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worry about his setup this year. That Gamecock D could put too much on his shoulders. Gamecocks might be asking a dude still developing as a passer to do way too much

I was optimistic at first. I celebrated at least attempting something radically different. Once press and cameras got into camp after COVID going into his 2nd season......the red flags were going off like crazy. And the Panthers have had preseason red flags ever since.

you saw what the Manning family did when Eli was going to go somewhere they didn't like? Arch ain't coming to save us. we will sign the Gamecocks 5th string QB instead

I sort of hate to see him jump onto the painfully bad and sinking First Take show. People basically hate watch these show for bad takes at this point.

Morgan was part of the Bryce Young brain trust. and Bryce Young was setup on a tee to be traded out of here after 2 games into the season last year. Dan Morgan especially shouldn't get extended time. I can handle Canales getting a QB that matches what he does.

we cut Cam. He was pretty pumped on his return (for a quick second)

He was running an out and setting it up how he does it. That's literally his game. It's not debatable Renfrow was running an out. The QB threw a slant. Now, if you want to argue the hospital ball throwing, really bad QB who wouldn't land on any PS in the NFL isn't at fault? and the savvy Renfrow was out there running the wrong routes? I mean, you can argue that. Seems to me the most likely answer is instead of Renfrow just fooling the DB, he also duped the really bad QB. It's not mental gymnastics to say the painfully bad organization is on a record run of bad decisions.....is once again, making bad decisions. That's just taking the layup approach. Renfrow was pretty vocal about what he was doing with the comeback attempt. It was a Carolina specific venture he was taking on because of the location. He isn't looking to bounce around the NFL and play outside of Carolina. Renfrow clear as day is a better player than dudes they kept. If it was just about WR talent. But as I have repeatedly said after thinking about it for a day....Renfrow simply has no home in Dave Canales' offensive scheme. He is a niche player. And Dave isn't going to play that style of football. Hunter's quirky get open quick niche isn't part of Dave's O. Run, run, chunk play downfield is Dave's O. His entire tree is clear of how to play offense. Hunter Renfrow can cook Jaycee Horn all week on those short routes......Dave isn't calling an O that features what Hunter does.

I don't buy that. They buried Bryce Young for dead 2 games into the season. That always read like an agreed upon deal w/ they hired the chunk ball downfield OC. Carolina just screwed it up.....they left the door cracked and a literal miracle occurred for Bryce that no one saw coming. Wasn't great but it fugged up the plan. That's why I equate it to the second worst botching under Tepper. The first was the botched in season tank job that blew up in Tepper's face.

no worries, I have spent years studying David Tepper at this point. He is already ahead of his "problem". Watch for Tepper to add the coach and bring in a former Panther WR to help mold these young kids up and teach them. Dwyane Jarrett should be rolling up any moment to teach them the subtle art of WR.

Dan gonna be on cracked thin ice in season. People still somehow erase he was Fitterer's right hand man. Fitterer was making decisions off of info coming up to him. Dan painted as the random mythical creature that some how disagreed w/ everything being done. Canales had zero resume. You can't keep giving a coach time when there is no reason to. If things go bad this year.....you can't pretend like you just hired Dan next year. The window to move on from Bryce was last year. He botched it. Now, Bryce he is tied to Bryce.

what you think runs counter to what we know of David Tepper though. That's all I am saying. 32 of these jobs in the world. There is always someone willing to take it. It just won't be who you want.

I think Renfrow just wanted to be in and around football again. And being home was THE selling point to comeback. Carolina was THE pick. Comeback only went about because a team existed in the Carolinas. I don't think he had an illusion of being a focal part of the O. And I think he will decline any interest elsewhere to play.... I'll bet nickel he ends up coaching football for the far and away best football team in Carolinas in the not too distant future.

Dave Canales success or failure ultimately comes down to Bryce Young. And the Panthers have never played a game that caters to Bryce Young. Canales missed his window. No way he gets time to part w/ Bryce and start his rebuild year 3 from scratch....with 2 bad years to his name. Nothing says David Tepper would allow that.

