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My buddy is a big Cardinals fan and we were just talking about this same thing lol

it would be so Panthers to trade for Watson and in his first game he tears his ACL again and he's out for the season

Matt Rhule makes Chip Kelly look like a genius. Rhule might go down as one of the worst coaching transitions from college to the pros in NFL history based on how much he got paid.

Different era. Pre me-too movement.

With Marshall out I don't know if it's a good idea to dump him yet.

I agree, these half measures with veteran stopgap QBs only works if you DRAFT a QB. Having Teddy start while they had a rookie on the bench would have been a solid move. Even Darnold starting while Fields or Jones was on the bench. There's not even a veteran backup to fall back on to get us through this season. It's just going to be a sh*tshow for the rest of the season now.

Panthers PR team gonna need to do some special gymnastics to get the fanbase to forget about the other stuff

They quit in the game against the Bengals in Jimmy Clausen's first start in 2010. Before it was a sure thing Fox was getting canned although that was the rumor

I'm not even considering that game because the team had nothing to play for after the coach got fired. At 3-3 against a bad Giants team, the team should NOT be quitting.

Honestly the defense has only looked poor in two games - Cowboys and Vikings games. Both of those teams are loaded on offense. If the offense was in any way competent the Panthers beat the Eagles and Giants with no issue.

You're blind if you can't see that. The number of first round talents on the defense is very high.

This team has a lot of talent. They could win with a more competent offensive coaching staff and a better QB. Even with the offensive line they have, not joking. The problem is really a bad QB and an offensive coordinator who doesn't know how to outscheme an NFL defense over the course of a full game. Look no further than the difference between player performance in 2010 and 2011. Steve Smith looked reborn after a pathetic 2010 season.

Even a 7th grader playing Madden franchise mode could tell bringing Darnold in without a competent veteran backup or 1st round rookie was a horrible idea with a high potential for failure.

I've been lukewarm in my support of him all along, just out of blind hope that he panned out. I wasn't thrilled about the staff he brought in considering how light it was on NFL experience. I even made a thread about how hiring all his familiar coaches could torpedo the Rhule era before it even starts. The team showed promise despite being severely undermanned in 2020 and never quit even in games they got blown out so I thought he could be a good coach given a better team. Well here we are after the first true game the team absolutely quit. Haven't seen that kind of performance since 2010 when the team quit on Clausen and Fox. I don't see it getting any better from here on out.

He wasn't teddy bridgewater

It's really as simple as Sam Darnold started playing poorly and it snowballed from there. The offense lost faith in him and the defense got gassed from being on the field all the time because they couldn't move the ball on offense. The team finally quit all together on Sunday against one of the worst teams in the NFL. It's going to get really ugly unless something miraculous happens.

not similar at all. he was already on that team and didn't require giving up any assets. also that was like 15 years ago and a completely different era pre me-too movement.

The rumored price Houston wants is multiple first round picks and starting caliber defensive players. If that’s true then the price is outrageous and ridiculous.

Please don’t put that evil on us I’ve had enough of dumpster diving QBs

You have to keep running to set up play action, even if it might be into a stacked box. They just got shut down by a BAD Giants defense. Darnold was terrible but so was the playcalling.

Except they called 17 running plays vs 49 passing plays. I think we know why they lost yesterday.

They’re both bad QBs but I think they’re both better than Darnold

Making this trade in the middle of the season after a pathetic miserable loss would be a knee jerk move. They should not be making these major decisions mid season because who knows what the team will even look like if/when Watson would be able to play again. Darnold sucks, Joe Brady is probably out, hell if the team has truly given up like they did today, Rhule is probably gone too.

I think it’s pretty clear giving up a large amount of assets for a QB accused of being a sexual predator, who might not see the field for what could be years, is not a good idea. I hoped my post would sway people who were on the fence. I think we as fans should be united in our opposition for trading for Watson. Yes we all want to win, but this would be a knee jerk move that wouldn’t solve the other many problems the Panthers have. It would be a horrible decision and I hope the team is not really considering it, despite how bad the team has turned out to be. The team will be better served by having high draft picks and not having the distraction of wondering if and when Watson will finally play football again.

This team hasn’t had status quo since Rivera left. Rhule and co haven’t even established that yet. It’s chaos right now.