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Not worth it, he's still our best receiver, let him cook with Dalton, if he balls out and we cant afford him, then we get comp picks in the draft, if not who cares. The idea of trading him to a contender only works if the compensation would be more than what we would get in a compensatory pick, and since we presumably wont be goin nuts in free agency, Im going to guess probably wont be.

I still like Chuba, dude has been a good player for us while everything else has been trash around him. Hopefully with Dalton and no need to force more Bryce pass attempts, we get Chuba running more.

Honestly, I'd say no. fuger hasnt shown the fire to try to get better since he got here and I'll be damned if we give him his get out of jail free card like what happened with Baker or Darnold. Id be furious if he ends up on another team and ends up looking decent to good because that would show that just like Baker in particular, he finally decided to try again. As such, keep his shitty ass on the bench, either he improves and shows hes not the trashiest qb on earth for us at some point, or we keep him there so that his career dies on the vine and he goes down as the biggest bust in NFL history. No jumping ship or change of scenery to "regain confidence", either figure your poo out here, or lose your career, the end. Also compensation would be trash, so not even worth it.

In fairness, I think theres an identity that they want, but they had a mentally broken kid that could not execute. There is zero dawg in Bryce. I remember hearing about cam newton fighting with a teammate in YEAR 1 about them losing a game and in the locker room another player told him "hey, its ok, you cant win them all". THAT is dawg. Dalton might not go to that extreme, but he will command respect and demand execution in which I have zero belief that Young commanded.

If you told me that our starting QB in 2024 was drafted in 2011, I NEVER in a billion years would have thought it wasn't cam newton....yet here we are.

Imagine if there were a way for him to evaluate bryce...maybe in a less intense setting without it actually affecting the season. Maybe these less intense situational performances could happen before the season, like maybe we could call it a preseason...and then you could play him and see if he starts clicking or if theres a better option...nah...that sounds crazy

Every single thing about him reminds me of Jimmy Clausen. I remember after jimmy won his first game as a panther he gave John Skelton "advice" to improve his game, like he was any good whatsoever. I get the vibe from him that Bryce thinks he's fine, nothing about his preparation going into the season made me think he learned from mistakes. He's getting a steady stream of rainbows and sunshine pumped right up his ass so he has an overly inflated self worth. hopefully he improves with this wakeup call, but I dont think theres enough competitor in him, hes just a sulky spoiled kid who hasnt had to earn his place on a team since he was 12.

To get Bryce young, we traded DJ moore, CMC (for the draft capital), The 8th pick in 2023, first overall in 2024, and what will be the first pick of the second round (basically a first round pick). Bryce is not only going to be the worst first overall pick in NFL history, but this will easily go down as the single worst trade in NFL history and I cant see a situation someone does something this stupid ever again.

Id say "just keep rolling with bryce"...but sadly he sucks so bad we cant evaluate Canales as a coach. Last year it seemed everything else sucked so bad that we couldnt even evaluate bryce, now he sucks so bad that we cant accurately evaluate anyone else.

We have not held a lead in the 4th quarter since January 8th 2023.

He misspoke, he's not gonna take another step this week, he doesn't step anywhere, definitely not in the pocket. He might make a hop, but that's about it.

if today is any indication, wont be here after like week 12. In fairness, its also what Tepper does, midseason fires are his jam man.

I can be ok with Game manager as long theres glimpses of what he could be. If he is supposed to be a distributor and a cerebral QB, that can come along as the player learns new aspects of the Game IE what Drew Brees and Tom Brady did. Both were pretty much game managers on their rookie deals but showed signs of growth and flashes of greatness, it wasnt till the second contract where the brilliance showed up. Now if he's a Teddy Bridgewater level game manager and he's actively lost us games with bad turnovers or hesitant to throw into tight windows in the 4th of a close game and resorting to checkdowns that fall short, then I agree.

If its based on weight, Kelvin Benjamin wins.

