kungfoodude

Yeah, I don't even have a bar anymore. I will watch and be amused more than anything else, I am sure. Tepper Panthers have me completely apathetic but not off board enough to not watch.

You and most logical fans. One of the reasons I really did not like our draft. But, we gotta be used to FO flubs at this point as Panthers fans. It's been our MO in recent memory for sure.

It seemed like such an obvious hole in their OL plans that they just didn't address. I mean, they even hedged on LT because od those struggles but then they just decide an oft injured veteran with almost no experience at C is just gonna be the guy? Also, with literally almost no backup??? I couldn't wrap my head around that at all.

My ultimate issue is that I can't buy into that our roster improved in the offseason.

7 wins would be the equivalent of a good team winning 12-14 games, IMO. I still have us in the 4-6 win range, pre-training camp.

If he doesn't do well, we spent all that money on OL for literally nothing. He is one of the most critical elements of this offensive overhaul. If he gets injured or he doesn't pan out, you can go ahead and bank on the season being a mess.

I hope so. Luvu was a thumper, that's for sure.

Offensively, I will go Harrison Mevis. I think he beats out Eddie and becomes our guy. Defensively, Josey Jewell. He takes a little bit of the sting off losing Luvu(definitely not saying he will be as good because I don't believe that) and plays very well this season.

Yes, as if they could ruin overwhelming talent to where it doesn't show itself. This is full Sam Darnold Syndrome.

I mean, I guess that is one way to look at it. The other is that we are wildly incompetent when it comes to talent evaluation. It's hard to "back into" a good decision in that state.

Bruh....how many of the last few new QB's worked out?

Yeah, I don't have anything against him. I thought he was the guy but IMO, he has shown that he is not. I guess we will see what happens.

I suspect the pass rush will drop off overall, as will the defense overall. Nothing major, but noticeable. They aren't giving Evero an easy hand to play with, that's for sure.

Great potential to be a 6-10 mpg solid backup guy in the long term. That's about all you can ask from a 2nd round pick. All 2nd round picks are basically throw away picks in the NBA.

Brother, never underestimate our ability to draft poorly. I hope that happens but until it does.....

Yeah, plus it sounds like maybe we are shooting for tanking, so it would make sense for him to just develop in the NBA. Doesn't matter if he is lost initially, as long as he gets reps. Oh well. I guess we will get another long term CLT dumpster fire.

I mean, he's basically going to be a screener for Ja Morant, most likely. That's literally his biggest benefit to Memphis. He might be an occasional rim protector but this won't be like college. He's gonna be facing a lot of dudes that can pull him out to deep water and drown him.

There is literally no comparison between Miller and this dude. At all. Miller was a top 20 HS recruit and an SEC Player of the Year. I can understand skepticism about where he was picked and maybe some fit but the talent was obvious and he is was far more developed. This French dude is certainly a physical talent but he hasn't exactly been crushing it in Europe as a professional. EXTREMELY raw. TBH, we would be fools to even bring him over for the next couple of seasons. Stash him in Europe and let him develop there.

I honestly thought he was a mid-2nd round guy, TBH. I agree and had said similar about him being a top 5 pick in the 80's and 90's. But he is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO unathletic. I just don't know how he has much impact other than a role player in very specific systems. I get that this is a bad draft but I am not sure I see him fitting in the NBA. I mean what is the comp? Probably someone like Marjanovic who is a journeyman bit player at under 10 mpg career. That's a top 10 pick????

I don't really think we have the personnel that anything short of a superstar coach can really do much with. It would be nice to eat those words but our two deep is HORRIFYING.

I heard rumors of Edey top 10 but I assumed no team was that stupid.

It has been renovated several times, IIRC.

The Jags stadium is already considerably nicer than BoA, IMO. I have been to both fairly recently(last 3 years).

Well, can you name one of these developmental guys that has ever panned out for us in the history of the franchise? I can't.

If you are constantly planning and improving your roster, maintain and draft quality depth, those "rebuilding" cycles are typically quite short. It's closer to retooling than rebuilding. We went from solid roster to absurd, raging dumpster fire. TBH, it has never really improved above the dumpster fire level. This is the least talented roster in the NFL by a fairly wide margin. That is what years of roster mismanagement will get you. If Tepper stays in Dan Snyder mode, it is likely to be a 20ish year total stretch before we have a chance build anything more than a .500ish team. Hence why I keep saying Cleveland Browns. We look very, very much like that era.