All Activity

I think it is important to have a few veterans to go along with our second-year players. Here is what AI thinks: "Following his expected 2026 release from the Miami Dolphins, 29-year-old pass-rusher Bradley Chubb is projected to land a contract in the range of $12–14 million per year. Despite recording 8.5 sacks in 2025 after a torn ACL, his age, injury history, and a below-average 11% pass-rush win rate in 2025 indicate he will likely take a pay cut from his previous $18.2 million average. I think a 3-year, $38m deal would work." I am back: Expect a better year in 2026 than 2025.

Immediate and much needed upgrade to the LB core, get it done Dan.

… or quarterback

Article: Bradley Chubb is available to sign with any team right now and the prospect of the Panthers pursuing him came up during General Manager Dan Morgan’s press conference at the Scouting Combine on Tuesday. Chubb was released by the Dolphins earlier this month, which means a team can add him to their pass rush options before free agency opens at the start of the new league year. The Panthers had 30 sacks during the 2025 season and Morgan said that he doesn’t think a team can ever have enough strong pass rushers in general before answering a question about specific interest in Chubb. Morgan said Chubb is “still playing at a really good level” and indicated the team is looking into the possibility of adding him to the defense. “I don’t think anything is going to be off the table,” Morgan said, via the team’s website. “We’ll explore that, we’ll talk to his agent, but I wouldn’t say anything’s upcoming, but we’ll definitely stay on that, and we’ll see where that goes.” Chubb missed all of 2024 with a torn ACL, but returned to record 8.5 sacks for the Dolphins last season. Derrick Brown and Nic Scourton tied for the Panthers’ lead by recording five sacks each during the 2025 campaign. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/panthers-gm-dan-morgan-well-explore-signing-bradley-chubb

A sure sign we're tanking for the '27 QB class

That facial hair is hurting more than its helping.

I've said before that he could possibly be a Cordarrelle Patterson or Ty Montgomery RB conversion type. I don't see him as a tight end though.

About as bad of an ideas as having Bryce Young playing center.

B-I-N-G-O. We design to our strength and that is the run. If we had Mahommes or Allen, I promise you we would not lean so hard into the rushing attack.

He is not physical at WR. That would be a disaster.

We already have a roster full of third string TEs.

This whole thing is good but I time set it to start when they shift the subject to fits, schemes, etc. I am really big on continuity and they address that on the way out of this little conversation. It is a lot about the combine at first and Luke is just so good at communicating and smart about stuff, I would listen to him talk about most anything. I watched the whole thing.

Tackle has to be a selection in the first two to three rounds. As does C and LB. Also need to shore up Yosh and go get a true MLB. Edge and TE need to be addressed in free agency.

Yeah the people that go there can’t seem to see it any other way. Everything else is the reason. Pretty sure there is more to bringing in Bevell than just helping Idzik learn to call plays. Maybe he can help to better fit an offense to this player and his skill set. Can only hope because we don’t scare any defense that is good. They don’t respect the pass they way we need them to. If you do happen to burn them once, they don’t adjust. As if it was a fluke. I think they think they are playing the odds.

Yeah the Bevell thing is weird but it’s nice to have his experience for our younger offensive staff. I’m just glad DC isn’t calling plays because that was a lot for him at this point in his career and he wasn’t that good at it honestly.

oh if young isnt a top 10 qb this year its def not on him its the coaching the oline the wrs. the rbs the defense his personal chef anyone but his fault bc he is awesome its the team that sucks. seriously thoigh i am so sick of these articles acting like young had a much improbed year...his qbr went down and his yards per gamd went from 170 to 180 still terrible

Tepper Sports & Entertainment unveils plans for immersive experience center ahead of Bank of America Stadium renovations https://www.panthers.com/news/tepper-sports-entertainment-unveils-plans-for-immersive-experience-center-ahead-of-bank-of-america-stadium-renovations

Isn’t TE considered a lot harder mentally than WR’s for rookies? He barely has the football IQ to stay in bounds as it is. Now double up his playbook with elaborate blocking tasks?

I thought of that too but concluded that his issues would affect him at TE same as WR. If they aren’t solved? Fail at either spot. If they are resolved? He is a WR. But there could be some crossover in how they use him.

I am a little bit for a hybrid approach. BPA relative to positions of need, where if the difference is small between need and straight BPA, go for what you need. If the difference is too big to ignore, you have to accept what you are given and take straight up BPA.

I can see the logic but the glaring issue remains. His hands are not good. I remember when we tried to make Swole Bones a thing at TE. If it were that easy we wouldn't have had such a void at the position over the years.

It either works or, like Sam Cooke said, a change is gonna come

Update: They didn’t stay static with offensive process even with a playoff berth. https://x.com/mike_e_kaye/status/2026374014927552793?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA

He can't be any worse of a tight end as he is a wide receiver.. At least tight ends don't have to work the side lines very often

Kaye’s Take: In the rush to blame one or the other, I think the missing thought for most is that maybe it’s BOTH Dave Canales and Bryce Young who aren’t performing consistently well as a tandem partnership together. When it’s great (ATL/DAL), it’s great, but it’s rarely great. Typically, it’s bad (SF/NE/NO) or fine (MIA/NYJ/ATL WK3). If you’re management or ownership, I’m not sure how you can watch these first 12 games and say this is a sustainable workflow. Sure, they’ll probably go and have another big one in the next five games but that’s a 20% firework, not a rocket ship. The #Panthers are a 6-6 slinky of a team because consistency can’t be forged when chemistry is fleeting and fledging. One way or another, there needs to be changes to offensive infrastructure (fwiw that’s life in an NFL offseason anyway). Even if a playoff run happens, the whole point of this slower, thoughtful process (which does have merit) is to not overachieve, accept, and then sink. The team has done a lot of things well behind the scenes and they have generally improved in a lot of areas on the field (defense - talent and coaching, development, rookie class, etc), but you can’t just put your head in the sand https://x.com/mike_e_kaye/status/1993354173640065364?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA