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I don't see how you can hang this on the defense. We've managed like 40 yards of offense. We can't even give them a blow before a turnover.

Anyone want to play a drinking game with me? Every time you hear, "Carr with time," take a shot. I'm playing because I want to die.

He was never the problem. He's gonna have a much longer career than Bryce.

Yeah, cute to think this fanbase has enough interest to overload a server these days.

Zappe should land somewhere. He's a quality #2 QB and a no-brainer pickup for a #3.

This one stood out to me, and this one as well. This is the play where he was ultimately taken down. I think it show a lack of what JT O'Sullivan calls "the big A" Anticipation. Johnson in the top left is already in his break, the LB is beaten by 10 yards and flat footed, and the safety has already bit on Mingo, so Dionte is wide open (or at least VERY "NFL open"). Bryce is seemingly staring #5 down, but doesn't pull the trigger, and ends up scrambling in the face of pressure. Maybe he just needs to get the timing down with Dionte. But as another Huddler suggested, I wonder if he is questioning whether he has the zip to get the ball there before the LB can react.

I don't believe the fluff about Bryce that I'm hearing from practice will translate to a gametime situation. Especially in his first live game action of the season. But I think the defense will show out. Bryce Young will lead a scoring drive. Yes Bryce Young will lead a TD drive. No. Bryce Young will have at least 50 pass yards. No. The Panthers will have at least 1 passing TD. No. The starting unit (with QB) will have at least 3 drive attempts. No. The starting OL will allow a sack. Yes XL will log 25+ rec yards. No. Ja'Tavion Sanders will have more yards than XL. Yes Jack Not The Snake Plummer will have a TD pass. LOL!!! No. Jordan Matthews will lead the team in rec yards. No. ISM will lead the team in receptions. No. Panthers starting D will allow 0 points to the Bills backups. Yes Panthers starting D will create at least 1 turnover vs the Bills backups. Yes Panthers starting D will log at least 1 sack vs the Bills backups. Yes The Panthers D will have at least 1 takeaway. Yes The Panthers D will limit the Bills to under 10 points (9 is their high). No. Garbage time is a thing. Tie Breaker - Exact number of pass yards for Bryce Young - 44 Tie Breaker #2 - Exact number of receiving yards for XL - 21

I'm not going to assume it's the case, but I've been around marketing people enough to know that there's a non-zero chance the engagement with and general reaction to the posts by the panthers servitor gets bundled up and presented at some sort of weekly corporate meeting. So going off that possibility alone, I'm just going to say to the junior marketing drones who are aggregating these data points: Tell Dave to play the f***ing starters. Fan enthusiasm is historically low. Give us SOME reason to watch. SOME reason to vaguely get excited. SOME ripple of hype that we can ride into week one. Because right now, it's entirely possible that I might forget we have a game on the 8th.

Fist bump, past Cat poop! You clever, sexy macho man, you!

Called it. He was featured way too heavily in garbage time to deduce anything other than, "he's not making the team, but we like him. Let's give him plenty of game tape to show off for other teams"

Oh no. With them starting, we'll have no shot at a playoff run! Horn is a injury waiting to happen. If we can fleece someone for a first I'm all for it. We're a garbage team, and our only way out of rebuilding purgatory is hitting on some draft picks (who actually see the field consistently). If we can move him, do it

I am exactly as interested in the team as they give me reason to be interested. I can slog through watching a bad team. I've done it before. I've rallied on Sunday mornings knowing we were in for a shellacking, and still managed to muster some enthusiasm. But what, I ask you, what is there for me to get excited about right now? Okay, snarkiness aside, I have one thing to look forward to, and that's to watch a punishing defense again. But on the other hand, I don't know if that is worth enduring offensive ineptitude, and even that comes with the creeping dread that when Evero gets poached, we're back to having nothing to get excited about.

The way he was featured tonight, it seems like he probably isn't, and the coaches want to show him off for other teams so he gets a shot. Why give him such good tape in garbage time if you are trying to stash him?

This. How can you possibly make decisions on cuts when you're QB is putting up 42 yards through 3 quarters?

I never thought Darnold nor Baker were the problem, and frankly I think giving up on them both was a huge mistake. I don't think hey would have been world-beaters, but if anything the QB carousel we've seen the last several seasons shows that the QBs under-performing was the symptom, not the disease. Terrible line. Mediocre talent at the skill positions. Uninspired coaching. No QB could step into the Carolinas for the better half of a decade and hope to be successful. I was always in favor of trotting out Darnold to be "good enough" to helm a floundering team, and at least have some consistency at the position while we build a good team up around him. Then turn the reins over to an heir apparent. But for some reason, a huge chunk of this fanbase, and apparently the front office was obsessed with the idea that we needed to spend a high pick on a "franchise QB" now. Well, how did that work out? No better off in the QB situation, and talent poor as a result of the trades to make our QB situation possible. Our intolerance for a little spell of mediocrity has earned us a decade of irrelevance.

I predict this is Bryce's last year as a Panthers QB. And the first six games of the season are his last as a starting QB. He's destined to be a backup somewhere. Even if he had the game to overcome his staggering lack of physical tools, his lack of ability to rally the locker room is the last nail in the coffin. New coach, no commitment to the smurf. And we have a first again this year, that I honestly think could be another #1 overall pick. So it's basically a complete reset of where we were before 2023 draft. But here's the really uncomfortable prediction: We're stuck in the rebuilding basement for the foreseeable future. And we will remain there until we hit on a QB in the draft. We're going to see rotating casts of mediocre players, coaches, schemes and systems and we're going to remain a low to low-middlin' team. Our savior will not come in the form of a journeyman QB. And this franchise will not attract a bona fide star. But our destinies will radically change when we pick the right QB. It happened with Cam and SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED WITH STROUD! JESUS TAP-DANCING CHRIST WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! And here is the other prediction. That will not happen if it does not happen organically. i.e. DON'T MORTGAGE YOUR ENTIRE GODDAM FUTURE TO MOVE UP TO #1! So get cozy in basement. We're here for a while. The only question is what happens first? We get lucky on our QB of the future, or Tepper decides to re-locate his failing venture to an NFL hungry city.

Okay, that was like watching old people f***, I admit. But overall, I'm quite impressed with the defense. Evero showing once again why he is and should be a sought after HC candidate. He really can make chicken salad out of chicken poo. The offense looked as bad as I expected given that we inexplicably rested our starters. And the really sad part is I don't expect much improvement when they are on the field.

Here's the real story: the fact that we convinced Evero to stick around another year is our Super Bowl.

I won't hold a grudge against him. Going less than 100% on field conditions like this? He's not fighting for a spot, and we can't afford any season ending injuries.

He's standing behind the water boy.

Hot take: I'd rather have Zappe than anyone in our QB room

What dirt does this LT have on the refs? He false starts EVERY SNAP

D is STOUT!

Missed false start. Badly.