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2 hours ago, Jackofalltrades said:

… stay ahead of the curb?

Stay ahead of the Kurb?  Do we have a Kurb sighting?

22 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

 … but be smart about it. 

Pogo: “We have met the enemy… and he is us!”

On 1/12/2025 at 10:16 PM, Joe Bear said:

Loser teams sign players to futures contracts.

Teams that play 4D chess are signing players to pasts contracts. Put that Hubbard contract against the salary cap in 2002.

Managed futures can be a helpful addition to your portfolio's asset allocation.  They are volatile, though.  

15 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Hes made i would guess 100mil in his career.   I doubt he wants to spend his last season mentoring young wrs.    I just don't see a scenario where he is here next year for 8 million 

If AT wants to be here, I’m sure the FO can tweak his contract to meet his  number

48 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Kiper is not a guy I would listen to. There are a lot of good NFL draft guys now and he is one of the absolute worst.

... but his hair is perfect

59 minutes ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Why would you come back if you were him?

He’s had a very good year personally; could have another very good year in 2025.  I will guess that he is a very positive presence in the WR room and perhaps also with Bryce.  At this stage in his career, it depends on what he values more: making a personal impact with young players on a bad team trending upward or a ring or money.  

What you value at the end of your professional career is not necessarily the same as what you value early in your career.  Early career is typically maximizing income.  End of career is sometimes about your personal investment in people, paying it forward and how you are remembered, i.e. your legacy.

Just the ruminations of someone who retired in 2024.

5 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

And you guys better be praying that Theilen doesnt retire or doesnt want to play the last year of his career with a contender.  

I just threw up in my mouth a little…

Nice write-up.  Looking at just the maths, we have enough day three picks to minimally cover the depth requirements.  We do not have enough day one and day two picks to cover the need for starters, so, quoting Captain Obvious, we will be active in free agency.  Cap management becomes the critical issue; I think we may need to get comfortable with the idea that we may be losing BC, Tremble, other marginal starters and backups that we might like to retain but just can’t afford to.  We may also lose Horn if he does not agree to an incentive laden contract.  I do not think we sign him to straight up Pro Bowl type money, given his injury history.

Unpopular take:  We will be more competitive in 2025 but this team needs another draft (2026), maybe two (2027) to replenish the roster and fix our ugly cap situation.

I think the better comparison is to Jake, not Cam.  They are all very different personalities and to expect Bryce to be a 'larger than life' personality like Cam is unrealistic.  Bryce just has to find his own way and style of leadership in the huddle.

If Bryce can become a better version of Jake, he will rightfully take his place among the top Panther QB's.

2 hours ago, Jon Snow said:

Deshaun Watson had Achilles surgery. I wonder if Cleveland feels like they got their money's worth out of that deal?

Cleveland area massage therapists probably did…

10 hours ago, WarPanthers89 said:

… he’s a top tier CB and you don’t let them leave. 

Yes, you do, if the player’s contract demands are over the top unreasonable.  Ask the Browns how that Watson contract is working out for them.

Some people grow in their craft as they get older.  I’m happy for the success that Baker, Sam, and Joe have earned.  Good for them.

22 hours ago, Shocker said:

The transformation of Bryce haters in here is impressive 

“When the facts change, I change my mind.  What do you do, sir?”

- Winston Churchill

29 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Many have stated just BPA and they are right per normal.

 

I feel the Panthers need to use at least one of the first three picks on a WR or TE, in fact I fell it must be either the 1st or 2nd. BY needs another young weapon to grow with. Even spend the remaining picks on D/BPA and keep an eye in the late rounds at ST.......I normally am 100% using picks on ST, but when none are under contract, change the rules....

If T-Mc is sitting there at 8, that will be hard to pass up.  It’s a nice problem to have.

15 minutes ago, Basbear said:

Does anyone have a list, Ive tired to look and get no where....

Its not that important, just off-season chatter and just jne thing more thing I was wrong about BY.....

It’s okay, brother.  I’m still working off my first helping of crow.   There’s still plenty to go around.  

13 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

Tepper looking pretty good today

Yes, but the bar is pretty low for owners

3 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

He was set up for failure.

As a team, we seem to do that a lot, and then crucify the player on the Huddle.  It’s what we do.

16 hours ago, Aussie Tank said:

Hope he takes Thielens role after next year 

[Sorry, just caught the ‘after next year’.  Mea culpa.]

I don’t think we’re ready to part with Thielen yet.  He needs to be on this roster for next year at the least.  The development of Bryce and our young receivers requires his veteran presence.  His intangibles are great and can’t be measured in stats.

2 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

https://www.panthers.com/news/miles-sanders-activated-among-other-transactions

The team also signed veteran defensive end DeShawn Williams from the practice squad and placed outside linebacker Amaré Barno on injured reserve.

The team added outside linebackers Thomas Incoom and Kenny Dyson from the practice squad by standard elevation to add depth there.

They were down to three on the active roster, with Barno ruled out and DJ Johnson placed on the reserve/non-football injury list on Friday.

What’s up with Johnson?  Reserve/non-football injury?  

7 hours ago, The Lobo said:

Something clicked for him when he got benched, saved his career. 

I have thought about the night and day change in performance for some time, welcome though it is.  What made the dramatic difference in performance?  I see three possible causes…

1.  Something clicked - watching Dalton from the bench, light bulb comes on moment, ‘okay, now I understand; I can do this’

2. Canales radically simplified the offensive scheme to better fit Bryce

3.  Bryce’s mental state or motivation changed

4. Greatly improved offensive line - a necessary but not sufficient condition; Bryce had this offensive line in the first two games before his benching

Causes 2 (explicitly) and 3 (maybe) have Canales’ fingerprints all over them.  Canales and position coaches may have also been involved in helping Bryce get to that critical ‘aha’ moment in cause 1.  

Any way that I look at it, Canales directly or indirectly is the instrument of Bryce’s success after returning as a starter.  Bryce gets full credit for his improved performance on the field but, I don’t see that happening without Canales.  YMMV

The original mods…

2 hours ago, Bear Hands said:

Bythenumbers it doesn’t look good but this is a bit baity.

You called?

6 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

You would have to be wildly incompetent to actually get caught doing it.

Indeed.  That’s what scares me…

XL, Sanders, Boone, Mays, Zavalla

Wonnum, DJ Johnson, Crumedy

How about we draft T-Mac (Evans mini-me), and have him on a rookie contract for five years.  Use the cap that Higgins would have taken up to re-sign Horn and/or sign another FA on defense.

With two guards eating a huge chunk of cap, we sure could use cap space for FA’s on the defensive side of the roster.

[Snow makes the same point above but hits the send button before I did.  He says it better than I did, anyway.]