100% true. As much as I bash Bryce Young. It's failure by design. It's why I went so hard at Frank Reich before it was popular. Despite all the talk, nothing they were doing seemed to suggest they were aware they went all in on Bryce Young. Same w/ Canales. Don't let a couple random games of not being bad fool you...Bryce Young is opposite of what Dave Canales needs from his QB.

that's the only statement on this move that has made any sense.

Dave Canales warned/told folks......he isn't creative. That's not what he does. He is just going to do what he does. I'm 100% convinced that's why Renfrow as cut. Renfrow in no way fits the scheme. and this season is going to be horrible as the NFL adjust to the one year film of Bryce Young in the scheme he doesn't fit.

in 6 years of college football...he saw the endzone 3 times. Dude is not a weapon.

Cade Klubnik could go undefeated(play S in the Palmetto Bowl and pick off Sellers) , win the natty, and Heisman and 10000% you are right ....the name called at the podium would be Sellers.

UDFA with 300 yards as a 6th year senior for the Gamecocks. That sounds like a great answer Dan. meanwhile, Renfrow out there cooking up Jaycee Horn for lunch and Panthers are like....nah, I'm good. maybe Canales should adapt his scheme to fit talent he can get his hands vs acquiring weak talent for all he knows.

Fug it, watch them bring in Steve Taneyhill in here to backup Bryce Young at this point. The Panthers brilliant strategy of building a pipeline from a meh SEC school has clearly not been one that has panned out as a brilliant strategy. UofSC is the #1 college of the Carolina Panthers...factually speaking. Folks at BOA think we in the WNBA. Lord for forbid we add anyone from down the road where they are about to lift their 4th natty this year.

as the guy who spazzed out the loudest about Renfrow being cut.... I'll repeat it again after a day to think about it. Hunter Renfrow plays a very specific niche and he is great at it. But what Renfrow does, does not fit in a Dave Canales scheme. Which I think is why he didn't land a spot. Canales wasn't going to morph his O and Renfrow doesn't play the slot like AT does (2 completely different animals and functions in the slot. AT was out there playing TE variant. They were slow developing routes.. Renfrow is trying to break someone's ankle 5 yards downfield for an easy ball and quick strike. Canales' entire tree is rooted in run, run, deep chunk ball.

Tmac has NEVER logged a real NFL snap. Againt #1 corners each week....Tmac could also have a really slow start to the NFL figuring out how to get open which wouldn't free up anything.

but upon reflecting on the Hunter cut, it's because a true quick slot game is just flat out not something Dave Canales is going to want or need in his O scheme. Renfrow does a very specific thing and you have to want to do that on O. Canales is downfield chunk O. That's not something Renfrow fits. and AT was NEVER a real slot WR here. He was a WR that moved inside because he couldn't get the job done outside. Which means he lacks all the tools of traditional slot WRs. AT was a small TE for Canales and Bryce went to him because Bryce is just going to always go to that area of the field when the other option is chunk on the outside (which isn't his game).

well, Carolina was in theory on the right track. They hired Dave. Seemed to make an agreement they would move on from a QB who 100% doesn't fit what Dave does. They slammed the door on Bryce Young after 2 a mere 2 games and the table was set. But in typical Carolina fashion (much like the Wilks in season tank job)......they can't do anything right. Despite how improbable the rise from the dead was....Carolina allowed it to happen. My avatar will never change.

we are the worst run org in all of professional sports. So it actually makes total sense. and Dave's scheme doesn't value what Hunter Renfrow does. Nor what BY does well. The world of random parts mashed together will continue in Carolina and somehow it's the players' fault when it's really the braintrust who just doesn't know how to get it done. so expect another season of WRs being largely covered. Bryce being near the top in bad pass % because his play style/strengths and the scheme don't fit together....and meh O.