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There has always been Shaq hate on this board and I don't get it. He's a top 15 linebacker in the league and I'd restructure before cutting him for the cap savings.

He can throw a spiral so give him a look

Why is McAdoo still around?

It’s all so bad. There is nothing to look forward to at the moment. I’m out as a fan if they start tanking…such a loser mentality.

First game for the Hornets, Bobcats, Bobcats renamed as Hornets, and Panthers was no different. Nothing in the US can come close to competing with the popularity of the NFL and not even college football. The ratings for the NFL compared to other sports is staggering. I'd find it very hard to imagine a situation where soccer was more important to Tepper than NFL football.

Mayfield needs a scheme designed for him specifically. If he has this, I think he's a potential starter. Mayfield is not a traditional pro style, drop back passer. Murray in the 2nd half last weekend is how we need to use Mayfield and he'll take hits, but he's not capable QB in the pocket all the time.

I'm more fearful of Tepper than Rhule because you can always replace a coach, but replacing an owner is much harder and they still make a ton of money even if they are terrible. I'm fearful we have Dan Snyder 2.0. Life is too short and I won't support a poor product long term if they have no hope of turning it around. I'm not there yet with the Panthers, but this thought is starting to enter into my head. I'm from Charlotte and I've been on this ride since day 1.

It is no secret that no LB or safety can guard CMC in coverage and most corners can't guard him either. I can't figure out why McAdoo cannot scheme plays that force a LB to cover CMC and previous inept OCs could at least do this. Or is Mayfield too short and these are the passes that keep getting batted down?

Any age is fine once the temperature cools off a bit. We have a 4 and 7 year old and haven't taken them to a football game yet mainly due to the fact that all of my teams are not good at the moment and I refuse to drop a bunch of money on 4 tickets to watch poor football.

Carolina has a 9 game losing streak which is worst stretch in the NFL. I’m not sure it can get much worse.

Agree and my biggest concern with Carolina is Tepper. I wish he would just write checks and stay out of everything but this isnt how he operates.

You are probably right. My point is change can be painful and we are going thru the painful part that most franchises go they when they have a major turnover. The grass isn’t always greener.

Our fan base wanted change so bad and here is change. Change isn’t easy and teams seem to miss on coaches about 50% of the time

Everyone here wanted Ron fired…miss him yet?

Why didn't the Panthers run a screen at all to slow the pass rush down. I recall maybe seeing one screen pass. Garrett looked incredible and I'm not sure any LT would have stopped him. He reminded me of vintage Von Miller when he was unstoppable.

Mayfield looked awful in the first half and there is no disputing this. Not using CMC for essentially the entire game was and still is a head scratcher. The Panthers looked like a 5-6 win team on Sunday and I hope I am wrong. I'm an optimistic person, but I didn't see anything to be excited about. Even Horn looked bad.

I'm not convinced that CMC could not have played through most of those injuries. I feel like the team shut him down because they knew we were not competing for anything and RBs have limited time to play at an elite level.

I'm guessing the quote was taken out of context. He simply said he would have gone somewhere (hindsight) that had a QB competition. My guess is this quote was a response to the competition with Darnold and Baker for the starting job. This is a nothing article.

Don't discount Darnold. I know everyone wants him gone and I'm one of these people, but he knows the offense better and typically practices well. Plus, he started off last year playing very well until he got injured. This fanbase will implode if Darnold starts the season and it wouldn't surprise me.

Getting Mayfield and giving up something to get him are two different scenarios. I’m not opposed to Mayfield but he better be cheap.

I don’t believe it. I think these draft analysts are eating crow for being way off on the qbs this year.

Panthers shouldn't give up any draft picks for any QB available in the draft or free agency. With our defense, just let Darnold hand the ball of all game and occasionally make a play action pass. Maybe just let CMC play QB. We could probably win 8 or 9 games just by doing this.

I’d get Minshew and wait until next year to draft a rookie or go hard after a free agent. I don’t like any of the QBs this year in the 1st round.

No player and definitely not a franchise QB would chose to play for a team that is getting ready to fire their coach. It is shocking that Tepper does not understand this.

Minshew reminds me of Fitzgerald . . . never gets any love but just wins and is super likeable. Plus I like someone that can pull off a mullet.