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It's a lot harder for me to keep up with the team just because of my life and obligations. So I actually see a benefit there because even if I wanted to I couldn't watch every game this year or keep up with the ins and outs of the team and players. Aside from that, there's nothing to get excited about right now. They traded away the two best players on the offense to trade up to draft the smallest and most physically limited QB ever drafted #1 overall. To make matters worse, they passed on CJ Stroud, who I and many other fans and maybe even the coaching staff wanted, who turned out to be very very good. If Bryce can show something early in the season I think you'll see a lot of fans start keeping an eye on the team again, but if Bryce is a bust, it's going to take a long time for the fanbase to recover from the destruction of the Panthers since Tepper purchased the team. I really never thought it would get this bad.

The same thing happened with Sam Darnold in 2021. I thought it was insane to trade for Darnold, not draft or sign any QB competition, and also give him the guaranteed 5th year option. Starting to wonder if it's a Tepper thing to coddle the starter.

Judging by the last 5 years I can assure you with a startling amount of confidence that there is no method behind the madness

Too Soon 28 days later

Right, the worst team in the NFL last year and over the last 5 years has nothing to whine about watching their team bench starters in the preseason while the best teams in the NFL have no problem playing their starters. What a world. This fanbase is as garbage as the team is

So now practice reps are the same as game reps?

And they are putting Bryce in a winning situation by not giving him any preseason snaps in the new offense?

Bruh no one who has watched this team the last few years even only a few games would be surprised if that happened. They are trash

McVay didn’t bench his starters in the preseason his first season as head coach of the Rams

On what planet does the worst team in the NFL the previous season and over the last 5 years think it’s a good idea to bench starters for all preseason games? The best teams in the NFL are playing their starters for at least a few drives. But the Panthers are on their 3rd coaching staff in the last 3 years, talking up a “great practice” against the Jets on Thursday as reason to bench starters for preseason games. I thought the Panthers employed NFL professionals who understood practice reps are not the same as game reps but maybe I am wrong. The Panthers were a dumpster fire in preseason last season so maybe they’re trying to avoid tanking ticket sales worse than they already are or they are intentionally tanking, but who knows.

I am really starting to wonder if they are tanking this season

If they can’t even get Bryce out there for a couple drives in the preseason I genuinely think this franchise wants to be bad. Like they are trying to be bad. I haven’t seen anything to convince me otherwise in many years.

I think history is not going to be kind to the Panthers trading CMC and DJ Moore away. Panthers offense was set up to be very good with even average QB play after Cam was released, but boy howdy did they f*ck that up.

I remember going into that game thinking that if Bryce couldn’t show anything against the league’s WORST pass defense at the time, he was done. Green Bay’s pass defense even made Tommy Devito look good last year.

I left it blank it’s an open face sandwich

100% Mevis gonna be a hall of famer for the cowboys or something now

Positive: the current head coach isn’t as physically difficult to look at as the previous head coaches Negative: the team is very bad and might not win a game Positive: Something about Sir Purr wearing the Christmas outfit awoke something deep within me and I hate how much I like it.

If they take his salary off the books give him away for nothing. A prospect OL would be a win.

Panthers are setting up to field a borderline college roster this season

David Tepper is also consistent. Consistently ruining this franchise.

You’re welcome have a nice day

Man they can’t even get their flight to touchdown

My guess is the 3rd preseason game

In layman’s terms a second year jump would be an increase in every measurable statistic because he was ass awful his first year

Don’t suggest things that make sense, this franchise only does things to make the team worse.