BrianS

Me too! To the Eagles. Where we get 15 and their second rounder.

Said it before, will say again, when you have to restructure someone who just signed a contract LAST YEAR you've not doing it right. This is a desperate staff trying to save themselves instead of a forward thinking staff who in their first couple years took the right hits to put themselves in a position for success moving forward.

While what you say is true, the point that needs to be considered is that after 2020, the staff KNEW what they had with Chinn. They KNEW they had a box safety / LB who could conceivably be an All Pro in that role. And un-apologetically moved him. All of your assumptions about others on the roster not being up to the FS role could be right. But who was it who went thru 2021 Free Agency and failed to fix that? The one thing I can give them is that Burris was injured an awful lot. However, even giving them that card to play, they used Chinn largely as a FS even when Burris was available. It would be criminal to go into this year with Chinn penciled as the FS. We'll see what they do.

Every time we played BC at guard last year he got overpowered. He just doesn't appear to be "that guy". I just don't understand anyone who continues to push him into a position he just doesn't seem to fit. We saw consistent improvement at LT. Unfortunately, in the midst of a terrible season we managed to get to the end of it without knowing if we had an NFL LT on the roster. It's just . . . dumb. So now, we're going to draft some guy in the top 10 to be a LT. And it's really hard to argue against it. But it's going to mean that our 3rd rounder from last year is a flop. Worse, he could end up going to another team and becoming a decent LT. This staff is so frustrating.

The problem here is that it shows us a REMARKABLE lack of planning on the part of our front office. We just gave Moton the contract LAST YEAR. We can't even plan a year into the future! That's terrible. Now, we're going to be paying a RIGHT tackle LEFT tackle money against our cap going forward. Moton is great, don't get me wrong, but he's not a left tackle. Just laughably bad management.

I don't know if he'll succeed here. Obviously I hope he does. He has a lot of connections in the league and he's been around a lot of success. But in one statement he's managed to show more understanding of how to build an NFL offensive line that our entire staff have demonstrated in their tenure: Your starters need to be great at ONE (*@#ing POSITION MATT. Your backups need to be versatile. I hope he can convince our coaches of this.

I would be more surprised if we didn't meet with him. There is absolutely no reason NOT to do so.

I'd rather see Mariota than Trubisky. I think Trubisky is the better player, but Mariota has legs and around here that's gonna be important. Anyone who thinks we're going to fix our line this offseason is in for a rude September. That's assuming we figure out how to sign a roster with so little money.

I'm a lot more pissed we gave him a contract than I am about these charges. The guy is the definition of a JAG. I'm not even sure he ends up on another roster if we don't sign him. At best he's getting a 1 year minimum from anyone else.

At least it's obvious to everyone at this point. Hopefully the only reason Tepper is doing what he's doing is so that he can tell the next coach "I'll give you three years" and not be laughed at.

I actually think structure is his biggest mistake overall. If the structure is right, the coach situation would take care of itself.

I'm not sure what has them thinking CB is an area of concern. We have two first round draft picks at corner already. Those guys need to sink or swim this year before we make a call like that. Yes, I realize there are a lot of question marks around Henderson. Nevertheless, this is the year he needs to turn it on. Likewise, I think it's hard to project what our WR situation might be when our QB play has been so awful.

Wonder if Allen was too vocal while opposing us paying Ian Thomas 5 per year at a position where we have a talented rookie.

DJ is 6'0", 210 at draft CMC is 5'11", 205 at draft Not sure if that makes DJ a RB or CMC a WR. But they do have similar builds.

As painful as it is sure to be, we need to just ride it out with what we have in order to avoid damaging our future. There don't appear to be any clear franchise QB's this year. Don't waste that 6th pick on a guy who isn't going to be that guy. Ride with what you have, fire the staff, clear out Sam and try again next year.

Panther brass: Send out they guy they hate the least!

This is how much the average NFL franchise would have to pay. We have a terrible coach and no QB. If we want one of these guys, we'll have to pay more. And our cap is a wreck. Again.

I'm not sure that's true. Just a quick glance at the top 10 scoring defense last year, I only see three who ran a 3-4.

If Flores becomes a head coach again, yep. Basically he needs to be there two years if the Steelers want to gain those picks, that's pretty much it, aside from being a minority.

You misunderstand. That's the total number of first round picks in the league since our inception. This tells you what the league as a whole values in first round picks. And we aren't all that different except the noted positions.

TB5 was 18th, fwiw. As much as I didn't like him when he was here, we should have kept him. And our picks. And drafted a QB. He's exactly the right guy to hold the ship steady while you coach up a prospect and build the team. We probably would have won 7 games this year with TB5. We've have a prospect learning, we'd have a bunch of picks still in hand for this draft and a much better cap situation. I was one of the ones who wanted TB gone. Can't take it back. However, someone down there on Mint Street should have seen the situation for what it really was and made a better call.

Looking at history, none of the numbers are super shocking in regards to first round selections. The Panthers have made 27 first round picks. Looking at every first round pick since our team began, the relative breakdown of first round picks across all teams looks like this, and our expected picks should look like this: Honestly, we're not statistically all that far off the averages. Our biggest outliers are that we've favored LB's and RB's more than the rest of the league. Given how many first round LB's we've drafted, it shouldn't be all that surprising we've had some great ones. If we were running a base 3-4, it might not even be statistically surprising to see that many.

This isn't a lateral move. It's the final step in a career track the guy has been chasing with one of the most stable and successful franchises in history. It's a complete no brainer for him. There are 32 of these jobs in the world. Of course you take the interview.

Good info, didn't know about the acceleration of voidable years. I knew you had to pay it, but didn't know all of it accelerated into the next year when the void happened. When it's spread out over a couple seasons, I can see the temptation, but knowing that it all comes due at once, it becomes even more baffling and dangerous. Bottom line, it's just another destructive mechanism for teams to crush their future with. We've got to stop mortgaging the future of the team for the immediate present. I know we talked about a long term plan when we hired Rhule, but the actions we've taken haven't indicated that we actually believed it. Now here we are two seasons on, still not any better than we were, with an arguably worse cap situation and even less talent on the roster for the upcoming season. It's working, 1000%, we just can't see it!

When your team is competitive, a fun and engaged social media arm is very valuable. Unfortunately, when your team isn't competitive they look like they are sweeping the problems under the rug.