BrisbanePanther

The social media person is probably an intern who was a kid with no idea...now all future Falcons employees will have to have 28-3 in their orientations.

They should just treat 28 and 3 in Atlanta like 13 in some buildings...just skip the numbers.

21 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

"HELLO?"

On 5/18/2025 at 3:15 AM, jfra78 said:

This is incomplete without the, "are you stupid?" look that he gave right after.

5 hours ago, Waldo said:

Is high cost, lack of transparency, poor returns and questionable economic justifications the Tepper Sports & Entertainment's mission statement core?

 

 

Side question...is Tepper on an island with that? I'd say no. In fact I'd say all major corporate types in the US are the same because they know the FOMO game that cities play. Remember the stupid contest amongst cities and states to get Amazon's HQ2? They probably spent billions to win the right to give Amazon billions for something that likely has dubious economic returns due to how long the development will be drawn out.

1 hour ago, raleigh-panther said:

No

…and both harbaugh and Payton wanted to coach here. Either would’ve been ions better than what was/is here

Pretty sure the vast majority of the Huddle (like 95-98%) wanted no part of either of those guys either--especially Payton.

The fact that this thread is 14 pages is telling about this fanbase--especially when it's the a lot of takes arguing why the quote in the OP about the Carolina quarterback is wrong.

17 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

They’ve been trying to replace Moose for 20 years

Could always draft his son this year. 

1 hour ago, HPPantherzfan said:

Because they literally had him playing safety on the practice squad.  He knew his QB days were done at that point 

This is a move that will haunt a coaching staff for good. Whenever Daboll is sacked, this will follow him to his next job...he will likely never have a team with a halfway-decent QB again.

1 hour ago, Jackie Lee said:

lol zero chance. Trade a 6'1" 220 lb solid starter for BY? If you actually compare NFL career highlights they're not even close to the same category, regardless of the weapons around them. Purdy might not be legit top 10 but he's beat out a handful of guys that could probably beat out BY in training camp if given the opportunity 

Maybe a bit more than zero. It's not like they don't have a track record. This is the same franchise that had the worst draft day trade for a QB before Carolina took the crown. Never underestimate the hubris of a boy genius coach in an echo chamber.

5 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Brock Purdy is starting to show what he is which is an incredible Mr. Irrelevant pick but a marginal starter/good backup type of QB.

Which is why I think they'd make an ideal trading partner for Bryce--they can't justify a new deal for Purdy and Shanny has an abnormally high opinion of himself.

Take one of their 3rds and call it a day.

I think they should just end the drama and tell him he's playing for his next team. Full stop. This week to week "do they, don't they", "will they, won't they" stuff is crazy. 

Maybe Shanahan will trade one of their 3rds for him rather than pay Purdy the big dollars--he's certainly on the list of coaches I think would say, "They're just not using him right". Plus Lynch already knows the Panthers' price list.

Bryce can head back home to California and Carolina can continue its neverending quest to replace Cam.

It's so weird to see the same crowd that agreed with benching the QB because of how he drags the other players and the locker room down...turn around and be upset at a win that the same locker room is probably happy about, ugly or not. This win makes the long plane ride from Munich and the bye week a lot better for the 53.

So do we care about the rest of the team or nah?

And FWIW, I was always pro-tank, but the guys in the locker room needed this. 

13 hours ago, Gapanthersfan said:

Luke trained every day in the offseason. 88 and 58 showed him. You hear it time and time again from our greats in how this person showed how to be a Professional.’ He even said as much in his Dale Jr. interview. He made time to fish and hunt but he ate, slept and dreamed football. 

I don’t know why it took Andy. Hell, it might be that Andy is the only one who has been nice to him. encouraging. I can see legitimacy in an argument that the team rejected him from the beginning. Rag me, but there may be something to that, or maybe he got on some meds, or had his changed around some. The right head meds can turn someone’s life around. Watching that dude walk the sidelines, slapping hands with teammates… it was very different. 

