CPcavedweller

You’re joking right?

....ya sure about that?

Tyson Bagent No to Jamies. Hell no to Malik. And fug No to Mac Jones

Bro, some of us grew up in or around (within 70 minutes) of Uptown Charlotte. There is no “fuging off” to become a fan of another team. Some people here are probably just casual fans driven by colors or something, and yes, those people can do whatever they want.

Andy Dalton is still a better, and more efficient operator of the offense than Prime Cam in every year except 2015. We got to watch Dalton and Cam come along together and Andy’s numbers almost always blew Cam’s out of the water. It isn’t 2024, and we shouldn’t have to see Andy play from 24 down by the second quarter. You also have the emergence of Dowdle, Tet is playing well, XL seems to play better with Andy, and Canales has hit his groove. I wouldn’t be surprised if Andy threw for 220 and Dowdle had another 150 yards of total offense.

Dude, even if the Panthers go down 14, you don’t abandon the run game with Dowdle going against the Bills defense. Panthers aren’t getting a ton of national buzz right now but it’s not like the teams they have beaten are chumps. Shutting out the Falcons is massive, beating the Cowboys is not a small thing, going on a 27-7 run against the Dolphins isn’t nothing, going on a 19-0 run against the Cardinals with an opportunity to win it at the end isn’t nothing. I fully believe that the Panthers could be 5-2 right now if they don’t forget to play football in Arizona in the first quarter. The Bills are good, because of Josh Allen, period. He is all they have, and that’s very good but not good enough to beat good teams on the road. The media will blame him but I still think he’s the best QB in the NFL right now. Give him a Derrick Henry, give him an Andy Reid and all of those receivers, etc. and things would get absolutely insane.

The Panthers run defense is, dare I say, good. If the Bills haven’t changed anything during the bye, the Panthers could easily win this game. If the Bills actually addressed their offensive issues when they can’t run the ball, they may win by 20. The thing is that they have done a poor job of building around Josh, in my opinion. His Super Man plays alone could keep the game close if they can’t run but, in the end, I actually think the Panthers win here. It’s a home game, Andy Dalton should bring some juice to the passing game. Their defense has holes everywhere and we have Dowdle and Canales going off in the running game. Give me Panthers, 27-24. Down 24-20 with 2 minutes left, Dalton finds 15 for a 38 yard touchdown with 22 seconds remaining but the Bills are forced to account for the run because the Panthers still have two timeouts. Bills get into FG range but miss a 57 yard attempt to tie the game. people begin to doubt Josh Allen without actually looking at what the Bills have put around him, and how their defense is just melting.

And what does that tell us, chat fam? No cap.

The Dolphins have far more issues than just Tua. I don’t think that Tua is a great NFL QB but his numbers when he’s playing well are unmistakable. Something is wrong with that program.

Realistically, he’s become very good at Redzone passing. His ability to buy time, and his threat to potentially pull and run on an RPO, makes the Redzone full 11 on 11. He’s so small that I think the defense has a hard time seeing where he has escaped to. If he could somehow develop a deep ball I think Bryce could be a good enough QB, given we have a defensive minded program that runs the ball well, all of the time, to get to a Super Bowl. that said, I will be very interested to see what the offense looks like with Dalton. I want to see if Bryce has been holding the group back or not. There is no doubt that Dalton is a better pure passer of the football, but at four wins, I don’t see the ability to draft a replacement for Bryce. I’ll go on the record as saying that I’d like Tyson Bagent from the Bears to compete for a starting job in 2026. He’s got all of the attributes that would absolutely flourish in this scheme. I actually believe that if Caleb Williams wasn’t a first overall pick, and Ben Johnson wasn’t hired specifically for him, that they would start Bagent.

Bryce is just as capable as Brees in terms of arm strength.

Has it?

Maybe you’re not remembering Brees correctly, but yes, Bryce can throw with the same velocity as Brees.

I wonder if the lack of continuity between games is because the last two were at home and the Jets defense improving? The running game was unstoppable and I have not seen many of those tosses with pulling guards and the center that we saw all last week that Rico had to have averaged 8 yards on. Bryce read my post.

We need Bryce to play up to his draft status at some point. He could definitely become Brees like but man, he has got to hit those plays that are easy enough to hit. He should be at 68% to 74% completion.

I think they want Burden to take his spot. I’d take DJ back. DJ, Tet, Holy Cross, and XL could be a solid core (corp)

That’s fine. But 30-0 isn’t just an “off game” by the Falcants. That was a beat down through and through. The Panthers also just held one of the leagues best rushing offenses to what, 40 yards? Stopping the run is how you win playoff games, period. I like what I’ve seen, and Bryce is getting his clutch gene back.

Dude, we beat the Falcons 30-0, held the Cowboys to less points than Green Bay did, and held the Dolphins to well enough to go on a 27-3 run, or 27-6 run. We also went on a run against the Cardinals. The defense is going to depend on the development of a pass rush from Princely and Nic. Both have the ability

Princely will figure it out by Week 10 I think. Once he starts playing fast and trusting his eyes, it’s game over man, game over.

Now we have another $40 million back-up running back. When will we learn?

Cowboys - 31 Panthers -13

Look at who they’ve played

Nah. It’s just not good unless the defense can hold up. I want to bet player props but the best I can think of is Bryce to throw 45 times with 200 yards passing, 1 touchdown, 1 int, 1 fumble, and for Dak to have around 220 yards passing with 1 touchdown, but Williams to have three touchdowns. I don’t really know what to think but that’s my home run prop bet parlay for this game.

My comments go back to what I would have done in 2023. That is really when everything veered off of what I thought was good and well. I wanted to keep Wilks, re-sign Darnold and Foreman, and trade down in the draft to take Torrance, Kincaid, Charbonnet, or Mims obviously depending on where they fell. Knowing what was coming the next draft class, that was the prudent thing to do. I’d still take Warren over Tet, or even Matthew Golden over Tet. Bryce needs guys who get open because right now, no one on this roster creates separation forcing Bryce to be a pinpoint passer which is insane because he’s 5’9. Give me receiving options that create space. they called him a Mini-Mahomes yet have done nothing similar to what the Chiefs have done to capitalize on those “traits”. It’s absurd. Give me a tight end who can back yard ball, a slasher at running back, a power back, and two 4.3 receivers with exceptional route running. That’s how you build around what Bryce has done well.

We should have traded down, taken Torrance, taken Charbonnet and Mims. Then gone defense. Re-signed Foreman and Darnold. If we sucked again, then you get a shot at Daniels, Maye, Williams, or Nix. You get to keep DJ Moore and stack a core of talent.