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I was at that game.  Man, what a time to be a panthers fan!

The past 7 seasons have definitely left a mark. 

14 hours ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Mcshays new podcast ranking qbs, they are saying if arch comes out (they dont think he will) there could be 8 or 9 qbs in the first 2 rounds.  Damn this class is loaded with talent

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

21 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

What the hell happened to Kyle Pitts? He looked like he was going to be one of if not the best TE of his generation when he put up over 1k yards as a rookie. Instead that looks likely to be the high water mark of his career.

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.

On 5/30/2025 at 11:01 PM, Matthias said:

So it is written, so let it be done.

...a creeping death

15 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

I am gonna say that this makes the TE drafted make a LOT more sense now.

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.

3 hours ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

Almost lasted as long as Colin Granger 

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.

32 minutes ago, csx said:

The Panthers got more out of him than anyone. Samual just wasn't or isn't a great player. He's a decent player. You say "we" but it's like 4 coaching staffs.

One of out all time greats was a tweener.

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.

32 minutes ago, Navy_football said:

Except for maybe TD. But that guy was a freak of nature. You probably could have had him put his hand in the dirt at Edge, and he would have gotten you double digit sacks. 

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.

16 minutes ago, CRA said:

I don't think Samuel is even a tweener.   He is a slot WR that you can scheme some quirky stuff for around the line of scrimmage or backfield. 

 Never made sense to draft him in a draft where you draft CMC though.   CMC was going to eat everything you would essentially draft Samuel to do.   And oddly enough, his best year......CMC was hurt the whole year. 

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.

3 minutes ago, CRA said:

Curtis Samuel could take it to the house.  Sadly, we only used him properly 1 season. 

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.

58 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Some Cam stans get pissed about how much we're investing in offensive pieces to put around Bryce and I don't get it. Yeah, we horribly neglected doing that for Cam. But why repeat that same mistake again? Ultimately, if Bryce doesn't work out then hopefully we will have created a great situation for the next guy to step into.

It's frustration by the Cam folks.  We had a generational QB and wasted his talent with inept roster building by management. Now we have a QB whom, at best, will be a game manager and the front office is sparing no expense to allow him the very best version of himself.  I can see their point, but what is in the past is in the past. 

This is us in two years.  I wouldn't be making fun of the 49ers.  Purdy got that deal as Mr. Irrelevant.  We had the #1 overall pick.  Talk about a team crippling contract.  They still still have a window if their key players can stay healthy.  We haven't even reached a window yet, let alone it being open.  

Two starters and two backups out of 11 picks. That's a marginal draft.  Great by our miserable draft history, but for teams that doesn't crap the bed most drafts, that would be an average draft class.

The Bears won and it isn't even close.

Cannot be slow out of the gate, that middle of the schedule is brutal.  If we aren't 4-0 or 3-1 heading into the Miami match up, the road only gets harder from there.

3 minutes ago, ClawOn said:

What a farce.  Kind of sad to see.

Unless you're State or Duke fan.  Then it's kinds funny.

2 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

It's been 9 years since the Panthers have been on Sunday Night Football 

You have to be good to be on prime time.  So essentially, they had us on the last time we didn't suck.