DeAngelo Beason

I think a tackle in round 2 or 3 makes sense. We have guys we can shift over to LT to survive if Ickey isn't ready in time. Round 1, I don't see how we can go anything other than LB. We need a psychotic LB who plays with his hair on fire and can take away the middle of the field.

He'll be back next year.

You're talking about one game. I'm talking about a season-long trend that establishes a very likely cause. I'm not saying we can't stand to upgrade some pieces on defense. I'm saying that when your offense is constantly trailing the defense has to play for the run. That's backed up by the facts.

When you almost never hold a lead for the entire season, the defense can never pin its ears back and rush the passer. It still all goes back to the QB not being able to put points on the board. It was exceptionally rare this season. If you take Atlanta week 3 and the Jets off the board (the only games where we led for more than half the game and put the defense in said situation to pin its ears back) we led a GRAND TOTAL of around 164 minutes the entire season (per chatgpt). That's 11 minutes per game outside of the two aforementioned games. That is absolutely putrid. I've said it many times, but literally no one on this team can be properly assessed because of the QB.

I'm definitely not. He's atrocious.

Yeah I think they're going to lock him down. Nothing crazy. Short term $3m/yr deal or so tops.

I think many are expecting a huge contract but he's not there yet. I'm thinking 2 years $8m, or he may (wisely) go for a 1 yr deal around $3m so he can earn a monster deal.

I don't see this roster as being flawed at all. I think this is a roster that has been built to bail out a terrible QB and it can only do so much. It's time to put an actual professional behind center. We will quickly see that this is a terrific roster ready to win big, and win now.

To whom it may concern, I'm the one who gave him the bottom vote. He's THE liability on this team. With a competent QB that has moderate physical tools we are competing for a championship. This roster, as I've said for a while, is very well assembled and ready to compete right now. It is hamstrung by the QB.

Fortunately for us we don't have many guys here that'll break the bank. Coker will get a decent little contract though.

It seems that way now but honestly who knows? It's really a non-conversation. There's no point in speculating at how good anyone will be next year.

Canales needs the opportunity to bring in his own DC. Evero is not good.

This is the problem with Bryce Young. We all see him have a very pedestrian performance and somehow think it's special. That was a very, very average game. There was absolutely nothing special about it. It is a testament to how ungodly awful he is that when he goes out and has a middle-of-the-road performance that we view it as being spectacular. The dude had 35 seconds and 3 timeouts to go 30 lousy yards and completely imploded. He's absolutely terrible.

Coker and TMac are basically equals as #1s. I like XL but he and Bryce aren't on the same page at all. The pass to the end zone Bryce threw that was flat as hell and gave XL absolutely no chance to run under is a prime example. I just don't know what it is, but every ball he throws in XL's direction is absolutely terrible.

I wouldn't say it's a foregone conclusion that he misses next season. He may still be rehabbing for the first half of the season or so though.

Dude does seem like he's running on ice sometimes.

I doubt he will start. He's almost certainly there for depth right now.

Does it count if it's my wife's first home game?

I'll be there with my wife, who has never been to a sporting event of any kind, ever. Hopefully the fans can be crazy enough to make her question the mental stability of all of us who are present.

I think there are better coordinators out there, but I'd say he did enough to keep his job.

As badly as I cannot stand Bryce Young, I will always want a Panthers victory in a game as meaningful as this. If we are in the middle of a tank season then I definitely advocate for losses, but if there is meaningful football to be played, I'm pulling for wins.

Bryce Young doesn't have the ball placement to operate within McDaniel's offense.

This is the right decision for now. I still believe XL can be a very good receiver for this team, but he needs a QB with better ball placement. He doesn't have the hands to make the circus catches that are required to bail Bryce Young out.

Line Brown up on the backup every single play dammit.

Spot on.