Captroop

5 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

Horn is elite when healthy and was the right pick. He’s better than Surtain and the injuries couldn’t be predicted. Ickey is really good, one down year in a clusterfug of bad coaching and Mr. No Pocket Presence doesn’t change that. I’m confident he’ll get back on track. Christiansen and Chuba are decent. 

B.S. Micah Parsons was on the board. We'd just lost Luke. That was the right pick and I'll die on that hill.

4 hours ago, Ricky Spanish said:

If that happens then we draft a new QB next year and move on as a franchise.

ATL hasn't recovered since that super bowl.

I think that would be true. Except we'll always be reminded that we passed on Stroud. And we'll be reminded how our #1 was used on Caleb Williams. So depending on how well one or both of those two QBs do, the mockery is not going to end once we move on from Bryce. 

Falcons Fans taunting us on 4/27:

19 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

Milton

 

If Milton is there in Round 6, grab him. He's basically the anti-Bryce-Young. Big. Powerful arm. But doesn't throw well on the move. Put him behind the monster line we're building and let him let that cannon loose. At the very least we could use him as our Hail Mary 60-yards through the air to the end-zone specialist.

Alternatively, I'd take Tua's little brother Taulia from Maryland in 7 or UDFA. If we're building a system designed to prop up a smaller QB, Taulia could step in and bring a little more of a gun-slinger attitude to the backup position.

I'd rather spend that money on Clowney.

Bust and move on quickly.

As much as I will hate the indignity of the Panthers simultaneously drafting the biggest bust of all time, and making arguably the worst trade of all time in one sweaty bowl movement, I can bear that. I can't bear us spending the better part of a decade trying to prop up something that's just not going to work. See: "Sunk Cost Fallacy."

If Bryce shows us more of the same this year, then we'll be in a position to draft in the top 5 again. At that point, we'll need to just swallow that bitter, jagged pill and admit we fugged up catastrophically and move on. Just don't double down on the mistake.

2 hours ago, rayzor said:

The thing, though, that Fitt did incredibly well was make draft day trades that first year. That was fun to watch. He just didn't have the right set of goggles to choose the best players. At the time analytics was all the rage so we jumped in. I jumped in. It was just a phase and I think we've all just realized that there's nothing like trusting the eyes of people who truly know the game.

This. Fitt was an incredible dealer. I can't remember a GM we had that was so savvy working the phones. He seriously could take a fifth round pick and turn it into a third in a couple moves. Masterful. But he just could not translate those moves into successful players. All these incredible deals, and he produced absolutely dog poo out of them. I was initially onboard with keeping Fitt, but stripping all talent responsibilities away from him. 

Happy we've moved on. I'm likewise souring on analytics. This ain't Moneyball. You still need the old heads to look at a prospect and determine exactly how much dawg he's got in him. 

1 minute ago, Mage said:

And if he fails, then at least we have talent in place for the next QB.

That's the thing. We're building for the future. With or without Bryce. We're building a team that we can insert a QB into next year. Maybe target a hot FA QB next off-season if Bryce fizzles. By then we ought to be a very desirable situation. 

25 minutes ago, Donald LaFell said:

As far as I can tell the football team isn’t his #1 priority vs building a sports, entertainment, and gambling business. It doesn’t mean the football team can’t be successful too but I don’t see him learning lessons he never even cared about. 

I think you may be on to something here. His (welcome) absence from the limelight probably less about him intentionally taking a step back, and more about spending his time on other ventures.

The Panthers are just a part of his portfolio. And right now, not a particularly profitable one.

7 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Clowney’s agent surely leaked this info to Garafolo letting Panthers know to possibly up the money 

Yup. This is a "don't let him leave without a contract" message. 

2 minutes ago, Jackie Lee said:

Damn Brock Purdy the only survivor of that 2022 QB class

Don't disrespect Bailey Zappe like that.

