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The highlight of the season as a Panthers fan is this thread 

Depends who our GM is in this scenario and Tepper’s degree of involvement.

4 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

Not really ‘rooting’

 

wanted to see the game in Germany/Vegas…. My kids wanted to go to Philly, I can do without going to the armpit of America 

Philly’s bad rep is unjust. Like any city it has some rough parts, Eagles fans were considerably better to me when I lived there than Pats fans here in Boston. A lot of historical stuff to do there too. 

1 hour ago, TheBigKat said:

Any QB not named Daniel Jones / Bryce Young and we are competitive yesterday 

lol not a fuging chance, this is incredibly delusional. Mahomes maybe makes it a 2 score loss, any other QB and it’s still a 3+ score loss. Bryce had enough to make it 5 scores, and it would’ve been worse if the Aints didn’t take their foot off the gas pedal, but no QB makes this team competitive yesterday 

2 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I don't really like any of those picks other than Sanders. If we get two average or better starters in the group, it was a good draft. 

Otherwise.... woof.

I do think Brooks will be good honestly, but even if he is, it's literally at the least important position on O or D. We'll see on Legette but I'm not convinced he'll be better than any other WR we've had here that isn't named Smitty, Moose or DJ.

lol, how is anybody “not sure” at this point?

48 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I mean, some of us pretty much said all this and we're just dismissed as Bryce haters or negative Nancies or whatever.

The Morgan hire did not get nearly enough criticism here. 

2 minutes ago, TheBigKat said:

you mean a guy who's the size of a high school QB wasn't a bonafide #1 pick?

95% of starting high school QBs are bigger than Bryce

18 minutes ago, Panthercougar68 said:

Go smoke a bowl and chill, Canales will be here next year.

idk man, Tepper is "mr overreact and make even worse emotional decisions." more games like this and Tepper will blow it all up again. will become an annual or biannual routine for this team. 

Yes, we all know Bryce isn't an NFL QB. Not only not a starter but not even a 3rd or 4th string practice squad caliber QB in the NFL. I truly believe he will be 100% out of the league by 2027, maybe sooner. That said, I completely get how some here deluded themselves into believe maybe a "guru" like Canales could help him turn it around. He was 1st overall pick so he must have something he can show, right? I get it. Now we're all in agreement with the reality that he's not an NFL QB.

Well, as bad as Bryce was, he is merely a symptom and not the root cause. We could've had Mahomes and we still lose this game to the mediocre Aints. ST was a mess, defense was even worse than Bryce was and our OL was demolished yet again, the list goes on. Wholly unprepared, nobody seemed to give a poo about it either. Bryce smiling after a pick on his first throw.

What has been extremely clear to me since January 22 was that the rest of the team around Bryce would be complete ass, and none of our offseason moves would turn out to be successes. You know why? We had Fitterer for 3 years, in what is arguably the worst run from a GM in NFL history (influenced by Tepper meddling, certainly, but still). The worst trade in league history for probably the biggest 1st overall QB bust ever (at least Jarmacus had some talent that in theory could've been put to good use with a better attitude, Bryce just has nothing), terrible contracts left and right, trading away elite players while passing up 2 1sts for Burns only to turn around and trade him anyways for less than a 1st, this list goes on too.

How in the fuging world could anyone in their right mind think that the Assistant GM for that entire tenure, Fitterer's right hand man, be deserving of being promoted to GM? Seriously. Dan Morgan was a great player here before concussions and seems like an ok dude, but what the actual fug. How do you keep anyone around from that absolute disaster of a front office? I just do not understand it, knew it was a mistake at the time and my blind homer fan optimism/hopium led me to try to ignore that reality for much of the offseason, but it was 100% clear to me from the moment Tepper hired him. This will not work with Morgan, will not work with the HC he/Tepper picked, and nothing will work until Tepper is gone because he fuging makes decisions like this.

Yeah, add to the list of rants here, but it needs to be said as Bryce is getting most of the blame when in reality it's all Tepper and his terrible decisions like hiring Morgan as GM. Canales gets a bit of a pass as he's in way over his head and it's not his fault our dumb asses gave him a HC job well before he was ready.

