Stuart Smith

Best post all night!

I want the Panthers to be the best team they can be. If that means we get Baker Mayfield or anyone else that can make us a better team so be it. I fear that the objective of some fans is more to get Matt Rhule fired than it is for the Panthers to win. If we put a winning team on the field and Matt Rhule is still head coach I can live with that.

Bozeman signed here to be the center.

Draft a left tackle please. When you sign a tackle at 46, 37 years old you are more likely to get a broken down Russell Okung or Matt Khalil than you are a Whitworth. Then you are looking for a tackle again after kicking the can down the road in a year. Failure to draft the best available Left Tackle in this draft will be an absolute failure.

Please use the 6th pick for a franchise Left Tackle. Don’t blow this pick for 2 projects. Hopefully next year we will not pick this low.

If..Just If….this happens and Sam turns it around and has a decent year and the Panthers would win…..maybe 9 games…it will be very interesting this time next year. I know it sounds far fetched, but stranger things have happened in the sports world.

Cross will not be there that long, too many teams needing O.L. Help.

I have read numerous places that the Giants would not go O.L. I hope they are right.

It needs to be said this is not about the S.C. Fan base. This is about an agreement between two entities that one party did not live up to. This could have been any town (city) in N.C. That made the same agreement and reneged on. There is a reason the Panthers were named the “Carolina Panthers” and not the Charlotte Panthers. As someone who lives 120 miles from Charlotte, I have numerous friends who have PSL’s. The Panthers fan base needs this regional fan base for merchandising and many other reasons. The fact that the Panthers draw many fans from outside Charlotte proper is often overlooked. If Tepper Sports does eventually ask for funding for a new stadium I imagine the state of NC will be asked to provide some level of funding. Something to think about.

If Mara has any credibility, Giants are committed to their quarterback for this year. Murray wants Arizona to pay him.

Mitchell Robinson is a free agent.

If we trade back and don’t get a starting tackle or quarterback we will stink up this draft. You don’t miss an opportunity to get a starter with this pick.

3/4 of the owners have to approve a team relocating. It could always happen, but I think he knows he will make money here if he puts a quality product on the field. Do you think Jerry Jones will approve the Panthers moving to San Antonio? I think he is trying hard to make the Panthers competitive. He has made some missteps, there is a learning curve to ownership like there is coaching. If he has not fired Rhule because of the $ to buy him out, I don’t think he wants to incur the expense of moving a franchise right now. (Or 2 franchises) After all the bluster of the Rock Hill situation is resolved (It will get resolved) and the draft the conversation will change. It is a slow time of the year.

I hope the Panthers keep their first round pick and select what should be a generational talent at left tackle. We haven’t seen enough for an extended period of time to know if Christensen can handle the position. We have needed a solid left tackle as long as we have needed a quarterback. If we want to take a flyer on a quarterback in the draft Fitterer can get creative and find one.

If he wanted to move the team it takes 3/4 of the owners approval to move. With everything the league is facing now with the Flores lawsuit and allegations I don’t think they want any more negative publicity. There is no legitimate reason to move the Panthers. He has not yet asked for a new stadium. If he puts a winning team on the field it might help sway public opinion somewhat.

I agree, in addition the coaching staff should be stronger. His biggest challenge is decision making on those few occasions when his protection held up. If a quarterback is drafted he will sit for some time. There are no available quarterbacks that would be an upgrade. A healthy McCaffrey and decent OL is worth 3 more Wins if the defense holds up.

Why would he tank them?

I would bet even money we will not know until sometime draft day.

It is a concern to me. We have not seen enough of Nixon, Hoskins, Roy for any length of time to know what we have. I worry about depth, 17 games is a long season.

Wonder if KC would trade the 2nd round pick they acquired from Miami for Robbie. Hmmm.