Krovvy

Fleecing the Steelers out of Diontae is saving it.

Don't get it twisted. Diontae has the potential to be a number one receiver. I personally would like to see him extended before the season. The Steelers were fleeced.

I'm gonna need someone to take photoshop or AI or something and put a Chef's hat on the Dan Morgan picture. He's cooking.

Thank goodness! I consider him a definite dog and was worried we were going to have a random butterfingered JAG.

If for whatever reason he doesn't work out, he's a UFA in 2025 which would be a positive in the compensation formula, possibly netting a third round pick. However, I'm hopeful he can return to career highs and the Panthers can resign him.

Yeah, this guy legitimately can win off the line and get to his spot. This is exactly the type of player that can help Bryce to maximize his potential, utilizing his anticipation. Diontae is quite the opposite of the sloppy route runners we had last season just drifting aimlessly out of their breaks.

It wouldn't shock me if the Panthers took a corner at 33, which I'm all for depending on the board.

No, don't mistake it, this guy is actually a very good player. This is a plus move, at least on the developing Bryce side of things. The secondary is suspect with made-of-glass Horn being our best player, but this regime already signaled they were moving on from Jackson.

Oh my god! We actually got something out of Donte Jackson. I thought for sure we were just going dump him or get fleeced with a 7th round pick or something. Jackson was our best (available) corner, but he wasn't in the current regimes plans.

Goodbye second rounder? Or what?

And yet Brian Burns statistically mogged all of these JAGs. We can act like it's a sunk cost, but the reality is he developed as a player and because of that had to be paid by someone. It's not a sunk cost that a first round pick played well and had multiple teams willing to make trade offers over the years, that's an asset. If you want to say Burns was an asset that was traded, go ahead, that's what happen. If you want to paint a picture that Burns was a JAG that we got burned on somehow, well that's just copium. Oh, and one in the hand is worth two in the bush is a idiom for a reason.

That's true but roster spots themselves are an asset. If you're throwing darts at a board and loading the roster with unknowns it can be a net-negative at some point. It really depends on the rest of free agency.

It can be, but cap space isn't a player and I don't count of the ability to bail on a player because it was a mistake anything but what it was, a mistake. If they don't play up to the contract we're in trouble.

I would like to see the Panthers have a winning season this decade, if possible. I'm sad for any kid Panthers fans. They have to spend their entire youth with the understanding that the team is a joke.

Are we talking starter level player or pro-bowler? I read one article has has picks 31-40 having a 24% chance to net a pro-bowl level player. After that it drops to about 16-18% for 40-70. Either way, I want the Panthers to take the best player available and only consider trade backs if their board does not match the value of their pick. It's just a poor strategy to go into the draft with the attitude of acquiring picks instead of talented players.

It's their choice to get 150 million to two guards. They're not bad guards and I understand how it will hopefully help Bryce develop. However, last I checked the Panthers still have 25 million in cap space, even after those monster paydays.

The Scott Fitterer 2021 special.

Same-same. Saving on Burns is nice, but using that money to sign a pile of JAGs to do worse isn't much of a plan unless they are tanking.

The Panthers went 2-14 and are getting worse on defense. I don't think we have to worry about going 6-11 unless Bryce Young has an extraordinary turn around. Which if happens then the team will immediately start making moves to win in 2025.

Well, then just say we're tanking, we're trying to be a bad team for asset acquisition.

Yeah, that's kind of the where the Panthers are at. It really gives these mediocre JAGs a lot of leverage.

Sure, if you want a warm body. Mix and match and compare PFF grades to make everyone feel better about it too. PFF rated Chase Young higher than Burns pretty much every year despite him producing half as much statistically and two teams pushing him out the door as fast as they could. All that's going to really matter is when the season starts were the Panthers able to replace the pass-rush, and overall production, of Burns, Luvu, and Jackson. If not then the defense is going to be worse than a team that went 2-15.

Yeah, but that's as a situational pass rusher. As the Vikings article stated he's not best used as a starter, but as the third option.

Yeah, the Giants felt otherwise. Anyway, the Panthers now have a chance to sign guys with half or less of Burns production per year. So, I wonder what fans will say about these players if they consider Burns to not be an impact player? A net-negative player?