Jay Roosevelt

Although, I would not mind kicking the tires on Aidan O'Connell in a potential trade scenario. He actually showed some real potential last year.

Grant DuWho now? I'd take a 3rd + a conditional 4th that could become a 1st in 2026 if he plays well.

Probably but it's too soon to tell. We don't know what this team looks like with remotely competent QB play. It could be that the receivers end up looking good with Dalton at QB. If the OL continues to improve (they've been solid) and it looks like we've got a some decent options at receiver then it probably makes sense to draft a QB if we're in position. Having said that, I would absolutely look to trade down if we get the #1 pick. If we can move down to #5-8 and still get a QB (Cam Ward is my favorite right now) while picking up some more draft capital that would be great.

Cam Ward.

Blindsided? How can anyone NOT have seen this coming? I get they're his family and all, but come on. This clearly had to be done.

They didn't need competition; we have one of the better backup QBs in the NFL. Unless they were going to take a QB in the 1st round there was no point in drafting some 3rd round half-measure.

Andy Dalton is better than Bryce Young. I think most UFL QBs are at this point. The Panthers are not a QB away, and yes probably are a good 5-6 players away from being competitive, but we are a functional QB away from not being the complete and total embarrassment we've seen the last 2 weeks. The defense will still struggle. We likely won't win more than 3-4 games, but we'll at least be good enough to know where we need to improve to actually be competitive in the long-term. With Bryce we were not going to get a fair evaluation of the receivers, the OL or this coaching staff. Dalton at least gives is that.

No doubt this is a Canales decision. Tepper would have never benched Bryce after all we invested in him unless the HC (and possibly the GM as well) came to him and said "this HAS to be done."

Outside of a complete and shocking bounce back I just can't imagine Bryce being the starter next year. If he was ever capable of being the guy, he's been ruined. Or maybe he never had it to begin with. Either way, it's over. We have to start looking at other options for the future.

This is true. No point in playing Dalton now. Either Bryce develops or he continues playing poorly, in which case we end up with a high pick to choose his replacement.

I mean, if it turns out that Bryce is THE problem and the solution is finding the right replacement in next year's draft then there is reason for optimism. But it's way too early to tell if that's the case (for good and for bad). And with Tepper's track record I don't know that optimism is on the menu.

Can't blame the OL for last week. Receivers were also open enough for plays to be made. Both of Bryce's INTs were the correct read, just awful - AWFUL - throws.

The interior OL grades are encouraging at least.

Lucky bastard.

Someone needs to A.I. some Tepper klan rally videos ASAP.

The only way to get any message through to Tepper is to boycott EVERYTHING he touches. That means Panther fans collectively stop buying merch, tickets, stop watching games, stop buying from team sponsors and stop attending any events at the stadium. Make everything else he's involved with suffer as much as this franchise has under his watch. Maybe - MAYBE - then he'll step away and at least hire a caretaker who might know what they're doing.

At this point who even cares?

Today wasn't on Dave Canales. What do you expect him to do when his QB is playing this way?

I wouldn't blame him.

Sadly, I am forced to agree. I was as pro-Bryce before the draft as anyone and even was willing to give him a pass for last year, but today it's more clear than ever that he's simply not capable of playing the position at the NFL level. He's making mistakes you'd expect most high-level high school QBs to not make. Start Dalton this year, trade Bryce to a team that thinks it can develop him. Then, come the offseason, it's on to the next one.

I was as pro-Bryce as anyone, but yeah... he's a bust. I hate to say it but he clearly just doesn't have it.

I still think Tremble can be something. He has at least shown flashes and it's tough to tell how good a TE is when the QB play and OL have been so awful.

He'll be fine; the fans have been giving him fingers for a year now.

Not like he was a great player or anything. Sink or swim for D.J. Johnson?

Horn would be so much higher if he could stay healthy.