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I wouldn't get emotional about Joe Persons opinions

I think Hendrickson and Phillips would likely want top 5 pass rusher contracts to come here, if I am being honest.

Wrong. Mike Remmers did indeed help us to our best season ever (including having some very good performances) but he also still needed to be replaced based especially on how the season ended. Those two statements are not mutually exclusive. They could be equally applied to other players, and this happens on an annual basis all over the league.. As far as Bryce, based on everything I'm reading what "I want" has become largely inconsequential. All indications are that what I wrote that I expected after the Rams game (i.e. Bryce will get his fifth year option) is pretty much happening. Joe Person called it "an easy decision" at this point. The future beyond that is, as the song goes, still unwritten. But the near future looks to be fairly settled.

He did have himself a day. But was that him or our bi-weekly pant shitting appointment?

Yeah, if he was able to be healthy eventually, yes. Possible that we end up signing him at some point during the season when he finally gets healthy again. I don't know if you are aware but he did rupture his Achilles tendon in late Oct. It is unlikely he will be healthy for the entire 2026 offseason and very likely that he misses some or all of the 2026 season.

Yeah I am definitely not, but one can dream Mr. Scot!!!

He may, but it won't be for much. I could see a desperate team like Vegas possibly, maybe Cincy. Swing tackles are valuable and their cupboards are bare, especially LV. That's gotta be the worst oline I can remember. It all depends on how he recovers from that Achilles. His lateral movement will tell the tale.

I don't think we'd absolutely have to, but I'd support it if we did.

From everything I'm reading...don't hold your breath.

It happens... I'd still like him for one more year but I grant the team may disagree.

BC got no bites last year. After the injury he sustained, he is unlikely to get any bites at all in free agency.

As a starter, probably. I'd keep him as a backup, though.

Agreed especially with him already testing FA last year and not having any bidders, but with Rico and Chubbas success running the ball I'd assume Mays and Christenson will get some bites during FA this year

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BC is not a young player, sustained an extremely serious injury and is a free agent. It's unknown how he factors into our future plans, unfortunately.

First things, first.....you would have to rid the org of Jim Caldwell and Dom Capers for your scenario to play out. Which I support. but I still say, Jim Caldwell is a problem and a problem with influence. Meaning, he is likely hard to get rid of. we need clean breaks, which we never do. Always the old messes bleeding into the new mess (likely helping create the new mess)

It's not really different than normal, TBH. They aren't terrible for longer term looks but individual game poo has a WILD amount of variance. It's a subjective grading system, so there is a lot of variance naturally.

It's a bantering message board. I could do a performative dance that conveys what my eyes see if you want. you are fixated on this Mike Remmers "helped" us go 15-1 and have one of the best seasons ever so don't say he stinks and needs to be replaced angle. Bryce has been a key reason in why we lose games more so than being a key reason in why we win them. If you want him to be warm body this year that might make a play here or there? Cool. Us staying on the Bryce train makes us irrelevant in the big picture.

He hasn't been the same since he came back. That neck injury scared him and he may never get past it. The coaches may see that also.

He needs in game help as well. I think he now sees he's got to change their offseason routine. What he's done hasn't worked for 2 seasons now. There's no excuse for a 3rd.

I like Tremble. I'd have to agree Sanders looked better last year than he does now.

Basically, Geoff Hangartner part deux. Mays can back up the interior while Christensen backs up the tackles.

We can do better than Cade

Carroll wouldn't necessarily be an "in game" presence (not in my scenario anyway) just someone to offer a little guidance on certain things like offseason prep.

Linked here (Panthers Mailbag) and as always, subscription required. FYI: There were a few other answers (re: Dowdle, Mays) quoted in Juan's thread. I won't bother reposting them here. Just click on over here if you wanna look. (formatting / editing is my own, highlighting some things that the board has been talking about) ______________________________ Starting with the big one, what's gonna happen with Bryce: To be sure, it’s been a choppy season for the third-year quarterback. Every time you start thinking Young lacks the arm strength/size/fill-in-other-attribute to be the “guy,” as Dave Canales referred to him after Week 18 last season, he pulls off a Cam Newton-like performance (complete with a dab in Atlanta). ...while the Panthers would like to see more consistency, Young has continued to ascend, as Tilis put it. After ranking at or near the bottom statistically among QBs his first two seasons, Young is now closer to the middle of the pack. Just as importantly, with four games left, Young has already surpassed his win total (6) from his first two seasons. Then there’s the clutch factor: Five of Young’s seven victories have come on game-winning drives, and last week he surpassed Josh Allen as the youngest QB in NFL history (at 24 years and 128 days) with 11 game-winning drives. The decision to pick up Young’s fifth-year option before the May 1 deadline — at an estimated $26.5 million, per Over the Cap — is an easy one, considering the top 11, highest-paid QBs all are more than $50 million a year. The question is whether the Panthers want to make Young the next member of that $50M club, and if so, when? Canales, Dan Morgan and Tilis will weigh more than just the next four games, even if Young plays well and the Panthers end their seven-year playoff drought, when considering an extension. Young and the Panthers have taken another step forward this season. If that ascension continues in 2026, his payday is coming. ______________________________ Another questioner asked Person to describe current locker room culture: Like a lot of coaches in a new spot, Canales tried to bring in good “culture” guys to help him establish a standard of what’s expected in terms of effort and attitude. It helped that several were already here. Not coincidentally, three of them have been signed to extensions since Canales and Morgan arrived in January of last year: Derrick Brown, Horn and Hubbard. Horn’s growth as a leader and his recommitment to offseason training to try to avoid injuries have been striking. And Canales deserves credit for maintaining his energy and positivity despite slow starts in each of his two seasons. ... So are the Panthers winning because they have a good locker room or is the healthy locker room a product of the winning? It’s probably a combination. But moving on from veterans who were either bad teammates (Diontae Johnson) or who weren’t the right fit for a rebuild (Jadeveon Clowney) was beneficial. ______________________________ Next, whether the weaknesses in the Panthers pass rush a scheme issue or a talent issue: Per Pro Football Focus, the Panthers have been the NFL’s worst pressure team since 2023, when Evero arrived in Charlotte. Over that same span, the Panthers have the NFL’s seventh-highest blitz percentage. So it hasn’t been for a lack of trying. That would suggest personnel has played a part. Evero hasn’t had much to work with since 2023, when Brian Burns and Frankie Luvu combined for 13.5 sacks. ... Morgan hasn’t spent big on a free-agent pass rusher since trading Burns to the Giants in 2024. He brought in D.J Wonnum, K’Lavon Chaisson and Clowney last year, before adding Patrick Jones this past offseason. Wonnum, who had four sacks in eight games last season, has none in 12 games this year. Jones recorded one sack in four games before undergoing a season-ending back surgery in October. The Panthers drafted a pair of second-day, SEC edge rushers this year in Nic Scourton and Princely Umanmielen. Evero needs more. The list of free-agent pass rushers isn’t deep, but it is headlined by Trey Hendrickson and Jaelan Phillips. At a minimum, Morgan should take a long look. ______________________________ One other tidbit: Person sees "no chance" of Canales giving up playcalling duties.