Khyber53

Yesterday's game was a welcome drink of cool, cool water to a fanbase that has spent years wandering in the desert. I hope it wasn't a mirage.

He's right and knows more about football and the current team than any of us do. It's obvious, more than anything, that Bryce was not ready for what he had been thrown into, either last season or this one. Will he be able to make that transition? I don't know. But it didn't look like Sam Darnold or Baker Mayfield could either. And well, they're seeing a resurgence. I can't see down the road that far, though for Bryce. I can see what is standing right in front of us, though: A sturdy team with a steady, veteran hand at the tiller. Right now, you've got to go with that and let Bryce ride the bench and study.

And honestly, I'm cool with that. We need to move on and he deserves a second chance at a career. What we spent for him (and will continue to spend for him with that 2nd rounder this season) is a done thing. Sunk costs and all that.

Can they play QB? And some stuff from Ride the Lightning, too?

When dementia gripped my grandmother (and eventually took her), we each spent time with her and would try to correct her to what was reality and what wasn't. It was very tough on my Dad who she lived with for as long as they could care for her. It seemed like she had become detached from her own timeline and would slide up and down it wildly. As my Dad said, "somedays I'm me to her, somedays I'm my Dad, somedays I'm her father, somedays I'm just the guy who works here. I tried correcting her but it just upset her. I found out that the best thing is to just not correct her and let her live out where ever and whenever she is." And I'm not going to lie, it gets tough and eventually they leave their own timeline and it becomes unmanageable. Hold on to yourself and the ones you love through it all. Prayers for you and yours, man.

I have a thing about trying to find the orphans on a restaurant menu. And the black walnut milkshake was one of those. On a lark, I ordered it and was blown away with how darned good it was. But hey, I've never been able to pass on banana pudding. And it shows.

Next one is up. Thanks for watching. I really, really do appreciate it.

Our health care system is broken, and the patients and workers within are suffering mightily. There's got to be a better way. So glad she made it through well and praying that there will be some relief and smoother times ahead for her and your family.

Cookout is the best bang for your buck when it comes to drive-thru burgers. And don't sleep on their hushpuppies -- best tray addition. They have great onion rings, too, but honestly, they could be a little more generous with them! And the black walnut milkshake is incredible.

There are some glimmers, that may be the light at the end of the tunnel ahead of us... but it may be a very long tunnel yet to go. We have some foundational things going well for us. Hopefully we see things get a bit stronger this weekend.

Before the draft of 2023, Bryce had every reason to believe that he was large enough to play in the NFL. And then he took the field. In effect, he saw the elephant, and it was bigger and scarier than he ever realized. Or at least that's the way it all looks. Still, he suited up and took a beating for his team and his contract. Can't take that away from him. The water was really deep out there where he got thrown.

"Bryce, we'd like for you to meet your new coach." "Hey, is he like a quarterback rehab specialist." "Um, not exactly." "A sports psychologist?" Nope, he's from Charles Schwabb and he's going to help you make sure those millions we've already paid you last you for a long, long time." "Now if you'll hand over the playbook, I have some investment pamphlets for you."

The league didn't intervene and make Richardson sell. Richardson wanted to move the franchise fast before his sons could inherit it (or take it to court to challenge any inheritance issues) and so he got them to "put the franchise up for sale" as a "punishment" for what to billionaires is nothing. Don't believe me? Think of all the crazy effed up stuff the owner of the Colts has been busted doing over the years. Richardson let go of an investment he didn't have the time or health to enjoy anymore. And he made a mint from it. Tepper isn't going anywhere unless he wants out.

Alabama's coaching staff is a remarkably good sales and marketing team.

I think he's a back-up level QB now and he'll possibly see the field that way. And that's probably his career going forward if he can get a shot to prove himself that way. And let's face it, back-up NFL QB is one heck of a dream job.

They were hoping for Drew Brees pt. 2.

The next couple of weeks should be very important for the jobs of a lot of people in the Panthers organization. I'm speaking particularly about our entire scouting department. Was Bryce just a one shot mistake that has hurt the whole team or is he just the biggest symptom of a systematic inability to assess talent honestly and extensively. And I don't just mean our college scouting group but also those who are assessing free agent players out there. We've been watching a degradation of the team since the year before Rivera was fired. We've made bad pick-ups in free agency and have a love for grabbing old guys who are using their names for one last paycheck. For every Adam Thielen who balls out, there's a Bruce Irvin to balance him out or even two of them. It is our GM situation that has slipped, but there's a whole cast of folks behind that guy. If we don't see a competent and competitive team out there in the next two weeks, we've got to look at taking an axe to the whole department and cleaning house on our scouting groups. Or maybe it just was one undersized guy screwing up the whole thing. I'm personally not sure it was just one guy, though.

We're going to learn a lot about this team Sunday in Vegas. Not all of it will be pretty. This is a team with some major issues. That being said, we just benched our biggest issue on the field.

I hate to hear anyone's lifelong dream being shattered, but it was time. This just wasn't working out and it wasn't going to work out. It's time to move on. It's sad but you have to look at a #1 draft pick that already got one HC fired, was a second one looking down the barrel of that gun? Looks an awful lot like it would have been. I wonder what the ration of #1 draft picks versus HCs fired works out to be over the history of the league? There's some rough math in there that probably doesn't bode well. So, now, let's move on.

You'll never know if your receivers, tight ends or even offensive line is any good if your QB never attempts a serious pass over 10 yards in the air. There's dink and dunk, but this is just dinky. There are 52 professional football players on this team besides Bryce and every one of them knows if a player is any good or not. Don't you think they are seeing what we are? Have some mercy, bench PeeWee and just go play some football. Please.

In 30 years as a Panther fan and 20 years as a Falcons fan before that... I've never seen a more hopeless, useless, feckless and worthless team take the field. And I have never seen a worse first string QB. And I've cheered for a lot of suck ass teams over the years. This is pathetic. Bench the pint-sized project QB and let's try to play adult football.

I'm fuging sick of this "get the first pick" bullshit garbage. Win some fuging games, fug picking order. Losers pick first and I am sick of the loser mentality. Bench PeeWee, try and get some sense of self worth back and at least fuging try to win.

It's more than a game. It's something we share, something we remember and something we pass on. So very sorry to hear about your loss, but also heartened to hear what a great and positive impact he had on your life. We miss people for a reason and hopefully we get to be with them again some day. Until then, we get to hold onto those shared parts of our lives, and you are right, we should all make more of them, even if it's just a phone call. Peace be with you and yours.

I'm gonna say it and it will draw some fire but poo, let's call it like it is. Dan Morgan has always been a mook and was never one of the brightest guys on our team. He wasn't the guy we needed to take over for Fitterer. He may actually be a step backwards. As a former Panther player, he is to management as Frank Reich was to coaching. I'm sorry, but it's true.

You mean you still have hope that Bryce can be the guy?