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1 minute ago, Ship said:

we're keeping leaks on lock is what we're doing

Are the interviews expected to be secret? I always assumed the league wants those publicized, at the very least to verify the Rooney Rule is being followed.

3 minutes ago, Khaki Lackey said:

Fox and Rivera were .500 coaches that could never put together back to back winning seasons. Wilks was worse than both. 
Yes, I’m aware .500 is better than what we’ve been lately, but if that’s your bar, don’t be surprised if NFL owners/coaches/athletes are expected to strive for better than that.

I swear, Wilks fans are worse than Bryce defenders. Yes, I know, we get to lose a super bowl every decade with the 1986 model. Hurray 

Yes. Tepper has made many poor decisions. Moving on from Wilks was not one of them. 

I'll definitely watch again. The DC team was really good last year. And I'm much MUCH more interested in going to see a game at small, intimate Audi Field than deal with the overpriced zoo of drunken, miserable humanity that shows up at NFL games. 

I'm all in, and I think this actually has a chance to work. 

The Rock is financially invested in this league, and the Rock is a savvy businessman. I honestly don't think he would be backing this if he didn't think it had a chance of taking off. 

What he needs is a "Welcome to Wrexham" style docudrama following it to bring it more in the public eye. 

I forgot football games could be entertaining.

I'd actually be excited if we got Vrabel. And this team needs to generate some excitement.

6 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Vrabel 2 straight losing seasons.

 

Either you're high on Vrabel or you fail to recognize he's not the best coach on the market. Which one is it?

He's had Mariota and Tannehill for the last 6 years. He's not exactly been rich with talent outside of Derrick Henry.

Apparently he never had much control/input on personnel decisions and is looking for a landing spot where he can be more involved. So him coming here would hinge a lot on our GM decision (which may be why the coach first, GM second approach is in play).

6 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

He wants the all time win record.

Then it's gotta be Dallas. They get bounced before the NFC Championship, I think they'd be happy to sub him in for McCarthy. And 12-win seasons is a good way to eclipse that record.

I see two desirable situations for Bill. It depends on what Bill wants to do.

• Dallas: It's a TV Dinner. 3-consecutive 12-win seasons. Roster made to win now. He can pop that team in the microwave, nuke it, win a Super Bowl and retire being hailed once again as a coaching genius.
• Carolina: Low Effort. He can step in, earn an ungodly paycheck for another few years, and retire without actually accomplishing anything. It doesn't tarnish his legacy because we're a terrible team, a worse franchise, and he has the built-in excuse of a pain-in-the-ass owner.

I don't see him going to an Atlanta or an L.A. where they have some pieces in place, but he'd have to actually build the program to take it to the next level. Because if he doesn't succeed in those situations, all it does is feed into the rhetoric that he couldn't win without Tom Brady. God forbid those teams actually have a worse record after he takes over? How would that make him look?

The Panthers, quite literally can't do much worse after he takes over, and that, funnily enough, I think should be an attractive prospect for him.

So does he want to cement his legacy with one more ring? Or get a massive golden parachute to end his career?

4 minutes ago, 4Corners said:

Wow!

you actually went to a D&B?

Hit the jackpot on Dizzy Chicken at halftime.

Yup, I spent the entire Bucc's game, when not hiding my face in a combination of rage and embarrassment, yelling "Pay that man!" at the Dave & Busters TVs.

Panthers have requested permission to interview Lions COO Mike Disner for GM position.

Fishing for a trade?

We're hard up for picks. Think we'd take a second for him?

It's hard to say I miss the "Golden Days" of us having DJ and Curtis Samuel hugging it out before running out the tunnel. But looking back at that solid 1-2 WR group does make me yearn for those solid bronze days.

27 minutes ago, CRA said:

Honestly, I can pinpoint seeing this photo as the exact moment I went from cautiously optimistic to mildly concerned. Pre-season Week 1 was when the concern level started spiking.

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

This. The story doesn't make any sense given the timeline. Drink was thrown after a game-sealing interception. There may have been some jawing before that, but Tepper's drink toss was a rage quit like a twelve year old losing in Fortnight.

This is a message to whomever the new GM is. He's trying to preemptively set the bargaining expectations high. But I don't think it's going to work.

No GM in this league is willing to pay Burns like a top 5 or even top 10 Edge rusher. Because he's not one.

Let him sniff around the market and find out that teams are willing to pay him like an above-average pass-rusher and not a penny more. Then let him come crawling back to our new GM for an extension.

I feel pretty confident he'll be a Panther next year. But he seriously needs his ego checked.

6 minutes ago, ClawOn said:

2024 - bad football team with the right staff and a few players

2025 - OK team with an improving roster likely including a new QB

2026 - wild card maybe?

This is pretty much bang-on my projection as well. I sincerely doubt Bryce is our starter in 2025. I kindly doubt he finishes next season as our starter barring a miracle. 2025 will be when we start to turn things around, and we should be a wildcard contender by '26.

This, of course, assumes Tepper continues what appears to be a Scroogian turnaround in terms of his involvement in football decisions. Otherwise, just copy and paste 2023 over and over.

8 minutes ago, 45catfan said:

Can't be ignored nor improved.

There is one saving grace that he is still only 22. He's literally still growing. Don't get me wrong I don't have any illusions that he'll get more than an inch taller, but he's still filling out. There is one hope, and I was just talking about it this morning, that if he commits himself to weight gain and puts on 30 pounds of mass in the off-season, he could get stronger.  Make him marginally harder to tackle, put more power behind his throws. It's a faint hope, but for next season it's all we got. 

Keep him. His mediocre season mean he's in a much worse bargaining position. We should sign home for $15-20m and he should be grateful for it. 

This season was the worst because the games were literally painful to watch. I care less about wins and losses than being entertained. I wasn't entertained once. 

3 minutes ago, Jesse said:

Literally everyone on this team is TERRIBLE except Hekker, Derrick Brown, Luvu, and maybe sometimes Burns. 

Chuba. He plays like he actually cares. 

Credit where it's due. This is exactly what many of us were asking for. It's exactly the right call. Anyone taking the opportunity to bitch in this thread is just looking for another opportunity to be a whiny baby poopy pants.

I get it, you're mad at Tepper. But we're not getting rid of the owner of the team, so be happy that at least he's taking a step to not unilaterally make the decisions that have hurt the franchise so far in his tenure.