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If Canales is fired after this season, we need to go ahead and take off any names that will have options or the ability to wqait another year or two like Ben Johnson did. So for me, the realistic top options for Carolina from that list would be: Mike McCarthy (3rd HC stint, will not be picky) Bill Belichick (NFL teams will not be knocking on his door, will not be picky) Brian Flores (tense first stint, pending lawsuit will scare teams away) Robert Salah (2nd HC stint, will probably not be picky) Mike Kafka (starpower has cooled, will need to accept a offer before it totally goes away) Arthur Smith (2nd stint, UNC may also be interested if Belichick is one and done, but he would likely prefer to stay in NFL) Jim Schwartz (2nd stint, hasn't really done interviews) Jeff Hafley (Has HC experience in college, I don't think teams will be knocking down his door, he will probably accept an offer)

Mac is one a few players where the consensus about him was nearly dead on. During the draft, he was considered a low ceiling, high floor player. When your team is well coached (like the Niners) or stacked, he can be an asset and win some games. If you expect him to be a franchise QB and make bad teams average or average teams good, he's not your guy.

Exactly. If we fire Canales within two years, the only options that would come here would be coaches that likely wouldn't sniff a HC elsewhere (like a longtime position coach/associate head coach) or a retread like Mike McCarthy or Bill Belichick. We won't be in consideration for anybody with options.

He'll be a competent backup in this league. Someone who can come in with minimal pressure on his shoulders and look competent. He'll be the backup that the fans beg to get an opportunity when the starter is struggling. He is not a franchise guy that can make a bad team look okay or a middling team look good.

Unless the lockerroom straight up collapses, I think he gets three years. Carolina wasn't particularly an attractive destination last go round, firing another coach 2 years in would not help.

I agree with this. They are some here that believes Bryce will be out the league. I disagree, he'll be a decent backup for a while, I think. He showed at the back half of last season that he is capable of stringing good games together when the season is over and the pressure is off. . . just like a backup QB. You see that from a lot of 2nd string QBs. They come in for whatever reason and look good, then after a game or two, they show why they are not a starter. Bryce can play well when the season is effectively over, but now that its the start of the season and the pressure is back on, he goes back to bad habits.

Keep an eye on Dante Moore from Oregon. I think he is gonna fly up the draft boards.

I could give the benefit of the doubt for one dropped accusation. Two is a trend.

Absolutely nothing.

It's a calf strain, probably would have kept him out a game if it wasn't the end of the season. Might as well IR him and get another roster spot

A vet that can start will definitely be on the roster, but I don't think it'll be Dalton due to his age. We basically saw his arm confidence fall off in real time. I think it'll someone younger, like Drew Lock (as previously mentioned) or Marcus Mariota.

Dalton is clearly better when he is fresh, but the issue is that he is 37 and we could see his arm confidence fall off in real time. I would keep Bryce in until he puts in another inevitable stinker. Next year, we need to sign a younger veteran QB to replace Dalton.

He'll be 38. And it'll be similar to what we've seen this year. Fresh, pretty good but he'll wear out quickly. You grab another veteran like Marcus Mariota, Wentz, or Winston

Deion and Shadeur have telegraphed that they will try to get Shadeur to Vegas and it appears Mark Davis is interested as well. If Carolina is in position to take advantage of that with the no.1 pick, then I hope Morgan is smart enough to take advantage of that with a Ricky Williams-level haul of picks for a trade.

I honestly don't care about interceptions, what I want see is him push the ball downfield. Force him to let it rip, if he keeps going with the minimal yardage check-downs, still playing scared, fug it give a look at Jake Plummer as well.