BrianS

Yes. He either improves or he goes. I'm still not sold on the guy. He looked better end of the year, yes. But a great deal of that was simply that he had looked so bad before it would have been difficult to not look better. BY9 was still one of the worst QB's in the league when it comes completion percentage, air yards per attempt, yards, yards per attempt . . . the list goes on. Again, I agree that he looked better toward the end of the year, but he has a lot more ground to make up before he will be looked at as a guy who can go out and win games for us. He seems like a great guy, and maybe we keep him as a backup, but if he doesn't get it done this year the Panthers need actively seek the answer.

No. But he has a chance to get stuck on the practice squad if he looks like he might have a future in the preseason. When you sign a guy like that, it's really all you can hope for.

I actually wouldn't mind drafting S. Sanders. The dude got the message. The last day of the draft is made for taking shots. Yes, I know we have Bryce. What if he regresses? Using a fourth round pick on a guy some thought was a first round talent isn't dumb. What if Bryce works out? The honest answer is it's not about Bryce. Bryce will either work or not, and it's totally in his hands. What about Sanders? Maybe Sanders is never more than a backup. Getting a backup QB in the fourth round is great business. Maybe he shows the ability to be a starter. That's a great problem to have! If you have two starting quality QB's on your roster, you can keep the one you feel fits you the best and flip the other for draft capital.

I will say that I can see Dan Morgan putting his mark on the roster, for sure. It's still a very thin roster in numerous places but you simply can't fix it all, all at once. That said, this is his second offseason. He's quickly running out of excuses . . . which isn't a negative, it's just the truth. If we can get to 8 wins this year, I'll be impressed. Most teams feel like they "win" the offseason . . . but reality in the form of regular season games will kick most of them in the *&@.

What happens this year isn't relevant. All we want is to see improvement this year and verify that what we saw at the end of last season from Bryce is what we really have. Our best opportunity for that is for Moton to remain on the team. If we come out of the season with a clear picture of what Bryce really will be, and 6-8 wins, that's a great season. Next offseason, we can find out if he really wants to be here his entire career or not. If he really does, he can take a friendly deal to help us groom a replacement. If not, we thank him for being one of the best OL we've ever had and move on.

I love, *love* Warren. Unfortunately, it would be criminal roster management to go TE in the first round with so many problems on defense.

I put our ceiling at 8 wins, and that assumes BY continues to develop in a positive fashion. If he stagnates or regresses we'll be lucky to see 5 wins. The defense will be better, but it's a dang long climb from 32 to average, let alone a legit playoff caliber defense.

^^^ This right here.

You're right, it wasn't a bad decision to move on from TB5, it was a DISASTROUS decision to move on. How many draft picks, how much dead cap, how many players did it cost us when we decided to move on? The number of dominos that move set in motion is just now beginning to stop.

All we need is a strong edge player (and of course a healthy Derrick Brown) and our DLine is going to be really, really good. Our LB's should have no excuses. I am a little worried that we don't have a rock star LB. We have a bunch of guys who would be great . . . with Kuechly, Beason or Morgan in with them. Hopefully someone steps up.

We can't take that kind of risk. Our roster is bad. While the upside is there, we cannot afford to get our draft picks wrong if we ever want to win again. Grab whichever of Carter or Walker is still available at 8 and let's get this team pointed in the right direction.

I know you think you're being funny, but seriously, if we didn't have so many problems on defense that guy would absolutely be a candidate at 8. He's a really, really good player and would give us a legit WEAPON at TE. Sanders is great downfield - no doubt - but Warren actually blocks. He's not a GREAT blocker, but he gives excellent effort. And as a receiver . . . man, he just makes plays. I don't see us pulling the trigger, especially with Sanders on the roster and Tremble returning. But Warren is worthy of a top 10 pick.

I saw an interview yesterday with Mike Mayock talking about edge rushers in the draft this year. Mayock is saying that he actually has Walker ranked above Carter. His reasoning was that because of the way Georgia used him, Walker actually had fewer pass rush opportunities. In Mayock's opinion, when Walker got his chance to rush, he was possibly more effective than Carter. I really like the idea of getting a guy like this. If we can get a guy to impact the QB, along with all our other changes, Evero is out of excuses.

Evero honestly has a mountain to climb. As a defensive coordinator, he has NO HISTORY of improving a team. He inherited the #3 scoring defense in Denver . . . and took them to . . . . 14th. In Carolina, he inherited the #19 scoring defense and took them to 29th and then 32nd. If he fails again this year, he'll be out here and not really have any sort of resume to continue with as an NFL DC. I'm sure he's a super guy, but we need a DC who can turn something around. Evero hasn't shown that to this point.

Stops the run. Makes tackles. Available. Sounds good to me.