Jay Roosevelt

Maybe, but that's the nature of trick plays. In a more even matchup I'd say play ball control and drain the clock, but if we're going down we might as well go down swinging.

I think our best chance tomorrow is to just go out there and play as aggressively as possible. Throw the ball downfield, run trick plays, blitz, go for it on 4th down a bunch, etc. We're probably going to lose anyway; I'd just assume lose 48-6 playing to win than lose 28-10 playing conservatively.

So winning your division and making the playoffs is something to be embarrassed about now? Who are we going to be embarrassed to see us lose? The fans of the 18 teams that didn't even make the playoffs? GTF outta here with that bullshit.

Bryce and Canales were always staying regardless of the result tomorrow or last week. We've just had by far the most successful season of the Tepper era. Not a high bar, I grant you. But why would anyone think Tepper would fire the only coach or cut the only QB to take the team to the playoffs since he's owned it? As much as some people here want one or both of them gone (and I agree with the Bryce criticism to an extent, not as much on the Canales hate) it was never realistically going to happen regardless of what side of the debate any of us come down on. Oh, and "classic average Panthers" won't likely get us to .500 next year with that insane schedule.

True, but I think XL would have gotten the nod even if Coker had never gotten hurt. They seemed to have him pegged as playing the slot IIRC. That was never the right move, IMO. I'm fine with keeping him as a 4th/5th WR for depth purposes if all we can get is like a 7th rounder or something. But he is a recent 1st round pick and still has the physical tools so it's possible a team that liked him coming out of the draft will be willing to give up a 4th, 5th or 6th. Remember, we managed to get a 4th rounder for Jonathan Mingo.

"God dammit, Donald!"

I can't say that I'm a big fan of playing Robert Hunt in this game. If I thought we had a legit shot at going on an actual playoff run I'd be fine with it but we're probably going to lose and I'd hate for him to get re-injured and end up missing time to start next season. Zavala... let's be honest, he's probably subtraction by addition if he plays.

Only took most of the season. This should never have been in doubt.

I'm not sure who. The best available FA QB's: Malik Willis - Will get big money from some team. Has looked good in Green Bay, but what are you getting if you take him out of that system? Daniel Jones - Will almost certainly re-sign with the Colts. Coming off major injury. Aaron Rodgers - Will either retire or re-sign with Steelers. Russell Wilson - Could retire, but even if he doesn't he's not a clear upgrade over Bryce at this point. Joe Flacco - Probably an upgrade, but would be a REALLY short-term option and that assumes he doesn't retire. Mitchell Trubisky - I wouldn't hate bringing him in as a backup to push Bryce and he could be an upgrade over Dalton at this point but there are still a lot of questions. Marcus Mariota - It's like if Bryce was older and Hawaiian. Carson Wentz - See: Flacco, Joe and subtract a few years. Sam Howell - I'm sure the UNC homers will hype him up, and I wouldn't be opposed to kicking the tires, but calling him a clear upgrade over Bryce is a stretch. Zach Wilson - Has had multiple chances and has never looked like even a passable NFL QB. Pass. Trey Lance - He's like the anti-Bryce. Has all the physical tools, but struggles with processing. Again, wouldn't mind him as a backup, but he's not a clear upgrade. Gardner Minshew - It's like if Bryce was older, slower, white and had a 70s porn star mustache. Skylar Thompson - Some potential here, and another guy I wouldn't be opposed to signing as a backup, but he's certainly not a clear upgrade. Tyrod Taylor - At his age, likely not an upgrade or even a passable backup. Kenny Pickett - lol Jimmy Garoppolo - Was always overrated, now he's old too. Case Keenum - Aging backup who was never that good in his younger days. Josh Johnson - See: Keenum, Case. Brandon Allen - Who? Teddy Bridgewater - Will probably go back into retirement, but isn't an upgrade regardless. Brett Rypien - Camp fodder at best. Maybe, maybe not. He wouldn't be the first QB who struggled with consistency early in his career and figured it out eventually.

To an extent (I don't think they're as good as their record indicates) but Sean Payton never really had a drop-off in New Orleans the way Harbaugh has had in Baltimore the last few seasons. Plus, there is a good argument to be made (as much as I hate saying it) that the Saints should have made at least one - if not two - Super Bowls toward the end of Payton's tenure. They had the fluke Minneapolis Miracle play one year that knocked them out and then got screwed by the refs on that P.I. no-call against the Rams the next year. Plus, Payton did that with an aging Drew Brees. Harbaugh has had prime Lamar Jackson (albeit dealing with injuries at times) and has only made one AFC Championship during Lamar's time there. Granted, you can put some of that on Lamar as well, but not all of it.

I'm OK with picking up the 5th year option (mostly because there aren't any clear long-term better options likely to be available in the offseason) but I need to see a lot more consistency before I'd support a full-on contract extension.

Harbaugh is going to be some team's big mistake. Mark my words; this is Pete Carroll to the Raiders all over again. Longtime successful coach gets a new job based off past success but it ends up going horribly.

Bullshit. No chance the Packers have reached out to Harbaugh.

I just pretend he was our 1st rounder in 2024 instead of XL.

Christ on a cracker, that schedule is brutal. Granted, you never know what teams will be good from year to year with 100% certainty, but on paper that's just brutal.

Perhaps, but I'm guessing he completed more of these attempts this season for more yards than the previous two seasons. But I could be wrong. I'd be interested to see some stats on that.

The fact that any referee or crew of referees favor home or away teams is insane. These stats should be looked at by the league after every season and dismissals made as needed.

Rams probably win, but I won't be shocked if we pull the upset.

The Zebras beat us as much as the Bucs did.

fug those clowns.

fug all the anti-fans who rooted against this team. Take y'all asses on down the street and find another team.

Me, too. But they lost. Now they can still get in with a Saints loss. Why would any fan root against their team making the playoffs?

Hopefully Evero and XL.

Anyone rooting AGAINST the Panthers making the playoffs needs to reevaluate their status as a fan of this team. There's no good reason not to want to win a division title at this point. We're not protecting a top-5 draft pick here. We have nothing to gain by not making the playoffs. Anyone rooting for the Saints is just a miserable excuse for a fan who just wants something to bitch and moan about.

Anyone who thought this wasn't going to happen was fooling themselves.