Darnold....2nd pick in the draft 3 years ago...under control contractually...6th round pick.
Now what was that you'd give up for the most fragile QB in the NFL since Chad Pennington...the one who gets himself splashed in media outlets coast to coast sucking face with some plastic fantastic hideous atrocity?..the one who choked like a drunk at a spare rib all-u-can-eat buffet in the super bowl, throwinga game winner 15 yards over the head of his WIDE OPEN BY TEN YARDS WR???
What would you give up? a 2nd????????????????????? Go to the emergency room and get a shot of Thorazine...stat...you're trippin'
,My first reaction when I read just how LITTLE the Jets got for the #3 pick in the entire draft just 3 years ago was how ridiculous the Niner's demands for JG's bloated contract and health issues really was, I mean even the 2nd and 4th in 2022 have only 3rd and 5th values for this year, Pretty good deal for the Panthers if you ask me.
Darnell was held in as high esteem back in 2018 as Wilson and Jones are now, maybe even higher. Plus he was considered much more "NFL ready" than Fields and Lance are now.
Prior to this move I had pretty much given up any chances the Pats would be looking at having a chance at any of the first 5 QB's being there at 15 and I was OK with that. MIlls, Monde and Trask all seem like good prospects at 46 or moving up to the early parts of the 3rd round In fact when I was thinking about moving up in the first it was to get Parsons, NOT a QB
So I'm not sure where this all leaves the Pats as far as the QB position goes, But it DOES do the following
It shows just how weak the JG market really is,
AND a good case could be made for the chances of of one of the top 5 QB's being there at 15. Maybe not a 50-50 chance, but a lot higher than one would have thought yesterday,
BTW- just remember the next time we try and rate draft moves before the first 3 years go by. There was a time when Sam Darnell was considered a can't miss prospect AND Josh Allen was considered a huge mistake.