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yeah, he isn't playing some diva position though back in the day. He is a QB. The whole, just doing what his daddy did thing is sort of the red flag there. So the Colorado St QB can't talk about beating an upcoming opponent.....but Sanders can. That seems like a double standard. Sanders had plenty to say about what he was going to do to Nebraska. Colorado QB manned up after the game to do the right thing.

yep lol. We are spending I think more money than anyone on the OL right now. We should look decent there. Still got question marks at LT though. Dionte sure looks to be here to prove he isn't what the Steelers suggested and thus get a deal elsewhere. That's generally what we have viewed it as. A one year pit stop. RB has never played a snap. Who knows about him. XL still an unknown (he is my guy though) we are in a pretty weak cap position given how meh the roster presently sits. and it's a QB league. We got nothing in the works at this point big picture.

yeah, realistically, before anyone gets excited about Hunter.....he has to make it through the season. The mileage and essentially risk he is put under is so unique. The snap count he is playing just screams injury. It's math. 2 seasons worth of reps in 1 year is what he is getting.

bad weather games almost throw everything out the window.

I'd take Hunter. But I'd play him one way. I assume he will want to be a WR in the NFL. I'd rather have him as DB though.

let's keep Dalton, add another young vet-ish type, and draft like young kid in like round 3. Spend that 1st on D. 2nd too.

he has been holding the ball consistently too long. Sure, sometimes the OL just gets beat off the snap. But that's not every down. He holds the ball looking for the big play....and often just invites the pressure. Rarely throwing it away after inviting it. your love for Colorado and the stance you took so early, seems to have you incapable of acknowledging some basics going on.

It's hard to gauge him into the NFL. He is basically playing 7 on 7 style of ball with a top tier WR corp vs meh talent. It wouldn't be a shock to see Sanders come into the NFL and get wrecked in a NFL pocket. He isn't suddenly going to get rid of the ball and make quick throws.

I bad mouthed how he handled Bryce and the preseason.... said that was no way to get a bad young QB ready for the start of a season (given he didn't fit his O and all the stuff that has been thrown at Bryce). And Bryce played his worst ball of his young career and was benched. I got no problem with Canales in a vacuum. I've always said he had some good things to him. I didn't like the marriage of what we were told we were getting coming into this season. And I do think I was pretty much proven right. It fit together horribly. Dalton is a much better fit. I just don't think last Sunday is a good representation of what the Dalton Panthers will be is all. Especially minus AT and inserting the rookies more heavily. Plus, I think the D is closer to weeks 1-2 vs 3. In the end, all I care about is developing Mingo, XL, Saunders and eventually Brooks. That's what this year is really about for me. I think Andy makes that possible. They should get them on the field as much as possible.

I didn't watch him at Wash ST. So it's just looking at stats on paper. They haven't played anyone yet this year worth a hoot. I'm a bit torn on his on field demeanor. I need to see Cam Ward play against some tougher teams first. Or tougher defenses. Really need them to win the ACC (catch a Clemson) and go into the playoffs. I don't want to draft a QB at this point (first round at least). I'm cool with a flyer in the 3rd or something. I'd rather add another discount vet that can do the job. Built the team around the QB right now.

I mean, even that is likely too far of a swing IMO. Competitive every week? We are still a bottom tier roster. I think we will be competitive with the rest of the weak teams. From what we have seen, our D can't handle teams that can run and pass. Folks will get film on Dalton. We got a lot of inexperience in the pass game too. We have had those perfect storm games before in the Tepper era before.

I mean, I do think the fanbase overnight has swung too hard into the Dalton/Panthers are now a very good team mindset. Odds are, a lot of things went our way for that game to work out like it did.

Trevor is a lab built QB he just isn’t lab built between the ears. He is in that average NFL starter tier of QBs. It’s sort of funny that we have 1 good game….and suddenly we are looking down our noses at everyone lol. They ain’t trading Lawrence. Bengals ain’t trading Burrow. Dalton ain’t a better option than those 2. Man, it’s a shame Carolina didn’t hire Joe Brady and pair him with a functional HC to let him learn and grow. Joe Brady is really turning into a nice playcaller. He was pretty good here between the 20s. If only a HC would have helped him out with the practice and prep aspect of the red zone

I mean, correct routes/depth/etc all matter. So yeah, I would assume Mingo, XL will be less consistent than 80 year old AT. That’s part of developing them.

Not sure we have an accurate picture of what the Dalton lead Panthers really are. Especially the D. They got their teeth kicked in to kick off the year before Bryce even laid an egg. I think we are better than the Bears. We probably are on par with some other teams like Denver and NY. But roster wise, we still got a ways to go.

I mean any given Sunday. I think the standard back down to Earth came is setup for us. I got an L this week, W the next. Then I think we rollercoaster. Our D is still on the weaker side. Got to think Mingo and XL got some learning curves ahead. Theilen removes some consistency. So I think the O is going to be inconsistent.

Probably next week. Raiders have zero run game which probably really aided the D. Bengals are steady with it. Higgins first game back I think was last night. Chase back in the grove after pouting. So that O should be tough to keep up with.

To an extent, there are a lot of positives to it. I mean, big picture there isn’t much point in Dalton throwing to Theilen/Johnson. We need Mingo and XL to have bigger roles and to develop

It felt like there were a lot of free blitzers yesterday. Luckily Dalton was good with the ball. I know one late was by design but they need to clean that up asap

Willis is a bad QB he happens to be playing on a good team with a coach he can make it work for a couple weeks

I would say the last time the fanbase felt like this was at AZ with that dominate 34-10 win in 2021. which is why I think we should just enjoy the game and not yet talk about Dalton contracts, playoffs, etc. I don’t think we know what this team is yet

Yeah, in other people’s offenses. That’s not the same thing. It doesn’t do any good to study Dalton in Marvin Lewis’ offenses….who was on the sideline. this was all talk about before the game….when it was said Andy would likely have a good day. It happened. It’s an advantage. But that goes away.

I think folks need to bump their breaks. teams will get film on Dalton and what Canales is doing with him. There were lots of free rushers today and it thankfully didn’t hurt us. Crosby was hurt coming in. this isn’t the norm of what the Dalton era will look like. We need to see that and then decide

Not on the roster.

Dalton has played in a billion games and fits what Canales does. Bryce has never fit. You would have to create something unique with great skill talent. So it’s still a failure by Carolina. They drafted a unicorn and thought he could be a regular NFL QB. Square peg, round hole. That is an org failure.