electro's horse

I feel like this trade just lives rent free in people's heads and keeps morphing into different things. First thing is that the rumored trade was for future firsts. They wouldn't have any extra picks in 2023; the firsts would have been for 2024 and 2025. With very few exceptions, NFL GMs don't value picks that far away. You have to have a lot of job security to pull that off. Like Chiefs, Eagles, Rams kinda stability. That's obviously not the case with David Tepper, especially since he'd just fired his head coach. No GM except for like Howie Roseman is going to trade an asset you have now for a future asset you probably get to use. Second, at the time you'd have to assume these are first rounders late in the first round. Obviously currency is currency and the panthers need young players, but these weren't slam dunk top ten picks. At the end of the day there's one pick that separates a first and second round pick. Lastly, the only place that ever reported this trade was the Rams. All the reporters just repeated what McVay said and it became gospel. We have no idea how serious the negotiations were, if they ever really happened, if the offer was real, etc. And I personally believe McVay and Sneed are the kind of guys who would make up rumors like that to fug up other teams, mostly because I assume if I've thought of it someone smarter than me has. I don't know how you'd call it the greatest draft haul of all time. Firsts quickly lose their value the farther out they are and Burns had 16.5 sacks last season. And anyway those picks would probably just been tossed into the burning inferno of the Bryce trade up so it's a moot point anyway.

I find it funny that the Panthers aren't in win now mode, even though they have a 4th year qb on his rookie contract, just made a couple huge splashes in free agency, won their division last year and made the playoffs. we all know it's bullshit. we're already on the backside of the Canales era.

who's defending fitterer? im explaining why he would have turned the deal down. no reason for a GM to tank when its for picks you won't be around to use.

Why would the Vikings waste jj McCarthy’s prime

More than the eagles traded for him four seasons ago.

Oh god this game is less than a week after sturgill. I’ll still be hung over. https://youtu.be/8qX02AW48bM?si=dgoITWu3yvKNIw3r

The bears.

It’s a panthers board. worth pointing out some teams are always trying to improve regardless of position, and others are are starting Bryce young at qb.

At the time he was on the hot seat, he wouldn’t be around to use the two picks, and the panthers ended up missing the playoffs by a game. also the only team that’s ever sad that deal was a thing are the rams. They have plenty of motivation to have lied about it.

Actually we were losing and Bryce was finishing off 0/4 when it mattered.

The rams are sending a first to Cleveland to upgrade Jared verse to Myles Garrett, and have their future qb on the roster. The team they beat on the road in the wild card round is bringing back Bryce young and spent a first on a backup left tackle.

Went to target this morning and picked up some Bryce

I don’t know if you saw my response but I’m totally down to be your Purge Coordinator. Really appreciate you asking me soon as the buttons appear I’ll do what needs to be done.

I would really love to know who’s actually making these moves because it’s weirdly vague who’s doing the hiring and firing.

Oh my god I was at this game.

Cut his ass anyway who cares Rams went to a superbowl and got rid of their qb. Different era but the ravens WON a superbowl and dumped Dilfers ass. there are no rules here. You can do whatever you want. No one would give two shits if Bryce was cut and the replacement came in and played better, which would basically be any league average backup.

And after he was benched in 2024, he went into 2025 and now 2026 without competition. Canales can be totally in on Bryce and his precious system and still be incompetent. And they picked up his option; they could have just cut his ass.

Third year in a row he has no competition heading into training camp Not sure what other reassurance you need

I was responding specifically to a poster talking about Canales taking over which was in 2024, who also said the entire offense was bereft of talent. That simply isn’t true, especially the part about the offensive line being mostly practice squad players. Moton, Iggy, and Christensen were already on the team. im not arguing against upgrading positions on offense, but Dan shouldnt get credit for that while ignoring the biggest talent hole on the unit.

when canales was hired to hand hold bryce, they already had their starting tackles as well as multiple players that would be good starters on the oline in 2024/2025. The team had a 1000 yard receiver, and tight ends don't matter to canales because they're not using them to stretch the seam anyway. The defense was blown up to sign the biggest IL linemen in free agency so bryce could become a top 22 qb. Problems with the defense were created by the impulse to drown bryce in resources, and the talent level on offense wasn't nearly as dire when canales took over as some like to pretend. Most of the oline looking as horrible as they did in 2023 was bryce not being able to drop back like a full grown nfl qb

If you’re asking this question about a player with this amount of resources invested into his success, entering his fourth year in the league, the question kinda answers itself

Studio only; he won’t fit in frame with other former players/female sideline reporters this is true btw it’s not just me talking poo

bottom ten in 2025 was 6 wins. Panthers had a very fluky 8 wins. I’m sure you can think of 2 games at least the panthers could have easily lost. Panthers avg point differential on the season was -4. hard to think of a team that screams regression to the mean louder than Carolina.

Bryce new look is looking like the team isn’t picking up his option amiright