1 minute ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Nooooo.  I feel for you man.  Paying for Sunday Ticket for this Panthers team should be unconstitutional.

was seriously devastating when I saw my CC statement with the renewal, was like WTF is this and then realized. Immediately went and canceled it for next year at least lol. 

8 minutes ago, Chaos said:

I watched the whole fuging game because I'm a glutton for punishment, and a sick and twisted side of me wants the failure to be so catastrophic that it can't be ignored or brushed aside as "growing pains" or whatever the fug people think.

I too kept it on for the whole game, but went double screens with the US Open -- even with the disastrous first half I didn't want to miss a potential epic comeback (LOL!) in week 1 if it were to happen. Should've been studying for a big test I have next Saturday, now I'll be up late doing that instead since I'm a dumbass. 

I got swindled into sunday ticket auto renew which I'm still fuging pissed about (although obviously my fault as everything is auto-renew these days, just didn't realize it would go up $200 in price). I'm gonna wind up just using it for Chiefs games, certain good matchups that aren't national and maybe occasionally to watch our NFCS rivals to root against them. Panthers, nah fug that.

47 minutes ago, jb2288 said:

If we’re serious about winning you let Canales tell you which guy fits his system best and go get him 

If we're serious about winning we don't fuging hire the assistant GM behind the Bryce Young trade and pick to be our full time GM and we definitely don't let him and the HC he hired be the ones to make the decision on the next top 3 pick.

9 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

I hate sounding like the bitter old guy but  I remember when training camp was more like boot camp and not vacation Bible school.

2 a days, full pads full contact conditioning the bodies for the rigors of an NFL regular season.  Did injuries happen?  Sure and it sucked but guys were ready week 1.

The CBA and these soft ass poo boys have ruined a great sport.

100%. This and all the in-game rule changes in the name of "safety" but really just to increase offense to pander to the general public morons who want to see skills clinics more akin to flag football in 56-53 games rather than pure football. I'm nowhere near a boomer but I'm sounding like one and have no shame about it. Football has gone way downhill in the last decade+

2 hours ago, Jay Roosevelt said:

Sadly, I am forced to agree. I was as pro-Bryce before the draft as anyone and even was willing to give him a pass for last year, but today it's more clear than ever that he's simply not capable of playing the position at the NFL level. He's making mistakes you'd expect most high-level high school QBs to not make.

Start Dalton this year, trade Bryce to a team that thinks it can develop him. Then, come the offseason, it's on to the next one.

Dalton showed way more for the Jets than Bryce here and we were the only suckers who would give up a 2nd for him. I'd be SHOCKED if we could get anything more than a 4th for Bryce, will most likely have to just cut him.

9 minutes ago, Castavar said:

Welp, Caleb Williams just won his first game. The hits just kjeep coming lol

Lol I love ripping on Tepper as much as anyone for his terrible decisions coming back to bite him, but dude Caleb looks like he played like ass too. Blocked punt return TD and pick 6 won the game not Caleb.

Just now, Shocker said:

Dolphins won…I am finding an AFC team to pull for…Miami works till Tepper sells 

Chiefs for me. Taking the Kevin Durant route.

Also, worst team owner in pro sports history, not just NFL

Can you get your media pass back and call him out on this plz, thx

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

You can't fire yet another coach after a single season.

Does any of it matter until Tepper is gone?

5 minutes ago, amcoolio said:

It's unbelievable that we have had 6 head coaches in 5 years and none show any sort of urgency or passion. Still taking the full play clock, still look disorganized, nonchalant on offense

It’s why I wanted Jim Harbaugh despite still hating the guy from his Niners years. Dude actually gives a fug and oh is a pretty good HC too

I wonder what goes through Teper’s mind watching this. What kind of spin does he put on the situation to avoid the reality that his is 100% his product and his ineptitude.

2 minutes ago, Krovvy said:

Oh yeah, I forgot, the other fan favorite to hate.

Good corner for his entire career in Carolina, but was roasted here relentlessly. There's not a single position that hasn't become detrimentally worse by replacing the most hated player by the fans. Hurney drafted players were crucified here, and now I'm begging for that 'inconsistency' to come back.

Winning every other year was so much better than this bullshit. We at least had an identity.

If it meant Tepper being gone I’d take Rivera/Hurney back in a heartbeat, lol