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They have a hurt QB but Lovie is playing for his job. Can they play man and rush at the same time? If so it's Lovies to lose. It's possible mostly because of Lovie and the crap he pulls. I wouldn't bet on it but I would bet agaisnt the winner in the playoff wildcard game.

Faced a top 5 D and couldn't even throw 100 yards. That's sub backup level. Anyone wanting to see this team in the playoffs must get off on being embarrassed.

I think it's hilarious and love that it exist. More please

There is what they should do and what they will do. The have made it clear they have no intention of having another playable QB on the roster.

I don't think those concepts are mutually exclusive

Yup

That is who the Teppers hire but Dave and Dan aren't stupid enough to not knoe the situation.

For a 3rd year QB? That flies with the Teppers and makes the HC and GM look like fools. Their fear is evident. Their careers are tied to making it work, it's ehy they signed on here and they are professionals who knows what kind of a situation they could potentially have on their hands if they are not calculating about popping up Bryce. I call BS to that sir. It's why every QB after Bryce couldn't make any other rosters past a PS spot...at best

I agree they are believers and always were but if they didn't fear then they wouldn't have resigned Dalton. If they didn't know how beatable he is and how easily he could be put into a corner by someone else then they would have easily made that mistake already. They know and are just hedging their bet which would be fear as motivation.

Man that would make Bryce look even worse if they are so afraid of other QBs that they have to keep the guy who couldn't finish a quarter of play before getting hurt or even running a sneak with. I don't doubt it but I'm never going to stop making fun of it

Half the Panthers wins came in trap games. It's reasonable to expect another one this year.

They will go out and get another geriatric QB. Hopefully this one can actually finish a game or 2 before their body quits on them.

Because they would be better than the #1 they keep propping up and will absolutely make the mistake of taking his 5th. Can't have some nobody showing up the guy they want to make the face of the franchise just because they will probably be better NFL players...

If you haven't figured it out by now then that's on you. He is a player that needs upgrading if you want to make a playoff run but you can build a team to drag that to .500.

I would take a 3rd and never look back. The WRs around that pick are more likely to produce more than XL ever will.

Same people that said Bryce is better than Lawrence in week 1 this year...

That's not a negative but reality. Jags have been crap for years and also in a slightly tougher division where the Bucs have been cake walking into the playoffs since Brady got there. 8 wins isn't a big jump from 5. It just feels that way since the team has been run so poorly for so long that mediocre is somehow celebrated as dominance.

Positive? Absolutely. Getting it twisted? Lol nope. Rhule had two 5 win seasons so 5 wins can be done by people not even qualified to be in thr NFL if that helps to put it all into perspective? Ohh and the other Bucs OC already is at 10 wins in his first year HC.

WTF are you talking about? The team at #1 is one game over .500 while bearly beating the Bucs with a hurt Baker and losing to the Saints the week before. For any team not crawling out of a gutter that is a participation trophy level existence.

If they had a good coach then the division wouldn't be close, especially with the Saints crawling out of the mess and already having a team Carolina can't beat. The Panthers are 1 game above .500 so maybe just be happy for this mediocrity vs the last 6 years and not build it into something it's clearly not? And Bowles was always going to get fired. Im just surprised he came up with so many functional OCs for a defensive dinosaur HC.

100% agreed. They all had it coming because all of them were less than stellar hires in the first place. Even keeping Dan after 2023 was insane. This is the man that chose Hurney to begin his big NFL rollout LOL and that was after canning Ron when they both deserved it from the 2019 build.

Yeah I don't know with the way KC works and the people above him we could conclude one way or the other but taking a job here does raise that flag given the MO of Tepper's Panthers. I wonder how the one step forward and one back again is treating Tepper? Better than pure embarrassment for sure but everytime they come out and say they have arrived they turn around and get reality checked. I don't think that motivation will ever leave him. He comes off as a hungry for life type of guy to me.

Agreed. DC and QB will be the story of 2026 on the current trajectory. I see us as backsliding in 2026. It's like us game to game this year but seasons. These people are inconsistent and that doesn't seem to be changing. 5th year Bryce and Dave's noose is unavoidable and that's what I am still expecting until it changes. I still say he was too patient with Rhule. There were no justifiable reasons for a year 3 except what Tepper blew on that contract which is a pretty weak reason given that situation. Reich was a disaster and more Tepper's fault for making it unavoidable. Even Ron had run his course and looked like he was mailing it in doing it the Tepper way in 2019. If anything he wouldn't have to fire so much if he wasn't such a terrible at hiring. That's been a way bigger issue than firing too early IMO

I think Dan pushes more than Fritter did but not enough to shed that title. I think that's a huge assumption. He was second tier up there. Reid and owners being teir 1. So he actually could have been and still been a good fit. They have done lots of questionable stuff while he was up there but they were winning so it all flew under the radar anyways. Him coming out and being quoted the way he was leads me to think he runs that way plenty.