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Spending a 2,4, 6, and 1 to find a franchise QB doesn’t worry me. How can people want to trade 3 firsts and some seconds for one but get their panties in a wad over drafting one to compete with Darnold? lol They’re only wasted if no one works out out, that is ineptness but placing all bets on Darnold might be too - when you have a shot to pick up someone and Darnold flops. Might be that no one works out, which is possible, but I won’t be mad at the effort or the unknown.

Shaq did well last year. Statistically speaking he did really well. But he can make some really boneheaded moves, give up big plays, and I can’t help but cringe when he needs to make an open field tackle. Not saying he isn’t a starter, he is. He’ll need two more years like last year to arguably live up to his paychecks. I said last year he’ll need three more and he delivered. But for the price, I expected less mistakes. I also don’t feel like he offer much as a consistent leadership role. It is a Hurney contract though what can you do? He was fired for a reason. For reference, I mean the second time (eye roll).

That would be a nice change of pace from wish we hadn’t signed someone for more than one year. I feel like and like the option that he plays well and wants to be here, there’s no reason he can’t.

For a Derek Anderson type role? Sure. But I don’t think Smith is there yet...mentally. But he should be. Clearly loves the game.

I can’t say I’ve say I watched every game for every team but I am an NFL junkie. I love Monday and Thursday night football because going a whole week without any football is dreadful. I watch every gam I get on Sunday plus a couple on my two computers that are out of network. So that’s what...roughly 60+ games or so that aren’t the Panthers? So not an expert by any means, but I can confidently say the Panthers oline, comparatively speaking, routinely looks like garbage compared to other teams. From my own perspective I’d guess the Panthers ranked in the bottom 2/3d’s of the league (around 18-20) which is pretty much on par with PFF. Any of watching or metrics can be picked apart, fact is more of the NFL than not have an oline that looks AND ranks better, from my perspective and PFF ratings. The only thing separating us from the bottom 5 is Moton. Considering you’re not going anywhere without being top 1/3 of the NFL unless you’re breaking records or have a HOF qb, it doesn’t really matter. It’s like having a decent defense. It doesn’t really matter. It needs to be one of the best.

Who/what do you use for oline rankings? The OP used PFF and so I used the same metrics for comparison. Too often I see PFF bashing and by all means if there is a better source please share. Unfortunately complaining is easier than actually offering an alternative. So unless there are other metrics we want to compare, why complain? Show me other metrics and open discussion. Otherwise what is the point? This forum loves PFF when it proves their point and bashes it when it doesn’t. No metrics are perfect and can be picked apart. Oline in particular is very hard to judge.

You’re trying way too hard at trolling.

Could’ve just bumped/updated one of the many threads from 2017

Fields no. Lance meh. It’d be very stupid to pass on fields and just give Darnold zero competition. Zero competition is what led the Panthers to 5 winning seasons in 25 years or whatever. No fairness no favorites. It’s also the reason the Panthers are a year, maybe 2, late looking for a new qb. It does come down to value as well though. So I can see an argument for Lance at 8. But if Fields is there (doubtful) they better draft him.

Funny because when cam’s oline averaged better throughout his career no one seemed to say his oline was never that bad for his career; 2011 - 7th 2012 - 27th 2013 - 7th 2014 - 22nd 2015 - 2nd 2016 - 17th 2017 - 10th Avg: 17th 2018 - 17th (doesn’t matter limited playing) Avg: 17th 2019 - 8th (doesn’t matter no playing) Hmmmmm by saying the oline wasn’t that bad and TB just sucked I wonder what this means for the oline over cam’s career? Probably a good idea to know what you’re looking at. Considering almost no one goes to the super bowl or even deep playoffs without a top ten oline in the past two decades, yea 18 is pretty bad. Probably need to understand that before saying 18 isn’t that bad. There is not a lot that separates the bottom tier olines in football (big drop off). It’s ironically like saying TB didn’t rank that bad last season altogether. Except when you realize you need an above average QB to really go anywhere. Oline is just as, actually even more, important. Lastly if you have a stud like Moton, it skews things. For some teams losing 2-3 olineman make or break them, for the Panther’s, it’s just one near perfect player/anomaly keeping us above water. One. Out of 5. That’s bad. Sorry but 2020 was a result of TB and the Oline playing like garbage aside from Moton. And cam had a garbage oline average as well.

Think he meant 2019...and he was hurt then, shoulder and now his knee is fuged, multiple surgeries and hasn’t played a full season. Big men don’t heal, they just don’t. Lots of talent, showed some flashes but who cares, he is made of glass. Bengals will be complete idiots to look at that, after securing their franchise QB, after said franchise QB got hurt due to poo oline, to not draft Sewell. Sorry I just don’t believe it.

