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heck both the non-pick 6 turnovers were redzone turnovers. I mean, we stole a win and that's great. That's why sports is fun. But if we played again this weekend, it's a double digit spread again and they would likely beat the breaks off us badly. Think you have to keep perspective. Any given Sunday is a thing, but those 2 teams are miles apart. I think seasons and games like we are witnessing....is where you see orgs make really dumb decisions. I would expect the Panthers to be as dumb as dumb orgs can get of their history.

Rams are still #2 seed. We turned them from #1 to #2, but they beat the Seahawks so they are first in the west.

As I see it, Dave's biggest problem is that he makes reactionary over-corrections game-to-game and has trouble altering the game plan on the fly if it's not working. Example, the Saints successfully bottling up the run made him abandon the run for SF, where he figured Atlanta Bryce would show up. After that first quarter, he should have gone full Rico time. Hopefully he's learning.

The one I looked at had the rams at 5

Check out his 2019 album, Home. Really amazing bluegrass guitar player.

Notre Dame might be a sneaky #1 despite us being the professional version of the Gamecocks .You gonna get under the radar folks like JJ Jansen. I think the mystery is the 4th school. Bama seems obvious for the 3rd. I'll go Auburn

https://bsky.app/profile/fantasynflnews.bsky.social/post/3m73lsfyvrk2k Nothing official. Tepper is going to do it though 100%.

None other than giving him a morale boost going into this crucial 4 game stretch. This is more of the team telling him that he’s our guy and we believe in him

There's no reason to pick the option up mid season, is there?

It's just Dan Graziano giving his opinion because he believes it to be the most logical option. There's been no official team movement and likely won't until the offseason because there's literally no reason to not wait until then.

South Carolina has to be the top (Horn, XL, Rico, Wonnum, maybe more). After that, no idea. I would guess ND (Evans, Tremble, maybe more) and maybe Bama (Bryce, Robinson, maybe more) and TCU (Dalton, Moehrig, maybe more). I think we have a lot of colleges that have 2 players on our roster. Guessing most of our players are from the SEC. I don't know where most of our random practice squad callups and free agent acquisitions went to.

It would make for an awkward environment to just let him ride out the deal so the 5th year makes sense. Especially given the college football landscape. Think QB is going to be a big need regardless of Bryce. If he does end up sucking again, get banged up, or whatever, there's no way in hell we continue with Dalton.

playoffs would be nice winning record will also be nice (it was totally not expected this year, especially after being a laughing stock last season) winning record this year AND next year will be unprecedented in Panthers history

Where do u see this?

That was his draft assessment largely. People had him as high as LB3 in the class (Brugler) but as low as LB8 depending on how you thought you could coach him. The skills and athleticism are all there, but his awareness and in-game IQ are mid at best. Ton of potential/those guys have bloomed plenty before, but he's been pretty inconsistent. Not every one of these types will be a Navarro Bowman. Thing you wonder is how a guy like him can do if you find a stud to pair him with. If he's got all the traits and a guy to help guide him, it could be a good recipe. A true captain-level ILB is a huge need in the offseason.

Isn't it fun for a change to be arguing about IF/WHEN playoff scenarios?

The 5th Year reportedly is being picked up. Which, they were going to do. Is Bryce the future? Still very doubtful if not an outright no. But the 5th year option won't break the bank, he's an expensive backup if nothing else if we find a guy. If/when he's playing here under the 5th year, he'll be paid as like the 22nd QB in the league. That's...fine.

I mentioned this in another thread, but you're spot on. The only way I see us winning the division is to sweep Tampa and win at least 3 of the last 4. Highly unlikely Tampa loses to anyone else but us. The worst part is it looks like Mike Evans is coming back and he's taken our lunch money twice a year ever since Josh Norman left. Losing to New Orleans was an absolute catastrophe that put us in a nearly impossible situation.

We beat Seattle already???

Man, Lane Kiffin really is a real villainous asshole, isn't he? Basically the more verbal, less successful Nick Saban.

Even if the Bucs lose to NO or ATL, they will still have the tiebreaker over us due to a better record in common games. Only way we could realistically make the playoffs over them if we split with them is if they lose to both NO and ATL, which isn't going to happen. If Tampa somehow lost NO (or ATL) and at Miami while we win all but 1 Tampa game, we could end up winning the division off having a better record (also unlikely to happen). Pretty much, it's sweep the Bucs to make the playoffs. If we don't, we have a very small chance to make the playoffs

Biggest thing that’s stood out to me is that he no longer had the green dot. Maybe bc Barnes had more practice days?

He isn't slow, he is actually a very good athlete. I think he is just slow to react to everything. He isn't instinctive at all. He's basically a reserve LB.

I hate to add fuel to this idiotic thread, but we should also be arguing over what constitutes a "dort." (a throw that is somewhat dart-like while also being kind of dot-like.)

He is ultimately a backup. He is fine in his position until he can be upgraded. He isn't as bad as Rozeboom, I suppose, if that were some sort of bar that mattered.