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By saving some errands for the second half.

Throwing this out there.... Both times Panthers went to the Superbowl we played (and won) against the Jaguars Week 1. Just sayin.

That's a maybe. With 6 wins they would be in position for a rookie at a higher draft pick. That was an easy pass this year but next draft it might be a much tougher call....especially with the 5th year option and extension begining in that same space.

That's a pick around 5-7. I wouldn’t rule anything out if that happened

Winning cures all

I guess it comes down to who can play multiple positions on the Oline and who cannot. Nijman can only play T and he sucks at that. Brady can do it all but if he starts at LT the G position is left too thin I guess. That's all I've got.

The yearly curse of D Line and O Line injuries is alive and well. It's almost comical.

I am not sure what the deal is there. BC is obviously a substantial step down from Ikey but Niman is straight off a cliff. I don't get it. Curious to see if we decide to start him AND if they realize their mistake and out BC in.

The issue is that our only strong unit is banged up and basically has been most of the training camp. It's not super unusual for big guys but when you are already arguably worst roster in the NFL, these kind of things can matter a lot. We definitely can't afford being minus even two starting OL with the razor thin margins we are likely operating with.

Nah, I do agree that BBQ and mac goes together, but I don't want pure cheese on my BBQ sandwich, that's all

No, but it might cost a coach or two their jobs.

Nah, Eastern NC, vinegar-based BBQ is king. You're not gonna change my mind.

We have the 5th easiest schedule this season. 7+ wins is definitely obtainable. The way the NFL hyped this team post-draft/talks about BY turning the corner/NFL trying to make XL a superstar makes me think the league has something up their sleeve. Plus that whole "week 1 vs Jags" coming off a Ohio St. National Championship narrative.... were getting into the playoffs somehow.

I love XL, will defend my Gamecocks until I die. But he needs to have a productive season and show some improvement. It helps a lot that they took TMac to get him in a better position this season too.

Does 6 wins cost Bryce his job?

You really think Canales tipped the game plan with that statement? He's getting 20+ touches Sunday.

5 or 6 wins seems likely. 9 would require opponents gifting wins and even then it's hard to imagine. Having the easy part of the schedule early mixed with notoriously slow starts and adjustments makes it hard to see 7+ wins even with gift games included. Teams have played down to them and still pulled out wins the last few years.

Never doubt Vegas.

Not sure I would say the Saints can play defense. If our defense didn't exist last year, they would have been the worst run defense in the NFL. They made no improvements to their front 7 in stopping the run in the offseason, so I see that being a struggle again. They also have an oline that cannot pass block for crap - combo that with Rattler/Shough at QB, and that sounds like the 2023 Panthers dilemma we had to endure.

They're already ahead of you on that.

I don't know - Tampa was pretty fortunate last year in some of the wins they got when they were outplayed by a good amount. Wirfs and Godwin are already nursing injuries that will keep them out a few weeks and if the Bucs lose them longer, that will hurt them pretty bad. I don't trust their defense also - you can definitely throw on them all day long. They are definitely better, but all it takes is 1 or 2 key injuries to change things quickly - losing someone like Wirfs (when they don't really have oline depth) can bring them much closer to our level pretty quickly. I think our defense will be a lot better this year and closer to the likes of 20-25th overall than far and away last place like we were last year. In that range, we won't be far from Tampa's defense (and possibly better).

I think our best case is 7 wins. This defense is still an absolute liability. Unless the offense starts putting up 30 a game there's no way we pull off more than 7.

Seeing the team be absolutely incompetent in the pre season makes me think 6 wins is out of reach. Hope Im wrong but damn that was ugly.

Josh Allen about to eat Bryce’s lunch

I never thought I'd see the day when Adam Rank would be high on the Panthers.