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You're probably right. I'm really disappointed in the direction the team has taken since Tepper bought the team. We went from having Cam Newton playing some of his best football in early 2018 to having to find a way to be excited about noodle-armed Teddy Bridgewater and former Jets QB bust Sam Darnold. It's a far cry from the badass teams the Panthers fielded in the 2010s. Really makes it hard to get excited for next season.

I don't disagree that Darnold was in a sh*t situation on the Jets. But you have to call a spade a spade - Darnold straight up sucked on the Jets. I don't expect him to magically become a good QB just because he's on on the Jets anymore. If he does, I'll gladly eat crow.

The burned the Teddy "bridge" when they were going to trade him to Detroit for Stafford. There was no coming back from that

Totally disagree. Bridgewater was the opposite of gambling, he was a safe bet. The team knew what they were getting with him, and he delivered the expected results. A safe QB with a weak arm and limited physical skills, good for high completion percentages and game manager style play. Problem is, the team needed more than that out of the QB position on such a bad roster, and they paid Bridgewater way too much money. On the other hand, Darnold is a straight up bad QB. Borderline horrible. The Panthers are gambling big he can maximize his potential with a better coaching staff and more talent around him. It's definitely a worthwhile bet, but the gamble is much bigger. Bridgewater did what he was expected to do. Darnold is going to need to fundamentally change who he is on the football field to be successful. That's a bigger gamble than Bridgewater was.

He is a bad QB. But young enough to maybe still be salvaged. Panthers are gambling big time on a QB that barely won any games at the NFL level. I say go all in on another defensive draft.

I have a feeling he’s going to be terrible. Darnold barely showed any flashes of being good for the Jets. But, he’s still very young and I hope that Rhule and co can coach him up. Bridgewater clearly wasn’t the answer. After this team beat Washington and took themselves out of contention to get the #3 overall pick and get Zach Wilson or Justin Fields, I knew it was going to be a bad offseason. I just can’t believe we’ve gone from Cam Newton to Sam Darnold. Getting harder and harder to be a Panthers fan these days.

Teddy does have a bunch of alts, it’s fact.

We did already have one unpredictable wild success story with Jake so what you’re really asking for is a second unpredictable wild success story.

They had to add some QB. Going into next season with Bridgewater was going to mean empty stands.

tl;dr: His footwork and throwing mechanics were awful in college.

It’s still not a terrible move given how young Darnold is. I just wish this kind of trade was available last year instead of signing a known trash QB in Bridgewater. Honestly I just wish the Panthers had rolled with Kyle Allen and had more to work with this offseason money wise.

I bet Houston is interested

It’s a massive improvement in potential and the ability to throw deep. Panthers offense has way more talent than the jets did at any point with darnold

Stole him! Don’t like the 2nd next year but dude is only 24

For a 4th round pick I’m game

No, but I might hire 39 prostitutes if I was into that kind of thing.

It’s such a bizarre story that I’m waiting to see some cold hard facts and evidence before I crucify the guy. Watson is either one of the biggest sexual deviants in sports history, or this is a smear job of epic proportions. There is no in between. Buzbee is a well-known wildcard. The fact they are all accusers are anonymous raises an eyebrow for me. Andrew Cuomo’s accusers are all out in the open, why aren’t Watson’s? My gut feeling is some of these “masseuses” are really Instagram models that dabble in escort services under the guise of giving a massage. It’s a well known slight of hand in the industry, and a huge gray area tightrope that Buzbee has to carefully navigate. Making all accusers anonymous let’s him control the narrative. But hey, I’m not ruling out the fact Watson could have sexually assaulted these women, regardless of if the women were escorts or not.

and someone probably will, and it won't be the Panthers

Mac Jones could be a very good QB on the right team in the right situation. Lord help us if the Saints draft him.

Watch the show Detroiters

Outside of Lawrence I don’t think any QB prospect in this class is a day 1 difference maker. Fields maybe because of his running ability. All will need time to develop. I think Lance has the chance to be one of the best of the group if he goes to the right team.

Waste of time, Panthers won't be drafting a QB

Bingo

He was thrown to the wolves way too early. Could develop into a career backup if he can improve.

That’s expecting a lot for a defense that couldn’t stop anyone on third downs last year.