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I think it's more - get us interested and keep us battling until at least week 15/16. I prefer not to know by week 10-14 that we're firmly out. That's kind of my line this year.

Tee Dog would disagree

Yep - that's kind of what I was getting at by the end of my OP. He's been a slow burn guy who has really put in the work. Started out with balance issues, many people kind of scoffed at him and din't place high expectations. But then he just seemed to grind his way through the depth chart and produce. He was never a guy we all thought - "well there's our RB" when we drafted him, but he's carved out his own role and is here with his 3rd HC, now firmly the RB1. It will be a defining year for him. If he can near match last, we have ourselves a quality talent we should be happy to have. Which is possible when you look at touches and all. Overall, I kind of dig our RB room Brooks aside. Dowdle doesn't have a ton of mileage and is a quality slippery zone guy, Etienne has some great pass catching skills and super light on miles in college. So it's a quality, fresh leg room if Hubbard needs relief from his feature role.

Yeah, I think people who are hyping themselves up about a SB run are getting waaaaaaaay ahead of themselves. Let's just try not to earn a top 10 pick first and try to build from there. I'd love to be in the hunt for a playoff spot. Anything beyond that is massive icing on the cake.

That is true. Like I said I'm happy to see him get there. I'm just entering the season with the POV that this is really only about the development of our young roster and 2nd year head coach with the possibility of maybe lucking our way into competing for a playoff spot. So with that I'm all for getting everyone their share of looks especially on offense.

Kinda surprising but then again I guess not really. We've had a lot of good RBs but most have either been splitting time or didn't last long... or both. Stephen Davis gave us a great season but we just got the tail end of his career. Foster gave us some good highlights but never had a 1000 yard seasons and split his early years with Davis and latter years with DeAngelo. DeAngelo and J-Stew split carries with each other for virtually their entire careers. Then along came CMC who was tremendous but spent most of his tenure on IR.

This last season made him a player I’ll remember fondly. I hope he continues to grow and produce. I see no reason to expect otherwise. He’s the exact kind of player fans grow to love.

I think that's what we do in the 1st round next year.

If he stays healthy he should get it. I mean 825 yards over 17 games is averaging less than 50 yards per game. Even if we rotate more at RB I would still expect him to probably account for 60% or so of the non-QB carries (he accounted for nearly 70% last year).

I don’t expect Hubbard to eclipse his play from last year. Glad he got paid. Hopefully he can stay healthy and dependable. You always need someone waiting in the wings.

Kind of bizarre Hubbard is already on the cusp of surpassing McCaffrey considering how comically overused he was at times here. As much as I'd like to see Hubbard get over 4k this season the priority should be offensive versatility. We have a nice RB room and it's a long season. Spread the ball around.

Thought this is pretty interesting - time can be a tricky one - it's crazy to really see the all-time Panthers rushing list. You don't expect much in a 30ish year history (not saying this is impressive), but Chuba has quietly working his way up. 1) 7,318 yards - J Stew 2) 6,846 yards - DeAngelo Williams 3) 5,036 - Cam Newton this is where it gets interesting: 4) 3,980 - CMC 5) 3,336 - Deshaun Foster *6) 3,175 - Chuba Hubbard If Chuba has a healthy season, we should expect him to easily climb into #4 on the all-time Panthers list. I don't know for others, but Foster & CMC seemed like they were here longer than they were (or maybe they just played in more impressionable seasons and injury stints made the playing time seem longer). I know it's not some impressive history or anything but a fun thing to note. Also, if we make strides as a team, and he follows up with another strong year, he's probably got 2-3 more in him as he turns 26 next week. Some questions: Does another solid year cement him as our guy at RB? I prefer to keep taking late round stabs as you can cycle RBs, but he could prove to be a top RB this year. I expect Rico & Etienne to help spell him, but he's our RB1 no doubt. If we flirt with our first playoff berth in years, could a top-10 RB type season put him on the map as a more revered Panther? He will be touching the ball the second most after Bryce this season, so it's not unrealistic to view him as our top skill position player (pending McMillan's hopeful rise as WR1). It would be fun to see this actualize and make his mark more widely in the league. Overall, just adding some perspective. When you think of eras of Panthers teams, you usually think of a few guys. And if we can finally crawl back to relevance, maybe Chuba is a guy we think of helped us get out of the rut rather than just being one of many that lived here in the cellar.

It's beautiful. Hoping that whoever the team ends up starting at RT + C in the 2026 season are monsters on rookie deals.

Oilers in 5

I can think of no better place to spend the money.

I'm 100% on the Edmonton train. Fk Florida.

Boy this is a @TheSpecialJuan thread if there ever was.

Maybe so. I don’t think I’d trade our WR room for theirs, but there’s so much unknown with our group.

It's all about hope man. He gives you a chance at a lot of distances, and you always hope you can figure it all out and be automatic from anywhere. I am also a ginger and support my people. If he's our kicker, in Madden, the accuracy is up to me. I can't control leg power. My reasons may be silly, but you asked.

It's all good... dont you know we're in Year 7 of this masterpiece now??!!!.. even by Rhule's standards this should be our year... /s

If J-Lo is involved, I'm definitely down to Keep Pounding!