TheMaulClaw

Is this thread real? I can tell this is a bunch of Carolina Panther fans that are late comers to the Canes. The only reason we even made it this far this year is the coaching. We have 30 million in cap, two 1st round picks this coming year and just went to the ECF for the 3rd time in 7 years as a small market franchise. We also have Jarvis, Aho, Svech, and Slavin long term. We are in a fantastic position and overachieved in a "rebuilding" year. Canes just need to keep injecting talent and we will breakthrough. I wish the Carolina Panthers made it in the NFC Championship game in a rebuilding year with two first rounders and the most cap room in the NFL in the upcoming year.

The Hurricanes also have been great with analytics, and lets be honest, it's also coaching. Development of draft picks is vital. The Hornets have had plenty of high picks, and they either miss or don't develop them properly. Compare the ability of how each the Hornets and Canes develop. It's night and day. The problem with the Hornets has always been at the top, not because of a NBA conspiracy (which may also be true.) I'm just saying that smart teams find a way to eventually be competitive regardless of draft status. Look at the Pacers, great example of a similar market that is consistently pretty competitive. The difference is we select the MKGs and Adam Morrisons of the world.

I don't really think the NHL is rigged though. Plenty of small market teams are competitive. Carolina, St Louis, Edmonton, Calgary, Nashville. I think the Rangers genuinely got lucky, but they've had plenty of bad years. Pittsburgh is going through a rebuild, Detroit, and Chicago are all struggling.

I don't post as much anymore but i check this site everyday. I see the value in Reediitt, but the hardcore Panther historians are here, and also we've all known each other so long that it really in a tight nit community here. It would be dope if we all had custom shop jerseys with our Huddlenames on it and met up at the games. I don't know if the Huddle will grow or not, but the people who've invested years of their life on this site will never leave.

Possible but not actual. Let's see them win a playoff series before we mention them in the same breath.

Any why are the Hornets being included? Don't disrespect the Canes like that.

Agreed, but we don't need to reach either. I have no problem trading back assuming we get the number 1 pick. We need to do what Chicago did to us.

I saw it but I didn't think scoring was a problem. I watched the game and didn't come away thinking our quarterback was the reason we lost. I came away from the game thinking if we had a defense we would probably be in contention for the division. Which is why I say let's start building a team and not focusing on going all in on a quarterback every year.

I agree, but we do have influence on the media here and the type of stories they put out, which in turn affect tepper

I definitely thought that would have been a good idea.

I've watched this organization and this fanbase going crazy over the past few years, destroying everything that stands in the path of drafting the next Patrick Mahomes. In this period of time we've traded our best players, traded our best picks, and fired our coaches all in attempt to find the next chosen qb in the NFL. Meanwhile we're watching the two qbs we had before drafting Bryce play at a probowl level this year. We apparently have an insatiable desire for suffering. Before we hired Reich, I made a case that we should keep Darnold and invest our assets into drafting receivers, secondary help, and adding beef to the lines. We had played pretty well down the stretch two years ago, developed an identity, and were poised to be competing for a playoff spot the following season. Many on the board had thought the same thing, but many on here have a superbowl or bust mentality, and are willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater. It needs to stop. We need to focus on the development of our team. We're fortunate enough to have stumbled across a qb that can actually throw some NFL passes, and it should serve as a reminder that it will be easier to be a good team if were a good team with an experienced quarterback, then being a good team with a rookie qb that has a bad team. Right now we've found a number one receiver, we see progress out of Legette, the Oline is playing well, and Chubba is dynamic. Lets resign the players who have shown they can play. They all looked liked ass under Bryce. We don't need a Patrick Mahomes, we only need a qb thats good enough to allow our players to show what they can do. If you have a good team you don't need an all world qb, it would be nice, but we don't need it. We didn't need it in 03. Lets fix this horrible defense, lets makes sure we have weapons, and lets roll with an experienced quarterback until we stumble across the opportunity to improve at the position without forcing it and decimating our franchise in the process. Until then, lets make the playoffs next year.

I'm going to try and paint a picture of how dumb it would be to play Bryce Young again. Imagine a man using a dating app. The man matches with a woman, they go on a date and the man instantly realizes he was catfished. The woman completely misrepresented herself, unattractive, annoying laugh, orders everything and expects you to pay for it all, and only talks about her cats. The man says excuse me I need to use the bathroom and just dips out to escape the torture of having to let the woman down softly. A few weeks pass. The man reviews his matches on the app and sees pictures of this woman again. The man says to himself, "the pictures do look good." His memory is foggy of the woman and is tempted to message her again, then he thinks to himself, "screw that, I'm not getting double catfished by this woman." The moral of the story is the worst thing the Panthers could do is get double catfished by Bryce Young.

I just don't include the games that Bryce Young started. I think that you get a clearer picture of the team if you look at it from a perspective of erasing those two games. It's obvious that the defense is bad, but the offense has greatly improved if you remove the first two games of the season.

I wouldnt. Andy hasn't been the problem. I'd trade back and fix this defense. We need Edge, LB, DT, CB. Personally I'd go after Reddick again also. I'd rather create the environment for a QB to thrive first.

Not going to include the Bears here. They accrued far more assets then just a QB. Also the Texans had a defense. The Redskins will come back down to earth.