electro's horse

just on the merits he's the closest thing to a capable qb we can add at this moment

then you add in all the other stuff...

this is obviously not going to work, but, what if.....it does

i mean this better be with the understanding he gets a fuging gold statue in front of every gate and they rename the field after him

1 minute ago, Jon Snow said:

It will only be entertaining until his first ugly pass or sack.  Then it will be back to blaming the team for not protecting him. It will be no different than what we've watched so far. But at least this board will get its wet dream only to watch it get pounded into retirement. 

exactly. 

this is ruthless

Just now, Jon Snow said:

This will not end well.

yeah this is going to be sad. 

I understand what they're doing, and i understand it might even be the best option, but I don't want it. 

i do not want to watch cam die behind this line. 

3 minutes ago, TheRumGone said:

Uh because it’s just dumb and locks him in for another year. He’s the worst starting qb in the league. We could’ve used the 18 million on other places and were not the saints with whatever the fug it is they do down there. Like let’s throw some money at some olineman or use that 18 million to sign DJ or whatever the fug. It’s just cap space down the drain. 
 

if Sam had played well then were negotiating a contract with him after this season regardless. Made absolutely no sense. And like you said if they did it to boost his confidence then damn what are we doing with him in the first place with no backup plans or competition.

he's not locked in. They can cut him whenever. Again, the cap isn't real. 

What offensive lineman would you have liked them to sign? There weren't any real options. 

If we're going to bitch about not extending DJ, sure, but i think the Anderson extension is far more culpable than the Sam contract. At least DJ might be cheaper after this season. 

And no, we would not have been negotiating a contract with him regardless. If Sam had just come in and played league average then his 5th year would have looked like a steal, and I still think he could have if the offensive line hadn't fallen apart. Not that it matters now, since everyone has gone pear shaped.

Again, Sam was at least the third option for this team, behind Watson and Stafford. You don't have a lot of choices at that point. With the gift of hindsight, realistic options would have been to keep Teddy (revolt), or trade for Minshew or sign Trubisky. None of those really inspire confidence either. 

On 11/8/2021 at 7:55 AM, TheRumGone said:

It’s just compounded now because the Darnold trade and picking up his 5th year option was some epic level failure.

why do people keep bitching about the fifth year option

who cares

the cap isn't real in the nfl and money is no issue for the owner. It's not like we're the raiders who couldn't physically pay for khalil mack

i think at the time picking up the fifth year option was a way to boost his confidence which is its own different bag of poo, to be fair, but if you trade for him thinking you can turn him around you absolutely don't let him do it without another year in place. 

what?

so he's going to....sell it at a loss and buy it back?

I cannot say the same thing now. 

Earlier in the season, when things were still going good, DJ Moore had started to slide after his catches. I didn't mind because I don't see the point in general of fighting for 1-2 extra yards on long receptions, but he clearly saw something on film that he was protecting against.

Steve Smith has straight up said that Sam is throwing hospital balls out there.

Today is the second week in a row that Sam got a receiver murdered for no real reason. 

The pick six was uncatchable, but why would a receiver try knowing a.) the panthers aren't winning and b.) catching this will case an acute kidney injury. 

This is something that, frankly, I've never seen before with the Panthers. 

i honestly dont understand what he brings to any facet of the game

i mean tepper could buy an MLS championship like Atlanta did

no

2 hours ago, Mol3m4n said:

Nothing says analysis like highlights.

hey guys just watching some tape and

the panthers have a billion DBs and at least one of them (jackson) is definitely not here next year

gotta deal from a position of depth

simmons got dog walked into the end zone last night

they literally changed the rules to stop chip kelly from doing what he had been brought into the nfl to do

1 minute ago, firefox1234 said:

I don't know how expecting Sam to be something he hasn't shown he can be is a logical move.

then you don't bring him in 

sam was always the third choice. if you're in for a penny you're in for a pound. the panthers believed they could build an offense for him to thrive in, one that leaned on CMC that he could execute. And that after he did that he would command more money. and for a second there it looked like it was going to work out, but of course now everything has fallen apart. 

just because of what's happened in the interim doesn't change what the situation was when the move happened

2 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

When he picked up Sam's 5ht year option.

You don't need to be Nostradamus to know that was never going to be a good idea.

betting on him turning it around and having him under contract for another season, vs. letting him dangle and demand a huge contract extension

if you're bringing him in you obviously think he's going to rebound

that was just a logical move

1 hour ago, hepcat said:

I’m not sure if it’s his fault the offense is so bad or if it’s Darnold, Brady, I don’t know. By this is just sad.

its polyfactorial

what is the appropriate face to have during a loss

been going on for most of the teams history tbh