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That really is our Super Bowl this year. Literally just not handing the Bears #1 overall. The issue is, unlike the Wilks situation, the problem here isn't just gross coaching incompetence and a team that's been demoralized by playing under a snake-oil windbag. We have absolutely no talent. A "Leader of Men" won't change that.

Trading CMC was the right move. For us he was a Lamborghini sitting in front of a mobile home. He was a luxury that puts a complete team over the edge. On the Panthers he would have just squandered what was left of his good years on a failure of a team. The results of the pick haul didn't pan out, but we needed to take that shot. And if you were a CMC fan at all you should be happy he's gone somewhere he can flourish rather than being run into the ground by a team that was not a game-changing running back away from being confused with a competent franchise.

This is why I can see it working. Greg is I think the most competitive player I've ever seen on the team. Maybe Smitty. But Greg DEMANDED the ball when the game was on the line. He is a guy who hates to lose more than he wants to win. I love the culture he would create in Carolina.

Everyone has Tepper's number: Tepper getting dragged by literally EVERYONE. Most, surprisingly, have been coming to Frank's defense. It's not a Huddle secret. Everyone has figured out that Tepper is the problem.

Duce Staley left the Lions for this. Woof.

Well. I guess we're cleaning house then.

This is definitely the lowest. Our previous lows, we at least had the draft to look forward to. Knowing how little talent we have. Knowing that we've earned a 1st overall pick and don't even get to use it. Knowing that we have little hope of improving our team with the draft capital we have... I can't think of a time where we were lower, and I honestly couldn't see a pathway to improvement. We're at the lowest point, and I don't think we've hit rock bottom yet on our tumble down. That's the worst era in franchise history.

Here is my bold prediction. The next head coach of the Carolina Panthers (not including interim) will not be our head coach in 2026.

How did we fare on picking HCs when this was still a somewhat desirable destination?

You realize what a terrible argument this is, right? You're saying the only people we can attract are the people who are grateful because they wouldn't get a shot at a well run organization, or people who don't care how well they perform because they stand to make a lot of money either way ... that's not a good thing. You see that, right?

This all boils down the the #1 overall pick. The amount they gave up, that needed to be the undisputed greatest draft pick of all time. But as it turned out, we got Bryce... No draft, no roster. Reich and Fitt bet their professional careers on Young, and it didn't work out. So they have to be as well. The only thing that will help us heal is time. We're going to suck until we suck long enough to draft an actual game-changer with the #1 overall pick we've earned. And that is at least 2 years away.

Well, I guess we'll ind out now won't we

Okay, play that out. "I'm sure I could do better. Sure, the owner won't let me pick my own QB, I have to play the undersized guy that they sold the farm to get. Which also means I don't get my own system, I have to install a system designed to prop this guy up. Also, I don't get a first round pick. Also I need an entire o-line. Also I need an entire WR corps. Also, from day 1, I'm already on the hot seat and have to start producing wins or they'll fire me after one year as well. But I'm SURE I could do better. It won't even take that much time! The last guy only got one year, so I'm sure I could turn this situation around in less than one year. No problemo!" Honestly, anyone who looks at our situation, and takes this job for anything other than a paycheck is so dumb that I immediately would question their sanity, much less their prospects as a successful head coach. If you fire Frank, the only reasonable option is to promote someone already on staff. This is a job and a situation that needs to be foisted onto someone. No one in their right mind voluntarily takes it unless it's literally the only hope they have of a HC job, and they're just grateful for a shot. And I don't want that guy.

Been saying this for a few weeks. We are, and should be stuck with Frank next year. We can't fire a first year head coach the year after firing the last coach mid-season and hope to attract any kind of head coaching candidate except for one that is looking to make a fat payday off Tepper on his way to retirement. We simply have to give Frank a chance, not because he's the right choice but it's the only hope we have that our next HC won't be another setback.

Feed Chuba. He's our one guy on O who plays like he gives a damn.

Seriously though to put a positive spin on it, I'm thankful today that we're living in arguably the worst, and bleakest period in the team's history, with no hope on the immediate horizon. I'm thankful for better days ahead (statistically they have to be right?). That as turbulent as it is now, in the end, this too shall pass. And I'm thankful that if my psyche can endure this, I'll never have my fandom questioned.

I'm thankful for a culture that breeds victory and demands success!

We have an undersized, rookie QB. We have the league's worst receiving corps. We have an offensive line filled with run-blocking maulers. Our running backs room is probably the deepest on the team. I think I see the fix to our offensive woes here. MOAR CURL ROUTES!!!

For comparison, Winston did that while also throwing 33 Touchdowns and over 5000 yards. What Bryce is doing is literally unprecedented.

I would unironically take this trade. 100%. I've seen enough of Bryce to know he's just not cut out for the pro game. Trey may not be. Bryce is certainly not. Benefit of the doubt is literally an upgrade.

I think I see the problem. We need to stop drafting and signing players with "H" in their names.

Absolutely no reason to part ways with them now. One simple reason. The 2024 Carolina Panthers are far and away the worst opportunity for a coach or GM in the entire league. Let's say we clean house tomorrow so you can start the coaching and GM search, and Tepper even does the right thing and hires a consultant. Okay, what's your pitch to a new possible head coach or GM? You have the worst roster in the league You have no first round pick You don't get to pick your own QB, you MUST play Bryce Young You're inheriting a contract dispute with your one star player who wants rockstar money And oh, by the way, the last 2 head coaches got fired mid-season. The last guy halfway through his first year. So you're literally on the hot seat from day 1, and we expect to see immediate results or you're out the door What exactly is the caliber of talent you'd expect we can bring in to fill the HC or GM role? Honestly, we must roll with Frank and Scott again. They either improve, or they fail again and they get fired next year, and we give a young up-and-comer carte blanche with our shiny new #1 overall pick.

I ended up staying in the same hotel as the Jaguars this summer in Detroit. Spent 3 days seeing Trevor Lawrence around the lobby, working out in the same gym with Travis Etienne, riding in an elevator with Calvin Ridley, and talking with Deshea Townsend about Cadillacs. So I think it was a sign that Jacksonville is my spirit team this year.

We took out a huge business loan so we could buy a Blockbuster franchise.

This team would have Steve Smith still returning punts so Isaac Byrd could get more reps.