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BPA comes with the caveat of positional value and roster need included. Never let the latter two completely overwhelm the first, however. Our FO seems to lean heavily into "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE POTENTIALZ!!!" as a fourth category and often it seems as the #1 overall pursuit. With as many needs as this roster has, I am not going to get upset over a real roster upgrade at WR versus some reach at EDGE or whatever other extreme needs we have. Overall, I want to see the roster get better. There is far, far, FAR more than one offseason of work left to get this roster into the top 10-12 in the NFL. That should be the goal.

I would say we are more likely to get smoked by Tampa, blast Seattle and then perplexingly lose to Tampa again.

In general, Dave Canales tends to target his TE's the least frequently of any position group(WR/RB/TE) during his three years of running an NFL offense. However, if you notice this percentage has crept up over time. 2025 is the first year that TE has eclipsed RB in target percentage. Production has also gone up in 2025. This is a percentage of total output in each category. Canales has always used a very TE heavy offense. In fact, on average his offensive formations are 2 or 3 TE sets roughly 80% of all offensive formations. So, the question may be, with this uptick in total TE output, could an elite or top tier TE make a significant impact? I believe there is some evidence this may be the case. Here are a look at TE snaps and Cade Otten specifically. These are the snap percentages for all rostered TE's in every Dave Canales offense. The bolded cell is Cade Otten's whopping 96.46% of total snap counts in the single year he was in the Dave Canales offense in Tampa. This was overwhelmingly his career high. His production was higher with less utilization in 2024, however. In conclusion, while I don't anticipate ever seeing a top 5 producing/Pro Bowl caliber TE performance in a Dave Canales offense, there does appear to be some evidence that an actual upgrade in our TE room would actually lead to increasing overall offensive efficiency. I think Otten's utilization rate does indicate that the splitting of time between our relatively even TE group would cede significant snaps if a far superior option were available. I believe this is an area we could(and should have this past offseason/draft) made a more concerted effort to get a dynamic TE threat, after the apparent failure that J. Sanders appears to have been.

Bryce young being the beacon of hope for the Hispanic community is the second saddest thing I’ve thought about recently. the saddest thing of course was the winning gingerbread house at Grovepark in the special needs division: the rainbow bridge. ”congrats to the two girls with Trisomy with their entry “where your dog goes when it dies.”

That's what i thought it was, thanks.

Sadly, this is my prediction as well. Whatever is the most painful option for fans is what seems to happen with this team.

Amazingly well considering the injuries and shuffling around. Joe Gilbert deserved a lifetime contract. I literally not remember a time when the panthers had better overall depth, and the only better lines off the top of my head are 2015, 2008, and 2003. 15 and 08 had no injuries at all (basically most important factor for offensive line play) and in 2003 they were all taking horse steroids. resources invested isn’t predictive, or it should be but isn’t. It shows where the priorities of the team were going into the seasons. And for two seasons now this team’s money and free agency and draft have prioritized the offense.

“only” due to the time of possession of a lot of their drives And I think the fact this defense can’t stop a nose bleed plays a role in Canales struggling to find a balance between controlling the clock and passing some games The Seahawks were down 16 in the 4th, came back and won yesterday and they punted twice in the 4th. We absolutely do not have that luxury. This team lacks so much talent across the roster

Or UNC fans

If we fall back to the 50% mean this year we obviously are looking at a 5-9 team.

He is worth a late round pick so fine with me. Make space for someone else and head off the drama when everyone else jumps him on the depth chart. I just don't get another forst round pick WR unless that BPA has zero competition from other positions.

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We will never know. Mayfield or darnold were never going to be successful with Matt Rhule here. The dumbest twat that ever was

No way. We are an up and down team. Meaning we will beat the breaks off Tampa this weekend. Get smoked by Seattle. Then beat Tampa again. It is written

Finally, some non-AI content. Thanks for the post! I suspect that Tampa's differential might get a boost after two games against us.

Then show it. Don't create controversy where there needn't be controversy. Given how long that review took I don't think they had a view that was super cut and dry.

I am down with this. I genuinely dislike him as a head coach. He needs as much development as Bryce does.