I think to an extent it was the old mentality. With Rivera, he was a players coach and if you were a back of the roster guy, Ron would tell them "If something happens, you're the next man up, I believe in you", that only goes as far as the talent you actually have on the roster. Rhule was the same, but he did the college "Rah rah" poo that got his guys on the roster and no matter what they werent going anywhere. Reich was just trash, CTE is a helluva drug. Now with Morgan and Canales, it seems like they are taking the modern nfl approach of Not For Long. Youre not competing with the other guys on this roster, you're competing with every single other player in the league. Our DBs clearly showed they didnt cut the mustard and this was a HUGE wakeup call for every single player on our roster regardless of position. Be better or be cut.

been saying all along, the O-line last year was so bad that I didnt know what we had in Bryce, still dont know. With a vastly improved O-line and a playbook that isnt written in half chewed on crayons, we're gonna find out. I Dont think he is as bad as he looked last year, but we're gonna find out.

OH GOD! Are we channelling our "WE NEED ANSWERS" from the good old days, I'm here for it! WHEN WILL LUKE BE BACK!!!

it would make sense, if I understood right, Josey was more a manager MLB in denver and Shaq has always been best when he's able to pin his ears back and play freely especially considering he already played under Evero and knows the defense. Shaq CAN call the shots on defense, but he's better when he's not having to make the decisions pre-snap.

no

The Christmas Slinger There was a little boy growing up in the piedmont who LOVED Carolina Panthers football. All that little boy wanted was to make his dad proud and play football. His dad worked 6 days a week and was hardly ever around, except on Sundays to watch their beloved Panthers. The Panthers were awful, like truly terrible, they started the season 0-7 and he saw his dad be more and more sad until one day in a freak accident his dad passed away. The little boy was heartbroken. His mom looked at him and said "honey...I know its early, but you're dad got you this for Christmas", and she handed him a football that his dad bought for him for Christmas. He went to throw the ball, and he realized he had superhuman ability to throw. Overhand, underhand, sideways, didn't matter. He also knew what defense was happening and could make every throw, even 60-70 yards down the field. It was as if his dad was his angel helping him be the quarterback he dreamed of being. Mom brought him to a panthers practice one day and she dared the fastest player on the team to outrun a throw from the boy using his special ball. He couldn't do it and by that night, that 12 year old was signed to play QB for the Carolina panthers. The players still didn't believe him, he was a backup to start, but after going down 21-0 in their next game, the crowd chanted for the boy to play. he came in, with his ball and threw nothing but darts. The kid went 25-25 with 5 TDs and they came back to win the game. The team went on a hot streak and made it to the playoffs at 10-7 and he put up unheard of numbers, 6000 yards, 60 TDs, truly breaking all sorts of records on his way to the super bowl that was against the EVIL New England Patriots. It was back and forth all game, they got the ball back down by 2 with 2 minutes to go. On his way onto the field, he tripped and one of the other players stepped on his magic ball that his dad gave him...he no longer had his magic powers. He had the arm strength of a regular 12 year old boy again. After the first 3 plays of him throwing quick incompletes, coach took a timeout. He asked for the coach to put the original starting QB back in who now was his friend and fan, and he wanted to go in, but only if the boy was on the field too. They lined the boy next to the QB in a shotgun at RB, he handed the ball to the boy who ran forward, and tossed the ball back for a flea flicker caught by the fast Receiver from the day he went to practice, but oh no, he wasn't gonna get out of bounds to allow for a field goal. That receiver laterals to the boy who ran out of bounds. The panthers kick a winning field goal to win the super bowl. The Christmas magic from his dads ball got him here, but it was all him that made his dad proud and won their beloved panthers the super bowl. Last scene of the movie is that boy putting the popped ball on his dads grave. That little boys name you might ask? Bryce young.

Oline was worst in the nfl I agree last season, but with 2 solid guards and a very good rt, we aren't going to be a bottom 10 oline. As for defense, I'm not worried, we actually improved against the run and because burns was dog poo last year, were about the same in pass rush.

Ive been saying all along, We dont know what bryce is because of how bad the o-line and receivers were, but with this draft and the offseason moves, theres no excuse, we will know if hes worth a damn pretty quickly next season.

Looking at some of the highlights of our defensive selections I think I see that "dawg" mentality in them that Morgan talked about. They all seem to seek out contact and like to play physical.

From what I see, it makes sense. Move on from Donte and get a similar player at 5th rounder salary. Goal will be to groom him for the nickel spot, and if he doesnt, no harm no foul, its what late round picks are for.