45catfan

And we will hang onto Bryce with an average season or two only to part ways in time for the '28 draft which probably will mirror the Kenny Pickett QB class. You know, one borderline franchise QB in the back half of the first round.

Yes, please. Wanted to draft him years ago anyway.

One word to describe next year's QB draft class...DEEP! To me, this is Bryce's make or break year. The organization probably doesn't feel that way and will likely anoint him as the starter to at least 2027 no matter what. Some of these dude's will likely stay in college, but the bulk of them will be coming out. Manning and Sellers are two probably staying. That's not to say that the 2027 QB class will be crappy or thin, because I honestly don't know. It usually does skip at least a year--or more, but rarely two bumper crops of QBs in consecutive years. https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/45453107/2026-nfl-draft-quarterback-class-top-prospects-klubnik-sellers-manning

Another case of a great college athlete and not a great football player. His hype was all about potential, not necessarily his tape in college. GMs that bet on traits over tape will get burned like this 90% of the time. Dumb move for a very underdeveloped prospect in the top 5 at a niche position.

Bryce has no excuses. His butt better be a Pro Bowler and have us in the playoffs. Yes, his supporting cast is good enough too....maybe not household names. but they aren't chopped liver either.

How hard is it to find 3 things in common relative to another occurrence in any given year? Even if the trend holds true, we make the SB and lose.

...a creeping death

An upgrade over Tremble makes a lot of sense, injured or not. I had no idea he was injured and wanted to draft a TE.

At least Mini-Moose he had played football at a high level and wasn't signed off the street. I chuckled when people came at me for scoffing at the Granger signing.

Clarification--drafted as a 'tweener and pretty quickly settled in as a LB. As mentioned earlier, TD couldn't handle both roles, so we stuck him at LB. I think with the right coaching he could have done both roles, but we stuck him where we thought he would fit best for the long haul and that wasn't at safety.

TD came in as a 'tweener from college, but struggled until we settled him in strictly as a LB and stripped him of any safety responsibilities. I liked the TD pick and was hopeful for him as a safety, but he looked lost that rookie year trying to balance both roles. That's why I am astonished that Jeremy Chinn was so adverse to playing LB besides that one season...where he flourished. All he had to do was take a page out of TD's book.

Samuel was definitely a 'tweener. I would argue he would have had a better career as a RB in the NFL, especially as the 3rd down back. He was projected to be a better RB than WR at the next level by many draft gurus. Your right though, he was a poor man's CMC and the reason we opted to make him a WR because CMC was eating up the RB reps.

Because we suck at using 'tweeners properly, on either side of the ball. Always have and always will.

I am NOT looking forward to Bryce's deal because you know between now and then the money with guarantees are going to get even more ludicrous.

Gotta have thick skin to be a Panthers fan. The man that helped throw gasoline on this dumpster fire should have the thickest skin, but doesn't.