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It sucks to see. He has been rock solid for almost his entire career here. But, the franchise has some shaky cap situations coming up, so he may be a casualty in the end. I for one will always appreciate his time here and how much he has contributed. He will be missed.

It doesn't work for us.

This smells of BS. TBH, the whole story smelled of them trying to duck his contract.

Panic moves are Rhule/Fitterer stuff. LB may not work out this year, so be it.

Nonsense. Ian Thomas has been a 4x Pro Bowler and future HOF candidate. Practice reports tell me so.

Yeah, we are down a starter in Jewell and a key backup in Zavala. Not a great start.

Bad News: Another injury. Good News: Wallace being mentored by Shaq and Luke.

Indeed. Sadly, it is likely guys like XL/Coker/Horn that Renfrow will steal time from, more likely than not.

It was pretty bad, TBH. He really set himself up to fail

Good. I think another wiley veteran will help a ton.

IDK. Predicting how good has been the biggest issue by a pretty wide margin.

I am not sure what the statistics are for 2nd rounders, much like Google "AI", as I would have to do actual research that it doesn't. The 3.3ish years average NFL career has held fairly true, IIRC. I know there is a site that still tracks that data. There was a very good and thorough look at success rates by round(I think it was based on games played or started) I read a few years ago and after the 3rd round the success rates dropped off precipitously. I will see if I can dig that up in the near future.

Well the team is always going to say such things. We will see this year. If he has really dedicated himself to football, the results should show themselves on the field. If they don't and he starts to get pushed down the depth chart, I think the writing is basically on the wall It's hyperbolic to say it's a critical year but if it's more of the same after year two, I am just not sure there is really any more to see.

We need someone to step up at FS. That was an obvious roster hole coming into camp. If Richardson can work out, we may have a pretty good S group.

TBH, I think there are a LOT of red flags with his focus on being a social media brand rather than his focus on being a football player. The antithesis of this was definitely Jaycee Horn. I remember all of his rookie vids being working out with top CB's and the reports of him being a sponge for info from the vets. That's elite mentality. XL does not have that, hence why I am generally so negative about him.

So few of the guys pan out after the 3rd round. I really never put too many eggs in those baskets, minus some exceptions.

LLM snippets are not clarity.

That is literally what I am talking about. Those were 53 man cuts. Not at the beginning of camp. I would say the odds of Barno being back are extremely thin.

Yeah, I would caution most Panther fans to ultimately realize that this team is still a very safe bet to be a top 10 draft pick in 2026. What we want to see is roster progression. Actually starting to win is a longer term goal. Welcome if it comes early, to be sure, but definitely not expected.

IDK. If he was a PS candidate, seems like he would have made it further into the TC/preseason. I think it's more likely that he just didn't factor in after all the pass rush additions.

I think this was very inevitable. I suspect a few more niche, fan favorite JAGs will be released before Game 1.

And this price tag should look very reasonable in 4-5 years.

He is easily our #2 defenceman. There is no reasonable scenario where I am giving that up for a JAG+, one dimensional player with an elite price tag. fug. That.

No. Overreactions will rule the day. You take your fuging reasonable takes and just go fug right off.

I mean, the organization is showing what they think of that. This is why I refuse to buy any Panthers related anything under Tepper. It sucks they are assaulting your ability to pass this fanhood/curse on to your kids. It shows how disconnected they are from regular fans.