Khyber53

Coker needs to be the starting slot receiver, just keep him out there, run him into the seams of the defense and just wing it to him.

Daaaang! Bryce killed an opposing coach! Things might be turning around!

It was a win, something rare, let's just enjoy it for a bit, pat some backs and say "good job". We all remember how to do that, right? It has been sooo long. Give it a day or two then we can go back to picking the carcass.

Wish I could say there was going to be a win here, but I'm just not seeing it. Panthers 14 Saints 31

We need a new QB. We shouldn't pick one in this draft before the third or fourth round. It's not about the QB position at all. It's about building a team. We need to concentrate on defense right now, nowhere else. We need the best D-lineman and/or the best MLB in the first round. Players who can impact every single play of the game. DB would be great, but it's a luxury that we can't afford in the first round. We've got to grab the best first or second level defender available to us, perhaps trade back in to the first for a second dip. At QB, we just need to grab a journeyman vet out there and roll into next season with the intention of building a strong defense under a new defensive coordinator. Build the defense well and it will give a young QB more chances.

I'm glad he's performing admirably as a back-up in a number of positions. Hopefully he can remain here and do some good.

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This ^ 100%.

To officially be "tanking" would mean that you could win a couple if you really tried. I'm not sure we can win any of them, no matter how hard we try. There's tankers and there's suckers. One is a temporary thing, the other is a long-term deal. We're on what? Season 7 of "tanking"? Let's face it, we are bottom feeders in this league right now. If there was relegation in the NFL, the Panthers would be making next year's schedule with the Sun Belt Conference and just trying to stay in Division I.

He came to be a part of this and did his part here. Sad that we couldn't be better for him, but he's got a better opportunity now. He was a rental here, anyway. Best of luck to the guy. Now Jalen Coker will have more opportunities to show us the future here.

And yet, Jamarcus was an even bigger flop. And that's why I chose him over Bryce, after much consideration.

After purchasing this team, Tepper had it in mind to make heavy use of analytics and attempt to modernize how this team is built based on installing a 3-4 defense like Pittsburgh (the team he had been a minority owner in before) and pushing for a more pass-heavy offense. In the process, he jettisoned the team identity of being a smash mouth football team on both offense and defense, and created a six year losing stretch (is it seven now? eight?). Our defense has never made the actual transition and he has had his fingers all over the QB choices and trades we've made or tried to be in on. I get it, though. He wanted to modernize the team, put more butts in stadium seats and create a perennial play-off team, rather than an on again, off again team. And he tragically mis-read the room, as well as his choices in management and coaching. So, now here we are, standing in the middle of nowhere, wondering how to begin... again (apologies to The Kinks). When it is all said and done, Tepper's draft picks haven't been the worst ones we've had. The worst one in Panthers history was when the owners of the other 31 teams of the league got together, looked over all the ownership options, and "drafted" Tepper to be our franchise savior. Yippee. He had won the Hedge Fund Heisman, after all. Studied under the Rooneys. He's proven to be the Jamarcus Russell of NFL owners.

I tried telling you... No one ever listens.

Trade back for multiple picks. Multiple multiple picks. We have an entire team to build. We aren't one guy away from competing. Let some other QB desperate team way overpay for the right to be cursed by the entire Sanders family.

Geez, I can't get mad at Payton for this one (and I hate the guy). Honestly, he saw the opportunity to try out trick plays and some concepts still in the works against another team besides his own scout team. And why not? At this point, we couldn't beat half the scout team squads in the league. And in a year where we've had 50s and 40s laid on us, it's a bit late to start complaining about someone running up the score.

Are they really good, or just good in comparison to the rest of the team? And I'm really wondering myself about this. The o-line? Seems better than before, but think of how bad we've been over the years... getting better has happened, but we may still be way below the mid-mark of quality for the NFL. Chuba looks good, yeah, but that's it. Sanders is well, miniscule and not very helpful, and our great hope is well, coming off of knee surgery and has yet to play a snap in the NFL. Thielen is a good possession receiver but let's face it, if your best WR is a 33 year old dude, then you don't have a long term plan. And DJ, well, he'll probably be the second DJ WR we trade away for beans. This is a badly built team that is playing at league worst levels. It's badly coached, badly managed and badly motivated. It's time to blow this one up and restart from the beginning. And while I can't put all the blame on PeeWee Young, I can say he's the big glaring sign of how bad we have become.

He's not playing on a pro team either.

I'm willing to take a bit of time with Sanders. Greg Olsen took some time to get it right (and a move South).

I guess we're supposed to watch it.

Yanno what? Good luck to him. I'd love to be pleasantly surprised and have to admit how wrong I have been.

Speculation is not breaking news.

For my sports life, it's still the best one ever. Nobody said the ride would be smooth.

He needs a W. However we get it. Our defense isn't able to stop anyone, so it will have to ride on the offense purely. If it means short range passes and a heavy rushing attack, then so be it. Show that he can at least lead that. If it means opening things up and heaving it down the field as far as possible then so be it. The team's got to get a W for anyone to even slightly take him seriously anymore.

Nope. Let me explain a bit more... I would love to see Bryce completely ball out and look like a reasonable young QB during the game. Something with no mistakes and some scores. That way his stock as trade material goes up and we might get some interest out of other teams in trading for him. Because let's face it, whether he can actually ever do the job or not, the whole Bryce and the Panthers thing is already soured. The fan base isn't behind him, the coaches aren't behind him and his offensive players can't be too much behind him after seeing what a pedestrian Andy Dalton can do in comparison. So, the best possible scenario is the Bryce does enough to get some attention elsewhere, but not enough to change Tepper's current opinion of him. Bryce moves on, gets a better shot at a career and we move on with a little bit of currency in the coming or following drafts.

Couldn't have said it better myself.