Passer Rating Differential = Offensive Passer Rating - Defensive Passer Rating Offensive Passer Rating = how efficient your team’s QBs are. Defensive Passer Rating Allowed = how efficient opposing QBs are against your defense. The larger the positive differential, the more dominant your team’s passing game is relative to opponents’ passing success. Conversely, a negative differential means your defense is getting carved up or your offense isn’t efficient enough. Almost every Super Bowl champion from the 1970s to the present day finished near the top of the league in DPRD (Defensive Passer Rating Differential). https://coldhardfootballfacts.com/stats/passer-ratings-differential Look at where we are #16 and we have a Negative DPRD (-0.36). Every team above us has a a positive DPRD, is .500 or better, and still in running for a playoff spot. Look at the chart. The best teams in the NFL have the highest DPRD. Only 2 teams below us with a negative DPRD are still in contention or the playoffs: #19 San Francisco (-4.44) and # 21 Tampa Bay(-6.62). And, Tampa has no shot if they fail to beat us down the stretch at least once. The teams with the highest negative DPRD always seem to be at the bottom of the standings. I didn't learn about this stat until 15 years ago. It's amazing how it always seems to accurately predict who will be in playoff contention year end and year out. 1 = Los Angeles Rams 111.76 85.23 26.53 2 3 Philadelphia Eagles 100.00 75.57 24.43 3 1 Seattle Seahawks 100.30 77.42 22.88 4 1 Buffalo Bills 104.20 82.66 21.54 5 1 Los Angeles Chargers 91.46 71.19 20.27 6 1 Houston Texans 90.70 72.40 18.30 7 1 Detroit Lions 110.41 94.40 16.01 8 1 New England Patriots 109.10 96.75 12.35 9 3 Green Bay Packers 102.95 92.09 10.86 10 1 Denver Broncos 89.21 78.78 10.43 11 1 Indianapolis Colts 95.12 85.91 9.21 12 = Pittsburgh Steelers 97.42 89.90 7.52 13 = Baltimore Ravens 93.87 86.91 6.96 14 2 Jacksonville Jaguars 88.07 81.23 6.84 15 4 Chicago Bears 89.48 88.70 0.78 16 2 Carolina Panthers 88.77 89.13 -0.36 17 2 Arizona Cardinals 93.49 95.79 -2.30 18 1 Kansas City Chiefs 88.85 92.46 -3.61 19 1 San Francisco 49ers 96.87 101.31 -4.44 20 1 Atlanta Falcons 87.50 92.50 -5.00 21 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 89.77 96.39 -6.62 22 = Dallas Cowboys 98.69 108.92 -10.23 23 = New York Giants 87.74 98.84 -11.10 24 1 New Orleans Saints 84.97 96.17 -11.20 25 1 Miami Dolphins 88.33 102.37 -14.04 26 3 Minnesota Vikings 75.03 90.31 -15.28 27 3 Las Vegas Raiders 83.50 99.14 -15.64 28 = Cincinnati Bengals 84.51 104.46 -19.95 29 2 Washington Commanders 87.24 107.74 -20.50 30 3 Cleveland Browns 70.46 91.41 -20.95 31 1 New York Jets 77.75 104.86 -27.11 32 = Tennessee Titans 76.27 106.03 -29.76

Yeah and truthfully I’ll be ok with that as long as the talent and culture is building.

We have been on the right side of one score games. But like minny a few years ago and KC, we know that isnt sustainable and we probably will revert back to the nfl mean. Which could mean a poo season incoming if this offense doesnt figure poo out

You know they have more angles than we saw right? The down facing sky cam was probably pretty definitive, backwards is any pass thrown to someone behind the line of scrimmage without the QB being completely parallel to the the LOS

We could improve greatly next year and still be in that .500 territory but we aren’t ass anymore and it feels great. I hope we can upgrade to average and good by 2027.

Source: Belichick's agent.

We should just enjoy the final full season of the Canales Era right now.

Yes. Begging for this to happen, but I don't think it will. I think we'll fire him and eat the buyout after another losing season in 26.