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I wouldn’t care if he looked like sloth from the goonies if he throws the football well and wins games

It’s really tough to predict these things before you see the team in preseason. There’s always teams who end up being randomly good and bad. But based on all the upheaval on defense and the suspect notion of Bryce morphing into an NFL caliber QB, it’s quite possible this team does not win a game. However if they go full ball control offense, run 60%+ of the time, and the defense gels, I could see 5-6 wins being possible as a ceiling. If Bryce turns into a totally different QB than he has been his entire life, 12 wins.

It’s not only that, Bryce had to scramble because he is too short to step up in the pocket when he is pressured. I almost never see it happen when I watched his games, college or pros. When he faces pressure he will roll out so he can see the whole field, or well, half of it. He didn’t face consistent pressure in college with a few notable exceptions and he did not individually fare well in those games. It’s definitely not a recipe for success in the NFL. I won’t go so far to say Bryce won’t stick around in the NFL for awhile, even Jimmy Clausen bounced around as a backup for a number of years. But I do not see him lasting as a starting QB after another season or maybe two. Meanwhile, CJ Stroud is heading towards MVP caliber seasons and I’m certain he will play in a Super Bowl at some point in his career. The Panthers really can’t do anything right since Tepper bought the franchise.

Rod definitely deserves one more year. This was the first time the team went out and got mercenaries for the playoff run at the trade deadline. Guentzel paid off big time. The 2023 team probably would have beaten Florida if they’d done ANYTHING at the deadline last year. This year was unfortunate because they ran into a very good Rangers team and they held their ground, but the lack of success on the power play ultimately sunk them. There were moments they looked like the obviously better team and moments they looked like they didn’t belong on the same ice as the Rangers. That inconsistency is what Rod needs to fix for his next playoff run. They need to retool the roster and assess the roster for a playoff run at the trade deadline like normal contending teams do. Those extra mercenaries are what put teams over the top in the playoffs.

Do I want Bryce Young to be a good QB? Yes, the Panthers homer in me is rooting for him to turn it around against all odds and prove all the haters wrong. Do I think Bryce Young will be a good QB? No. And the odds are he won’t be. I didn’t think he’d translate to the NFL from the moment I watched him against the Texas defense in 2022, a game Alabama only won because Quinn Ewers got knocked out of the game. When he faced pressure he looked like sh*t and that’s the exact same QB we saw in the NFL. He’s too short to step up in the pocket so you have to design a gimmick offense to allow him to improvise plays. He didn’t scream “first overall pick” to me at least. Meanwhile CJ Stroud played out of his mind in the biggest game of his life against the best defense in college football and the Panthers said nah we’re going to draft the 5’9 guy who couldn’t carve up an average Texas defense.

Good seeing a game in Vegas, at least you can get some hookers and blow back at your room after watching Bryce throw 3 INTs and a pick 6 to make yourself feel better!

For those asking who a new head coach would be, if they aren’t going with a guy who already has a Stanley cup ring, what’s the point? So it’s Craig Berube or Joel Quennville. I think you stick with Rod with a retooled roster next season. If it’s the same result it’s time for a fresh look.

It’s not unpopular but I think you give Rod one more season because this was the first time they’ve actually made a push at the trade deadline. They’ll retool and be back next year but man, this hurts. They were in control of this game and fell apart. The rangers wanted it more and they couldn’t get anything else out of the roster.

They can’t even possess the puck a man up. They are done. Get them off the ice. Even if they miraculously tie it, they’ll lose in OT in 1 minute

Get these losers off the ice. 100% piss poor effort by the canes in the 3rd period embarrassing

Game over. After they scored the 3rd goal they gave up. Pathetic trash I’m turning it off

I saw Kyle Allen make the same “big time” throws we are seeing on these Bryce highlights. CJ’s arm talent is multiple levels up from Bryce. I still have no idea how anyone watched the tape of these two QB’s and thought Bryce would be the better NFL QB.

That schedule might produce the first 0-17 team in nfl history

I’m taking the under on that all day. This team might not win a game. If they go over I’ll happily eat my crow

What adjustments can the rangers make?They rely on their goalie to be Superman every game which eventually won’t work. They probably should have played their backup in game 4 or 5 to give Igor a rest. Series might be over now if they did. I am more concerned that the extra day of rest benefits the rangers more because they were clearly out of gas in the 3rd period of game 5. The Staal game tying goal was a product of sheer laziness and lack of awareness on defense. Canes aren’t going to get that benefit in game 6. They’ll have to score on the power play to win another game and stop giving up trash short handed goals.

It’s a bummer the Rangers are getting an extra day of rest before Game 6. I bet if the game was Wednesday they might have considered playing Jonathan Quick. Can’t blame Igor for all the goals though, rangers defense completely fell apart in the 3rd period.

One of the very few players on the Panthers that would walk onto any roster in the NFL and be a starter. Great player. Hurney's 1st round track record is incredible.

Not hard to imagine the Panthers starting offensive lineman were worse than other team's backup players.

When I wasn't living in NC, having Sunday Ticket was crucial to watching the Panthers games. Over the past 5 years I've stopped watching Panthers games and only watch Red Zone. Not having to watch the same beer, truck, and erectile dysfunction ads over and over is very refreshing. It's worth the money.

Shitstirkin might finally be out of gas. He's been incredible in this series but they don't rest him and they broke him the last two games. Rangers definitely looked gassed in the third period while the Canes looked like they found the will to play another game. If they can put together another game like that third period looked I like their chances in Game 6 at home.

it matters if they want to win this series. can't look like dogshit for 2 out of 3 periods and expect to come back and win a series you were down 0-3

The truth is the Rangers had won 3 games by 1 goal, two of which were in OT. It's an extremely close series and the luck has FINALLY swung back the Canes way before it was too late. One game at a time

they sure did turn things around in the 3rd. where was this team the rest of the game

Gary Davenport sounds like a guy your wife would cheat on you with at a motel 6

They should be happy about taking penalties. They’d win the game 6-0 with the game 5 on 4