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I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Trading away all your good plays in order to get "more draft picks" is very short sighted; especially when you look at our draft classes under Tepper. You can't trade away a Chubba Hubbard or Jaycee Horn and automatically assume you are going to find a better/comparable player in the next draft class. As bad as the BY trade was, we have our #1 pick in 2025 (probably a top 5 selection) and 8 other picks. We have LA's #2, our own 3 and 4th selections, two 5th round choices, a 6th round choice, and two 7th. We have plenty of choices already. Improving the team is going to boil down to whether or not the FO picks the right players this spring, the 2024 class stepping up, and improving the play at QB.

I would have had more respect for him if he had thrown pick while trying to push the ball downfield. Or, trying to pick up the 1st down with his legs. What I did not want to see was another check-down pass that travels less than 5 yards in the air. Good grief

I think he’d be more fun to watch than Bryce Young. Mariota has the legs and arm strength to at least keep things interesting.

We have become the laughingstock of the NFL. Here’s the sad thing about his post, I think he may be right.

You can’t stop Ian Thomas! Defenses can only contain him!

Here’s an amazing fact: Ian Thomas has outlasted our last 3 head coaches and our last 3 GMs. That’s Incredible!

Im beginning to think Jerry Jones & the Dallas Cowboys have better chance of winning a Super Bowl in his lifetime than David Tepper & the Carolina have of achieving a winning season in Tepper’s lifetime.

I think last year’s squad was worse…at least offensively. This team is probably in the top 10 though.

I think his lazy route running led to the INT that changed the momentum of last week’s game. Now, he’s missing crucial blocks on short yardage running plays. He’s outlasted our last 3 head coaches and last 3 GMs. I can’t believe we haven’t been able to find a more productive TE to suit up on Sundays.

I can't remember a the last time the Panther had a draft class that significantly improved our win total and/or our ability to compete for a playoff s pot in the NFC. Our FO has botched draft after draft by picking mediocre players and trading away premium draft choices. Despite the above fact, I'm surprised that people on this board think "tanking" is going to turn this franchise around. 1) We had the 1st pick in the draft two years and blew it 2) We've picked two massive underachievers at WR high picks in the 2nd round. We traded down twice in round to pick TMJ who is no longer on the team at the expense of missing out on several caliber O-lineman. Mingo has proved nothing in his two years. He was off the team right now it wouldn't affect or passing game because he brings nothing to it. 3) We picked a LT in round 1 a couple of years ago (Ikwonu) who regressed last season. He is playing better in 2024, but I think we all agree that he hasn't lived up to his draft status. 4) We picked his teammate Zavala one year later in round 4. He was so great that we had to spend millions of dollars to bring in a FA to replace him this season. 5) We made bad trades to move up to get Matt Corrall (no longer on the roster) and DJ Johnson (a JAG). I have no problem taking a flier on these guys, but we didn't have to move up a lose picks to get them when we probably could have got the by sitting still. Based on our draft history under Tepper, what make fans believe that trading away guys who can actually play is going to result in the Panther nailing our next couple of drafts?

The Cowboys had a chance to draft Mike Singletary in 81'. He grew up a Cowboy fan, went to Baylor...a Texas university, and was the best LB in college football. Dallas passed on him in the draft because he was 5'11. In those days, Dallas never drafted a LB if he was less than 6ft tall.. Gil Brandt admitted this to Singletary when Mike asked him "why did you guy pass on me?" Singletary went of to have a Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears. I don't think Dallas had a LB make a Pro Bowl until Jimmy Johnson took over in and revived the team in the early 90's. The "Doomsday Defense" of the Dallas Cowboys started to decline rapidly after the 1979 season. When Danny White took over from Roger Staubach in 1980, he never had a defense that finished in the Top 10. In contrast, Staubach never had a defense that wasn't in the top 10. Dallas still had a great pass rush in the early 80s and several ball hawking DB's...but no difference makers at the LB spot. It's probably why the lost 3 straight NFC title games from 1980-1982.