CPcavedweller

If we had traded Burns to the Rams we'd have a Top 10 pick this year. Had we done that trade and not traded up for Bryce, we may have been in a position to have two Top 10 picks in one of the deeper QB classes in years. Tepper is a moron who went QB fishing and has been QB fishing since 2019. It's killed the program.

Compared to what? At this point, I don't know what purpose winning serves. I also don't see how there can be any mid-season philosophical change short of going to an offensive style similar to what the Lions run, which is what we did last year. As I've said many times. We need to be under center, we need to go play action heavy under center, and we need to throw from under center. The entire offense is run out of the shotgun right now and it's literally terrible. What is the purpose of running from a single back formation on 1st down, only to go shotgun on 2nd and 3rd down? It's so predictable it's hard to watch.

Second HC he's fired in two seasons with the team. He's now fired four total coaches in 4 years of ownership. Dude is a clown show.

Other guy. Don't need "Puff" Daddy as the owner of the team I root for. Give me public ownership like the Packers or something.

If I owned the team, we would've drafted Levis or Stroud. And it wouldn't have been even a consideration for Bryce other than to maybe obtain draft picks. Stupid is as stupid does.

You clearly weren't around for the "Sir Cameron Newton: Leader of Men, Lover of Puppies...Esquire" chants if you think Bryce enduring booing is bad. EDIT: S C@M NeWTON

You don't win with Free Agency. You win in the draft.

The YPA is my biggest issue. Go 55% completion as a rookie, I don't care. But have a 5 YPA and there is clearly an issue.

Tepper doesn't have a plan. Otherwise we never would've traded up for Bryce nor would we have hired Reich. Wilks could've just as easily brought in Thomas Brown and Josh McCown to coach on this staff.

Wilks is fools gold? Based on what? Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me.

Would rather have Kellen Moore.

When the organization is putting out media about how we are a potential playoff team right away, people tend to get disappointed. This is the worst start for this team, ever. Literally going back to 1995.

Just let Fitterer do his job? It was obvious that the Panthers were zeroed in on Wilks and likely never would've traded up in this draft if they had re-signed Wilks. Tepper wanted an offensive guy and he wanted "his" QB. Josh wanted CJ Stroud. His draft preview and his comments at the Ohio State Pro Day said as much. I can't help but think that the rest of the staff felt the same way until Tepper came in dodging, ducking, dipping diving, and, yes, dodging his way into the picture.

Say it with me: Tepper, is the problem. He wants to be Jerry Jones without the potential backlash so he doesn't give himself the GM title. He never should've been at Pro Days. He never should've been meeting with players at the Pro Days. He should've stayed home and let Fitterer and Co. do their job. If I was a better GM than Fitterer, I'd quit and go back to Seattle before Tepper completely ruined my career.

You can't drop back 50 times a game and win. You can't throw the ball between the LOS and 20 yards out exclusively or the box will stay stacked. You can't expect a rookie QB to go out and win the game for you. Go back to what made this line look deadly and run under center.

1. We have the wrong scheme. We went back to the fundamentals last year which made our offensive line a Top 13 or so group in the league and helped Darnold play like a Top 10 QB outside of the last game. 2. We traded away both of our best offensive players in CMC and Moore 3. I think we hired the wrong Head Coach. Wilks could've brought all these same guys in without the requirement that he call plays and he is an excellent defensive mind with true leadership ability. Young would probably be good on a team with a solid core and a solid system but we have neither.

You claim people who have been Panthers fans longer than you've been alive are Texans fans, and expect no response? If you are an adequate sample of Gen Z, I need to not only get out of Panthers Fandom but possibly this country.

Also, Tepper wanted Reich and Young. That isn't on Fitterer and the next GM we hire would be in the same exact position of working for wannabe Jerry Jones.

So being someone who wanted CJ Stroud and for us to keep Wilks makes us Texans and 49er's fans? Jesus man, what a leap in logic. This really is a microcosm of society today. If you're not this, then you're that. I'm not a fan of Bryce Young, I wanted to draft Stroud and lament the success he is having, therefor I am a Texans fan? The most illogical conclusion I've seen here in a long time and it's honestly far worse to have your perspective than it is to say that Stroud looks like he could win OROY. Time for you to reevaluate your critical thinking skills.

Tua was close to 50 in QBR and had a whole yard or two more per pass attempt. We just played potentially the worst defense in the NFL and didn't score a touchdown. Bryce is not Tua, though it may take having a Hall of Fame receiver and another one or two first round draft pick weapons to make it work with him. What happens to our defense in that situation? Garbage.

Anyone remember the last time we took the most NFL ready QB? The JIMMEHHHHH CLAAAWWWW-SOOONNNNNN That ended well.

Chris Gamble would probably tell him to relax. Or whoever jaw he broke. I forgot now.

Guessing that's Teppers wife? Or one of his wives? Or girlfriends? Or escorts? Tepper seems nice enough but his ego is bigger than his non-liquitable asset accounts and as you get up in age, you really begin to ponder things like time. What is a "4 year rebuild"? Well, in fan years, it's an eternity. The excitement of the Cam years is gone and Tepper tried to replicate that to drive revenue which may pay off eventually. The biggest problem I have isn't that Young won't be good one day, but that to make him good you'll have to sacrifice elsewhere. Certain guys allow you to skirt on top of the line talent at other positions whereas Bryce will require that expense which in the salary cap world is disaster if you don't draft for poo.

I don't need a fuging pledge nor do I need to give it to the Panthers. I've been a fan for as long as I've watched the NFL, growing up close to Charlotte, with a team that came into existence when I was just 4 years old. I'm not a Bryce Young fan. I'm not a Cam Newton fan. I'm not a Jake Delhomme, Steve Smith, Peppers, Stewart, Williams, Moose, Walls, Hoover, Kuechly, Gross, Mick Mixon, Anish, etc. fan. Thus I will not require a pledge. I am a Panthers fan. There is no alternative. I may quit watching and just catch replays rather than risking the wrath of my wife every weekend for this garbage but still, I'm a fan. I also won't say nice things about Bryce Young's next 5 yard completion just to make the new age sensitive types happy here.

Taking Bryce was impulsive. It's like once they met with him, they really ceased evaluations. Tepper never should've been in on those meetings. You hire football people to do football things. If you want a private meeting later, you send your jet to pick them up for a non-football related meeting with just the GM. I work in a contract business and it's such a waste to contract with and pay people ridiculous amounts of money for their specialty just to ignore their advice. This is exactly what Tepper is doing. I think he now realizes he should've listened to Josh and taken CJ Stroud and that going back even further, he should've listened to damn near everyone and hired Wilks.