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Sometimes I feel like I've eaten one of these after watching the Panther's offensive and defensive performances week in and week out.

If you really want to change the identity of the culture, then your opinion may indeed be the way to go. 1) I see nothing from our drafts since 2020 to indicate that either the scouts or the GM's are shrew evaluators of college talent. 2) A new GM should be able to hire a coach since his livelihood is directly affected by how well the coach can get the team to perform on Sundays. The only time I'm ok with a GM keeping the coach that proceeded his hiring is if the new GM wants to work with the coach. Ideally, He should have final say over the coach instead of the owner. And, that coach and GM need to be in sync on how the team should be run on both sides of the ball. 3) A new coach should be able to pick his own staff. If he wants to keep a coach already on the staff that's fine. A new HC hire shouldn't be told that you have to use this guy for one of the jobs, especially a position as important OC or DC.

I lost faith in the front office during the 2021 draft. I was never sold on Justin Fields so I was ok with the Horn selection. We had a high 2nd round pick the next night. We were in desperate need of O-line help at almost every position. We traded down twice and picked TMJ who isn't even in the league anymore. Almost any lineman we picked that year would have improved the team. We picked a WR despite having DJ Moore and Robbie Anderson who had just signed an extension and was coming off of a 1,000 yard season. A couple of picks later KC picked Creed Humphrey who is now an All-Pro center and his position is still an area of need on this team. I knew then that these guys can't just look at game film and evaluate players. They're into RAS testing and trying to seem like their draft moves make them the smartest GM in the room.

I agree with this post. As bad as we were in 2023, that 2024 2nd round pick should have yielded an immediate starter at some area of need. But, even if Morgan still thought Brooks was "that guy", then he should have just red-shirted all of 2024 and give that knee time to fully heal for 2025.

No one on this board would have had the luxury of using those picks. I have not doubt that most of us could have made that scenario work. Unfortunately Scott F would have been the beneficiary of those picks. Based on HIS TRACK RECORD, do you really think HE would have used them to significantly improve the team? I do not which is why that deal really doesn't bother me in hindsight. We had the first pick in the draft in chose BY. Nuff Said.

It's hard to argue with that logic. I still think what we have now could get us us back to .500 if Tepper would admit that to himself that BY is not a franchise QB. He needs take the handcuffs off of Canales (and Morgan) and let them find a QB by any means necessary (draft, FA, or trade).

I wouldn't be upset if Evero left, but like Canales he get's too much blame IMHO. Only 2 of our 11 starters have to be accounted for on every play (Brown and Horn). The other 9 guys probably wouldn't start on a contending team. We traded away our best pass rusher at the start of 2024 and only this year did we draft 2 guys who could "possibly" to replace him. Our secondary picked off 9 passes in 2024. Kirby Joseph had the same total as a Safety in Detroit. We just don't have a lot of talent to work with in Carolina. That's why I think we should be playing anyone form the 24-25 drafts as much as possible to see what we have.

...and LB, and D-line, Safety, and QB

Peyton was a child prodigy. Name another one.

In hindsight you are right because we didn't even resign Burns and let him go for less. Let me ask you this. Would you take the same deal for Derrick Brown? I would in a heartbeat. I'd probably do for just one 1st round pick.

Canales is a young guy learning the ropes. Give him time. He is saddled with arguably the worst starting QB in the NFL. I have yet to see a game in the past couple of seasons where I went into it thinking "We've got the best QB on the field" or "Our guy can hold his own against any QB in the NFL". We are out-manned/over-matched at the QB spot in every game we play. You can't build a competitive team in today's NFL like that.

Too much is made about the trade that never was. At that time Burns was the ONLY legit pass rusher we had on the team. If you had got rid of him you who was going to supply the pass rush? I think at that time he was viewed as cornerstone of the team going forward. Even now he's still only 27. And, we still have not added a pass rusher to replace him. I would have made more sense to try get get them to take Derrick Brown. Burns has more sacks in a season than Brown has had in 5 seasons. Those picks would have been in different years so we would have only had one extra pick in each year. And, let's be honest. You see how this team has drafted over the years. We used #1 picks in Bryce Young and XL. Do you really think those picks would have made a difference on this team?

The offense made a turnover that resulted in a TD. You take that TD off the board and this would have been an entirely different game. I think Evero has the same problems that Canales has. I think they are both handcuffed to some degree due to a talent deficiency on their side of the ball. Canales doesn't have a QB capable of running his scheme. Evero doesn't have enough talent on his side to be effective in his scheme. Our highest paid d-lineman is a good run defender but contributes little to our pass rush. None of LBs would start on a contending team. Our current starting safeties don't make impact plays. Only 2 of our 11 starters (Brown, Horn) have to be accounted for on each play. Some of this may still be their fault. It appears both have lobbied for players (via FA or the draft)who haven't contributed much. They seem hesitant to play their younger players or remain loyal to guys who just don't produce when they are on the field. As bad as this team is, you'd think they'd be dedicated to getting the young guys on the field as much as possible. Wasting #1 picks on Young and Legette and questionable selections on the defensive side of the ball has set this team back for years.