If something weird happens and a top qb falls (unlikely) I really don’t care about Darnold’s feelings and the Panthers better draft him. Darnold can feel bad or put in the time to legitimately compete with new competition. I think he’ll do the latter. Can’t expect to be in top 10 every draft and Rhule already said he doesn’t believe in being ‘fair’ as a coach, which I loved. That said I doubt anyone worth the risk will fall. And no, that’s not Lance or Jones. Basically Fields.

Not anger just pointing out it goes both ways. I am for the business being coat throat and the players just the same, they both have the same right and neither should matter it’s a business. Was pointing out franchises letting players walk gets more attention than players choosing to walk when it’s business all the same. Salary is a different topic.

I think every QB the Panthers have ever had were painful to watch in one way or another. I don’t think Darnold was any less. He’s 23, becoming an adult will help.

Historically speaking, poor olines have destroyed promising qbs or made good ones ineffective much much more than a good qb has been able to play effectively with a garbage oline, and the few who have over the last 25 years are HOF QBs (Manning).

Makes sense because trading 3 draft picks, including a second, for the youngest qb ever to start in the NFL who will clearly need more time than one year to show anything. With this logic Allen would’ve been cut in Buffalo after his first year. If he shows promise and you don’t pick up the 5th year, you have 2 options a tag or a new contact that will be 1. Longer than just one more year and 2. Probably much more expensive. If he improves you won’t just be ‘handing him 20 million’, since the option has to be taken before the season, you’ll be offering him more than that. So yea, logically it makes the most sense. If you’re already investing draft picks, do it right, the picks were more valuable than the cap. Trading a second rounder for a 1 year 23 year old former top five pick on a 1 year rental is just dumb.

So when FA players chase the money 99% of the time are they more worried about their team’s feelings or business? That’s the issue - players never want to hear the screwed over a team by doing this yet the real butthurt comes out when a franchise let’s them go. It truly is a business just like any job - the it’s a family atmospheres where they keep a shitty employee because of anything other than business are fuging hell to work for, no thanks. Fans say but what about player relations? I say yea what about the relations with the younger, promising players who get fuged with zero playing time because of a vet/fan favorite bias? Lord knows Rivera and Fox to a lesser extent had some long ass lists of those.

This would make the most sense. that’s what? 15 mil a season?

For sure, Atlanta puts JRs regurgitated bojangles grease and reheated pizzas to shame. And their clubs are amazing, I literally walked by players in and out of the game. Now that I think of it BOA is the worst out of any stadium I’ve been to (Cowboys, AZ, LV), but it is old. I’m sure the bleachers in GB are worse and the nastalgia of it has to war off real quick...

Also - Darnold holds the record as the youngest QB ever to start...or not start...in the modern NFL (50/60 years or whatever). I know SA is a talking head but I enjoy some of his takes. Never a fan of Darnold but there is a small percent of home that thinks just maybe he does have something. It’s not as big as the percent that doesn’t see him in a SB ever but...it’s still there. There is a lot of valid points other than just him that led to his demise. We shall see.

You have to remember the Jets oline for several years has been competing for 32 in the NFL. (Panthers are 18/19 to reference). I’m known to hate on our oline since Kalil retired but the Jets oline garbage play on on another level and world than the Panthers. I know...shocking.

Oline or Dline with pick 8. As much as I love Pitts, you go with Sewell. The value and need are there.

You missed the point, I’m not talking about his prime, he siphoned 2 teams for farewell money he knew full well he wasn’t going to earn - the writing is on the damn wall. Look at his history comments, they’re along the lines of his brother, pretending to be 100% for money. Bullshit. And it hurt my favorite team. And yea that was on the GM but it was still stupid/shady of him to do and his recommendation for his brother was stupid too, regardless of what he was suppose to do or not. Him and his brother siphoned money from teams. A player like how CJ went out is much more respectable in my option. Just because he is a fan favorite doesn’t give him a pass. Yea great watching him in his prime but he fleeced the team in different ways and with that, his opinion are BS.

R Kalil is a joke. Whined about a retirement deal after injury then played some games but couldn’t finish because of said injuries, then all of a sudden become 100% to sign with the Jets for some more big money and wouldn’t ya know it was all of a sudden was too injured to play that year. And lobbied for his garbage brother to do the exact thing to the Panthers. He’s an idiot.

Panther fans love the idea of breaking records. For instance the notion we would’ve made the playoffs with a good QB las year, would have set records because of how atrocious our entire team was. Just hasn’t happened. Not a fan of Darnold but he does have a record, and that’s being the youngest qb to start in the modern nfl. Had crappy coaching.