the future can be bright for him. We are big fans here.”

 

https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/three-and-out-what-ron-rivera-likes-about-mitchell-trubisky-played-out-week

[Skinsinparadise]

Speaking of the Pats, from what I've read they are in the derby for one of the big WR FAs, too.  I am guessing the delay is supposedly Miami, the Jets, Giants, Pats and us (maybe another team or two I am forgetting) are competiting.  So might be a bidding war going on. 

 

 

 

 

[ODU AGGIE]

1 hour ago, Koolblue13 said:

I won't care because we don't have to pay it.

 

So, are you assuming that he would be cut if he is not named the starter?

[Koolblue13]

1 hour ago, ODU AGGIE said:

 

So, are you assuming that he would be cut if he is not named the starter?

It's a bonus. If he starts, he gets 20. If he doesn't, he's paid like a back up. It's a very team friendly deal if you're going to gamble. It's bad for the Raiders because they have a starter, so its pointless. 

[ODU AGGIE]

Help me out here, KB13. As I read it, there are escalators for each game played, but if he is not the starter and does not play, he would still make his $10.6M base salary while riding the bench. That means we would be out that much unless we cut him. If I am missing something here, please explain for me.

Edited March 15, 2021 by ODU AGGIE

[Est.1974]

8 minutes ago, Koolblue13 said:

It's a bonus. If he starts, he gets 20. If he doesn't, he's paid like a back up. It's a very team friendly deal if you're going to gamble. It's bad for the Raiders because they have a starter, so its pointless. 

He’d get base money of 11mil to be a back-up. In comparison Kyle Allen gets 850k and Heinicke not much different.
 

No way you take that Mariota contract on.