Khyber53

Let's hope he has a busy season and that statistic barely budges. That's just astounding!

I think we may be looking for someone during camp cuts. The loss of Walker and/or Grier won't be hard to recover from. There's going to be a smart young kid that ends up on the wrong side of some team's math and hopefully we'll grab him. Walker and Grier offer us nothing either as relief pitchers or for the future.

Let's take a hard look at our QB room. Honestly, we have three backups in there between Darnold, Walker and Grier. And chances are good that two of them really aren't the quality you need to hold a clipboard and be ready to come into a game and not lose it after the starting QB is injured. I know, I put Darnold in there. Right now, his performance with the Jets would have him headed to the pool of back-up QB candidates in most seasons. We're taking a flier on him that he can be coached back up, but until we get a couple of games into the season, that's still a crap shoot. We're hoping we find a Favre or Brees needing a new home, but honestly its just as likely we have a Rosen or Colt McCoy on our hands. I hope he'll be good or even great, but chances aren't good for QB flops in their second home. Walker and Grier aren't cusp players, they are cusp pros. They are just hanging on to the possibility of being in an NFL uniform much less actually playing in a game. If you have to send one of these guys into a game, pray the defense can somehow run out the clock. If you have to start one of them for any period of time, it's time to look at the next draft class while possibly polishing up the coaching resumes. This isn't a great situation going into the season. Maybe it will work out. Hope so.

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Moore for certain. Anderson, I wouldn't negotiate that until we see if that wasn't a flash in the pan last year. After week 5, Robby didn't post a single 100-yard game and really only 3 over 50 yards. True, this was one of his only 16 game seasons, but either he ran out of gas as the season went on, or teams figured out how to jam him up. Sometime around week 12 we should know what the story is there. Donte... yeah, let's get some more games under his belt. He improved a lot last year, and once again, we need a better view of whether that was the ceiling or just the beginning of something better. Burns, yeah, we need to get that extension signed sooner rather than later. I believe this will be his break out year.

Worst case scenario for Darnold is that he plays a bit under mediocre but the team has a winning season on the strength of the running game and a stout defense. We get a playoff spot and an early exit, then pick in the last third of the draft. Worst case scenario is he turns us into the Bears, a decent team with lousy QBing, bad placement in the draft and a coach that no one believes in anymore. Me, I'm hoping this becomes a redemption story for the ages and Darnold comes in and shines.

As much as an experienced decent corner is intriguing, this is probably 100% right. Let's stay the course and keep the money in reserve. I hope we don't need to, but there may be a chance we need to grab a QB.

People used to complain that character was part of our drafting criteria. This is all about quality of character.

Good, I don't envision it either. Kinda have a nightmare about us doing it, but hopefully wiser heads in the front office will keep us out of this trouble.

If it pans out that way, it would probably be better to ride out the season (again) and take a QB early in the draft rather than pay big for a guy who could conceivably not be allowed to play football again. The allegations against Watson, if true, are terrible and should result in him being banned from the sport. In such a case, the team trading for him would be out the draft picks, the opportunities they would have created AND very likely be sitting on contracted dead money against the cap for years to come. Yeah, let someone else take a chance on that.

In the end, we could have had both looking at how the CAP money worked out. We could have had a second round pick used elsewhere than at WR and the replacement for Robby Anderson on staff and experienced going into 2022. They were just figuring out how to use Samuel in the last half of last season. Having him and CMC out there together this season would have been murder on opposing defenses if Darnold plays well. But, there's no use crying over spilt milk.

What exactly has changed with Watson since his career became a dumpster fire (even if it may be a temporary one)? Nothing except he reported to training camp. The situation hasn't gotten better. The price hasn't come down. We've moved on and rolled our dice. Let's keep moving forward and quit rubber-necking that accident scene.

Let's not let that money burn a hole in our pocket right now. There may be some serious needs coming up and there's always a chance a trade might be available wherein we need a few extra bucks stashed away. And carrying most of it over to next year isn't the worst idea.

I hate to say it, but 7-10 is how I'm seeing it at the moment. Darnold is too big of a question right now and I've got to see major improvement in the defense before I think Snow can handle the job. O-line is still a big question mark. The only honest to goodness improvement I can see over last year and bank on, is that CMC will be back. He can make a huge difference and that gets them two more wins over last season's total. I sure hope I am wrong about this, though.

Repping it since 1979.

Obvious axe to grind. Let's revisit this in week 6. By then we'll know if OP is right or not. You've got to let the dice roll before you see what comes up. Could be a nat 20, could be a 1.

Honestly, with some of the predictions I've heard, we'll be in lockdown again by mid-November. If you're planning on attending a game, you'd better make it early in the season.

Meh, neither one is Brees. The drop off in New Orleans production could be epic.

I've stated this before and been shot down for even mentioning it. I'll say it again, I like the picture Rhule puts out there, I hope he can succeed here, in this league. What we have, though, is a newbie pro head coach with a 5-11 record, an offensive coordinator with a short and spicy resume who couldn't get the team to score in the red zone, a grizzled old DC who fielded a marshmallow defense, a new GM that comes from a team that is currently falling apart because of lack of O-line talent and defensive stalwarts, and a team owner who is more famous for grabbing his trophy wife's ass during a press conference than he is in creating a winning organization. That, my friends, is the un-optimistic look at our Carolina Panthers. Last year we could sit around a talk about potential and bein saddled with leftovers. This year, I just don't think Rhule gets the same benefit of the doubt. He does have a long contract but if he pulls off a similar record, or worse, we could very well be looking for a new coach and probably should be. Still, I want this to all work out here. I don't want another wasted season, I've only got so many seasons left to enjoy. I want to see us in the playoffs this year. I want to see us win this division.

While I think the comic/sci fi fandom has been time travelled to death at this point, I sure did enjoy their rendition of Kang. He'll be back for the next Ant-Man/Wasp movie, but I think they are building up something big, like the next Thanos-level event for him.

Hopefully Darnold will work out really well and this won't be an issue for us at all. If Arnold doesn't work out, we're probably positioned for another high draft pick. I just don't see Watson coming into the situation here, not just for the two reasons above, but also because of fan fallout and the potential for a repeat offender situation. Let some other team roll those dice.

They'll take notice this season!

I hope so! I think that's what this d-line really needs. There's plenty of talent and energy, just need a wily vet to bring them together, show them the tricks of the trade. Or at least, that's how it works in the movies.

I don't think they'll be the new Peppers and Rucker. If they can be 80% of that they'll be outstanding, though.

Whew, they have a stat for everything.