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Still believe Horn and Brown were the right choice but good for Burns.

I think more about an alternative universe where we kept McCaffery. Probably for the best we moved on when we did but he might have been the perfect weapon for Bryce, and it would have been nice to see him used more strategically than Rhule did.

On 10/17/2025 at 11:59 AM, tukafan21 said:

His mother has literally said she finds the nickname disrespectful to her and the name she gave him.

In the Polynesian culture, names are often given with a deeper meaning behind it than just being their name, so shortening the name to something else, yes, is disrespectful to them.

"Tet" isn't a nickname like other people are bringing up how people don't get to choose their "nickname", it's the shortening of his name so it's just easier for people to say his name for them.  That shortening of his name is something he and his family find disrespectful and they don't like it.

But sure, just keep going with the "people don't get to pick their own nickname" line.

I really don't think it's some Polynesian thing. I grew up with an unusual name too. People love to just shorten it instead of bothering to learn how to pronounce a name that's hard for them to say. It's not uncommon for parents to tell their kids to push back on that and demand others respect their given name.

There was a meme not long ago about how white folks act like foreign names are too hard to say but can rattle off Game of Thrones characters no problem.

Nah Leggette just hasn't panned out yet. The move wasn't crazy considering his potential and our needs at the time. The mistake was overlooking McConkey because we had Theilen on rental.

The Brooks pick on the other hand never made sense from the get and now it's pro bowl or bust for him.

I think his size is to blame for that though. Dude has pretty high level awareness within his field of view IMO but it's limited because of his height. 

5 minutes ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

We have the most expensive offensive line already, and you guys are itching to throw down for the 30th ranked T per PFF?  I don't know guys.  You do you.

I think if you do make this move you have to get younger and/or cheaper at the QB position.

Slow down there Gettleman. Took us ten years to get the line in this state and you’re trying to blow it up. Fug a PFF.

If he can lock this in we've got our guy.

Madden 16 Cam and Luke were cheat codes. Cam was a better runner than Stew and regularly broke tackles. I pissed off a countless number of opponents

12 minutes ago, csx said:

2 turnovers for points?

Last drive. The turnovers are worrisome

If Bryce can consistently look like that he’s got it

Eric Collins hyping up the Dolphins is breaking my brain

It's not all on Bryce but he ain't helping

55 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

We know Tepper sometimes watches film with coaches. I'm really reaching here with my tin foil hat, but it's possible DC is trying to get Tepper to give him green light to go get another dude and he is showing him tape where he ran to run b/c Bryce can't get it done. 

You do that by showing him Bryce can’t do what’s being asked of him, not by calling dumb plays and being like “trust me bro.”

Young’s bummy but if you can only work with a specific archetype of a QB you’re not a good coach and you definitely shouldn’t be calling plays. Felt the same way about Reich not even trying once he realized he didn’t have Andrew Luck to make him look good anymore.

Y'all realize he'd have to sell two sports franchises to leave Charlotte right

1 hour ago, uncfan888 said:

Listening to the radio defend Bryce this morning is insane. Bone even said he cooled off from his hot start. What hot start? 

When he's out of the league the narrative will be that the Panthers failed him 

35 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Make Chuba the focal point of the team. Plain and simple. 

You would think but we're not even being creative about it. Chuba's actually doing well considering.

Evero is a laughingstock and even if Bryce started cooking at this point Canales' gameplan doesn't really give him or us a chance. Why is the short game so damn bland if that's 80% of the playbook? We get it, his arm is limited, but there has to be some sort of path to victory here. Like what are we even trying to do?

I want Young to succeed but the attempts to rewrite the narrative anytime he musters up a decent game, quarter, drive, etc are getting old. Need consistency first. His ceiling as far as we've seen so far is "not bad sometimes".

Now that he's back in good graces with the organization we gotta take Smith's commentary on the team with a grain of salt. I don't believe the unfiltered Smitty of old would have defended this.

But yeah Charlotte is a fairweather sports town. Every city has transplants; I think the pro teams just haven't been around long enough to build loyalty.

Over or under 4.5 losses in a row before Canales drops the Mr. Nice Coach act?

18 hours ago, Proudiddy said:

And the crazy thing is, there have been guys that have done it at his size.  Flutie and Russ are the first that come to mind.  He just doesn’t have the physical ability to PASS the fuging ball where it needs to go, nor the ability to escape pressure on any meaningful snaps.

The escapism is really what's missing. I actually do think Bryce's awareness and ability to improvise on broken plays is above average--better than when he's throwing in the pocket because it forces the recievers to get seperation and within his line of sight. If he could scramble in the backfield like Seattle Russ until someone got open I believe he'd have the tools to be a franchise QB even with his noodle arm. He did that in college but it hasn't translated to the pro level.

At the end of the day, Young doesn’t offer enough to make up for the limited scheme he requires. He’d have to be laser accurate and make little to no mistakes to dink-and-dunk 50 times a game and win consistently at this level.

What’s worse is that even when it all goes to plan that’s a lot of hospital balls shortening the career of the recievers. I felt bad for Sanders and Renfrow in week 2. 

Nice drives every now and then aren’t going to cut it. Every guy we’ve trotted out there since Cam has been able to impress in spurts.  If Young can’t do that consistently and prevents us from having a deep ball what are we doing?

Bryce can’t afford the bad ball security. Without the turnovers it was a good game from him.

10 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

I hate this approach.

There's no guarantee you'll like anyone in the next Draft. You can't just pick a guy 'cos you need a QB. Which is why I advocate looking at the guys with NFL tape and trying to prize one of those away until you DO find the guy in the Draft. 

But granted you're also happy to let Young play out the season, leaving us playing 10v11 all year, so there you go. Different strokes for different folks. 

And there's no guarantee some other team's reject is going to be our prize. We've tried that a few times. I'd sooner bet on a draft pick than a veteran having a resurgence in Carolina at this point.

And yeah I think a big veteran QB signing as if this is a win now roster would be shortsighted

Cam looked like a #1 pick from day one. Literally broke the record for passing yards in a NFL debut and never got the leeway these QBs get now. The narrative to this day is that he wasn't a good passer.  Don't know what you got till it's gone...