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It's amaerica so we need to start using by which degree with Alabama, Mississippi and WV at the bottom

CmC had a ton of reciveing yards so it wasn't just injuries thst lowered his rushing yards. Looking at just rushing yards for CMC is like just looking at passing yards for Cam or Lamar. It's a fluff way of building up the year and isn't necessarily with Hubbard. He is a good RB and all we have to do is hope for good health.

Without the wins it's just spent cap. Nothing to celebrate yet for either of those teams.

I have no problem spending on the oline. If C doesn't solidify and Moton doesn't stay healthy then it may be the most expensive but not the best oline which wouldn't be good. That unit has plenty to prove too.

Hitting .500 is a good goal. 7 years is a long time.

I just don't think the team has to take a swing on an expensive CB unless Horn is already hurt or if JR will play free safety in that black hole of tallent at thst position. It would be a terrible sign if they spend draft capital on buying an older and expensive CB, anything before a 6th really. This team is trying to hit .500 for the first time in years and still wouldn't be a contender with JR on the roster. They have 2 good CBs and the young guys have to step up or this build is going nowhere.

And then doesn't show up for offseason stuff. Almost like he is waiting a few days for some reason?

Yeah I don't get guys who have that much to prove not playing. The general approach to the preseason the last 2 years ha not been impressive IMO. Go play the young guys because it's just practice for fugs sake.

The preseason reporting is almost all fluff and it seems like a gag order has been in place for years now vs pre Rhule takeover. Wearing a red jersey is when his issues are greatly masked and this is year 2 of thr same offense. Even coming off a historically bad rookie year the fluff was thick last year.

Meh camp is where Bryce looks the best. The answers will start to trickle in during the joint practices and that game but game 1 has been the real starting line for the reality of the season the last 2 years.

It's both. Going somewhere they can get a shot at more reps exists but moeny is always apart of the NFL. Coker is a great example for you to use. There are guys taking anything they can get anywhere because they know it's their likely only income at that level but those aren't the top UDFA.

I still see the inverse of the 2019 defense. I do not trust Evero to pull off a decent D at this point.

I agree about Lewis. He is the one to keep moving forward when that decision has to be made. It was a short term patch by buying the most expensive OGs. My thing is that they are not building around what they spent. I just can't see that unit as a long term strength, especially when one of the high cost OGs is already showing a noticable decline.

Hunt was graded by PFF as 67.7 in 2024. Panther fans have lost all perspective. Hunt only had a 72 run blocking which is supposed to be his strength and a 57.5 pass which is dog poo for what he is getting paid. That's a 10 point decrease from 2023 too. Spending big on 2 OGs out of need was the first move. Where is the follow up moves? Moton is on a 1 year deal at 30 mil. Ickey just had his 5th year option picked up but also needs to show improvement to justify a big new LT contract. Then at center the hope is Mays will play to his better games vs his average 66.1 2024 grade. BC has done nearly nothing and is back on a 1 year deal after no one else wanted him as even that apparently. The oline being the team's strength currently says a lot about the state of the team.

I like it. I just don't see a benefit in quality by continuing allowing weaker teams to get home field advantage. It just gives more to the teams that won more in the regular season. Sounds like a step forward in quality in the playoffs to me.

I'm more impressed with the UDFA that the guys they have drafted in the first the last 2 years. A whole lot of prove it is still needed before any improvement should be talked about seriously.

And lol at those saying it wouldn't be hilarious if it was any other team in the leauge catching that flack. Making fun of professional teams doing poorly is completely fair game. No one else did this to this team but themselves. Don't like it? Then win

He is a good enough QB in a prefect sytem for him. The problem with the playoffs is that good usually isn't good enough. Trying to build a perfect team around good enough QB is more miss than hit historically, and good luck keeping that together if you'relucky enough to hit. They are a perinial playoff team for sure but they have been that with a top D and oodles of talent well before they drafted Purdy so nothing new. They have always been a QB away from getting over the hump of being a playoff team vs a SB winner. No real difference since Smith was there. Still no SB and now it looks like nothing has changed but the odds getting worse for them.

Damn that's brutal. Don't like it? Then win. Catching an elbow from the PGA was not on my radar but it's a sign of the times.

It's even funnier that those were the good old days...

He isn't going to play better just because he got paid and he has already been in a SB with a great team that they lost.

They will still be a playoff team but they aren't contenders anymore IMO. They won't be able to spend like they have when they went to a SB and proved he couldn't carry a win at that level with a really good team around him. Now he is going to have to do it with less to spend around him. They just locked in to being a playoff bound team that's going to be a known speed bump for whoever will represent the NFC in the SB.