Honestly, with a pro-quality offensive line, we might actually get what was advertised with Miles Sanders. As the video points out, Raheem Mostert was all world behind Hunt being himself arguably a mid-level RB.

Sanders just never had any gaps to run through. Hubbard stubbornly found yardage, and I'm excited to see how Mrs. Rhule's favorite does behind this line when he has actual lanes to pick through. But Sanders is just a season removed from being one of the league's leaders in all-purpose yards. Behind the line we are building, this could be his bounce-back season.

7 minutes ago, rayzor said:

i might be in the minority, but i really can't stand mcafee. 

i've tried watching his show, but i just can't.

It has really devolved. I used to like his coverage; he was kinda like the Happy Gilmore for sports commentary. It was like you were listening in on a bull session of regular Joes at a bar rather than hearing from a stuff-shirt. But as a former pro, he could get real guests unlike any other regular Joe's podcast.

But ever since he's gotten tied up with Aaron Rodgers and bought into his own hype, it's really leaning into the alpha male shtick. He's like Diet Andrew Tate.

Yeah, I've largely tuned him out.

Just now, XClown1986 said:

He's the guy that is profiting off of a rendition of a song that was already famous.

Vanilla Fudge said that?!

I like it. He's definitely on the regression side of his career, but still a quality pass rusher with plenty of juice left. I'd try to lock him up on a reasonable 3-year contract so we still have him once we have a complete team, and we may be able to make a run at the playoffs with him. Absolutely no reason to pick him up on a 1-year rental when everyone knows we're not making waves for the next year or two.

Sigh. And just like that, I officially have no current Panthers jerseys.

More depressingly, I really don't know whose I'd want to buy right now.

17 minutes ago, Frank9999 said:

And I love the investment into the interior oline. Even if Bryce doesn't work out that is something that will benefit any QB or offense.

This all day. A strong offensive line is something we've desperately needed for a decade, and it's something that will benefit any QB.

Cam, Bridgewater, Darnold, Baker, Bryce, they have all looked horrible because our offensive line has been warmed over dog poo since the Gross/Kalil days. Give your QB, ANY QB an opportunity to be successful. And whether it's Bryce, or a much better, taller, sturdier QB in the future (hypothetically) this will not be a wasted investment.

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Sources say that Captroop has never actually talked to Sydney Sweeney, has no ability to do so, is married, and his wife is vehemently against the idea of polyamory.

So yeah. Pretty much no connection or anything worth reporting. Carry on.

3 minutes ago, pantherdad said:

Luke 2.0

I'll stop short of making that comparison but he looks as quick sideline to sideline. And he does that thing that I remember watching Luke do in the Ravens preseason game when I knew we had something special: he just disappears into the scrum and then somehow just pops out the other side like a David Copperfield magic trick going at full speed for a TFL. 

I'm on the record as wanting a MLB at the top of the 2nd. This is my guy now!

2 minutes ago, Basbear said:

All the Panthers need is starting RB, TE, WR, WR, C, NT, DE, OLB, OLB, LB, NB, CB, and FS

*Could add QB, LT, and LG

Plus depth at QB, RT, OG, RB, S, CB, LB, MLB, DE, NT, CB, NB, LT, C, TE, Slot WR, WR, SS, OLB...

But we got Long Snapper absolutely locked up!

50 minutes ago, WaterBoy said:

 

 

Damn. Good signing by the Commies. And Rivera's not even there any more to grab up our cast-offs. 

1 minute ago, Brooklyn 3.0 said:

You know, the more I think about it, I sort of LIKE being the worst NFL team years running and years coming. It's oddly comforting.

It's kinda like getting fired. 

It sucks but then you think, "you know, I don't need to request any vacation days."

3 minutes ago, Eazy-E said:

Deleted. What did he say?

Mind blown emoji.

Real fountainhead of information. 

1 minute ago, MHS831 said:

I think in trades, they pay by the pound.  We'd get a seventh round conditional pick in 2027

Lol! You damn near made me spit out my antifreeze!

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