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Its actually easier than the one we played this season of you compared 2025 win pct.of opponents.

Yeah, if his agent is worth a damn we're overpaying him a little, he has more value to us than any other team in the league. I'm fine with that as long as we don't overpay a lot! FWIW... his last contract was 2 year, $8M with $5M guaranteed and he just turned 30. Now that he's our by-default starting LT, he deserves a little better than that. I'd give him $6-7M per year.

Not sure there is a ton of support for Nijman starting at LOT. I hope. I don’t know about picking top 5 off just that but it wouldn’t be anywhere close to ideal and would be an issue in most matchups.

The question goes back to where they declined to pick up the 5th year. That wasn’t really a decision made because it was cost prohibitive, was it? They haven’t been real stable organizationally, for a while. But it just seems like that would have been a formality if they were happy with him. So my question would be, why did they decline?

If the team starts out losing and it doesn’t turn that seat will get warm this year. I don’t anticipate disaster but at the same time don’t have am overly optimistic forecast. Course we are not even into the team building for 2026 yet.

Continuity is a big deal though. You can’t get anywhere constantly resetting. Not good for the players. I am hoping Bevell gives us a little juice.

The speed mountaineering was an interesting watch. Women's Hockey, USA vs Canada today at 1pm EST.

He is our radio announcer dude, goddamn

If you want to pick in the top 5 next year and possibly with a brand new head coach then by all means trot Yosh out there as your starting left tackle. He is a lesser version of Icky. Decent in the run game but absolute ass in the pass game, he is too big and slow to navigate pass rushers

Unless this team plans on overpaying for Rasheed Walker who in my mind is the only long-term starting LT option in free agency then bringing back Yosh is a must. We have no depth at the tackle spots and with Ickey's and Brady's injuries plus Moton's chronic knee troubles we need to bring in at least 3 tackles this offseason. Bring back Yosh plus another vet OT and take 1 in the draft. Let Yosh, another vet, and our highly drafted rookie battle it out for the starting LT job in camp and let the best man win. Ickey struggled early on his rookie year so having a vet option or 2 on the roster to turn to would be wise. I'd also like us to bring back Corbett at center as he'll likely come back for the vet minimum, and I wouldn't be shocked if Cade Mayes got a really expensive deal on the open market. Some team that loses out on Tyler Linderbaum is going to overpay Cade Mayes.

I'd offer him a decent salary on a 3 year deal that's front loaded, or a 1 year deal that's higher $$ wise because he's likely more important to us than anyone else this coming year. Doesn't keep us from drafting an OT either way IMO, and we cover our asses in FA and see where the draft/Ickey's rehab lands.

Yep. BUT, even if Canales does become stagnant, I'd argue he did his job...of turning this back into a decent job instead of one only a WR coach would take. Obviously the owner and front office may play more of a role in that aspect, but we're back to showing potential coaches we're not a total clown show.

Getting a pass rush with 4 is the main priority on defense, but I'll happily take Lloyd to fix ILB. A Lloyd and Chenal double dip in FA, and then devoting all high draft picks to the edges and fat men would make me happy though.

It will this year and maybe next year. Icky's injury may force the Panthers to do something that fixes the obscenely lopsided cap allocation to the OL: use a premium draft pick (rounds 1-3) on an OT this year and next year. And it has serendipitously prevented the team from adding yet another obscene contract to the OL cap allocation. I really hope Icky is able to successfully rehab and play again for the team, but it may be as a G and not an OT.

Hard to say. People keep talking about how Tepper has a trigger finger, but it isn't a Tepper thing. Look at how many HCs currently have lasted 3+ years. It ain't a whole lot. It is very difficult to make it to a 4th year with 3 straight losing records. If that were to happen again, I could see him being let go. But I don't think he's necessarily on the "hot seat", as in I don't see any way he's fired midseason, and those are the types of HCs I would consider on the hot seat.

Sign them both!

I definitely wouldn’t overpay. He’s an okay fill in, in my opinion he looked better at RT when filling in than LT but if he is willing to come back at a fair deal you absolutely have to. I wouldn’t count on him anything other than depth, he has proven throughout his career he can’t be depended on to be a full time starter. The plus is that he already knows our system.

Dave Canales has been HC for his current team longer than half of the league. So, when you look at it that way, it is stable situation.

Honestly, he's worth keeping and he's a known quantity, possibly one on the upswing. And isn't he capable of swinging to either tackle position? Given that, I'd make him a good but moderate offer. We may need him at either spot as a starter during the season, and probably at LT for the start. That's not going to be easier to fill than making use of the guy already on our roster who knows and has played alongside the other linemen. And his performance in games here was passable or better. Do we still draft someone for Tackle? Oh yeah. Always be building the line.

"Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton"

We have to start winning, no excuses. I wouldn't slot us in at 11-6, but that would borderline be amazing considering our record in conjunction with the inconsistency, blowout losses and the way that we played the last month of the season. There was way too much Jekyll and Hyde last season to make me believe that the supposed "stability" isn't built on anything but sand. I'll be extremely happy to be wrong.

Team could improve slightly yet the record could decline. I want to think we’ll be better, but my optimism was never high and it is dulled by Icky’s loss. I think if we properly address LOT, it takes away an important potential upgrade elsewhere. Playing together as one can still improve, individuals can still improve, but some will also decline. Maybe I should ask those who expect a three game W-L improvement: why? What will be the cause for that?

And we have a tough schedule, so I'm not exactly holding my breath.

Well, I wouldn't expect Luke Kuechly to be negative. I'll begin to buy the positivity when I see the results of free agency and the draft, but I won't actually buy in until I see steady improvement from a win-loss perspective during the 2026 season. Bryce Young and coaching on both sides of the ball will play a huge part in regards to that bottom line.

The sheer fact that for 1.5 out of 2 seasons he’s been head coach the team hasn’t been an outright embarrassment is an improvement over the previous 2 head coaches David Tepper picked