Does he have ‘it’. I’ve yet to see it. 98% sure that’s gonna be  a no from me, dawg. 

I mean knowing what we know now, if Luke only ate and slept football and didn't dream about it too, would he have played longer? Did being so intense about the game contribute to his decision to hang it up early?

Not arguing to be lazy, but just putting it out there. 

On another note, there is such a thing to having strong work ethic but it still being ineffective because you never had to learn how to learn. I know of people who sailed through school all the way to 12th grade and then struggled in college because they actually had to study...without ever learning how to study because they didn't have to. They eventually got it right with hard work but it was a hugely confronting learning curve.

Bryce may be the same and that's what people here have said. Take his footwork--it's always been bad but never cost him before the NFL and even though he reported worked on it in the off-season, it still may not be effective because he never had to intentionally work on it. Same with reading the field, getting in the gym, etc that he looked good at before the NFL and is now the opposite.

34 minutes ago, NCBlu said:

You can only go by what someone says. He said it NO ONE made anything up.

If anything the one who keep say of course he did the this and that are the ones with no proof, games 1 and 2 sure looked like he did nothing in the off-season. But of course don't believe your lying eyes... lol

I think that's only a piece of the quote--IIRC he said he did that for a week and then got back to work.

I got no problem with him taking a week. If his ability is made or broken by 1 week, then there's a bigger problem. 

52 minutes ago, Ashton said:

It could be seen as a sophomore slump, but just as Bryce Young struggled last year, Stroud is showing that it’s hard to survive in a broken environment — a weak O-line and lack of weapons.

I don't disagree with you, but as has been noted many times here, as the franchise QB he should be able to overcome that. I think it's normal to struggle with so much stacked against you though.

58 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

There are several rookies who were drafted 6 months ago who are playing better and improving--Nix, for one.  I am sorry--he sucks and has lost the respect of his team (body language).   DId you see Horn cursing out Sean Payton?  Probably knew him back when his dad played for him--but that is the frustration the whole team carries when they are busting their asses while a guy making $10m per year learns how to play.  The sub par play hurts these players' abilities to sign bigger second contracts.  It matters.

Have to agree. Reading this thread is a little like the twilight zone. Many were coalescing around a Bryce verdict 8-games into last season and were sure that he was already a bust because he didn't have the obvious tools or traits.

At this point I'm not sure why Canales doesn't get the same type of criticism. He's clearly no McVay (which is still why owners takes chances on guys like him) and his product is more like Nathaniel Hackett's, who was also coaching a team with bad QB production and overall bad team play. He may just not be NFL HC material.

So far, he's just a younger, cooler, maybe nicer version that Rhule was at this stage of his first season IMO. Hopefully he improves, but this team's record will be worse than last year's. Can't excuse him from that.

3 hours ago, CPF4LIFE said:

I have no clue...its Prime. Lol

I just think it would come down to how serious he is. If anything it will make for a whole lot of drama leading up to the draft. 

 

Allegedly the teams are us and Cleveland. But let's also see what else we've heard (true or not)...he wants a big market and doesn't want a cold weather city.

So who does that leave that would be in position to draft him? Maybe Miami if they move on from Tua but that means a big financial hit. Neither of the LA teams. Not Dallas or Houston or Atlanta. Maybe SF as a wild card.

The big markets left needing QBs are the NY teams, but they're cold weather cities.

Plus, Vegas is not a big market. It's a "specialized" market but that franchise is not substantially more functional than Carolina.

I think Dan and Dave and Dave should just call Deion's bluff and draft him. Otherwise we own the Raiders or 49ers drafts for the next three seasons.

1 minute ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

He wasn't bad. The Packers seen him everyday in practice. You don't move on from a future HOF QB if you didn't believe in Love as a franchise QB.

 

 

I agree, but that was not the sentiment here previously. He waited an eternity (in today's NFL) to play. I actually think they moved on from Rodgers because A) they were tired of him and B) they needed to get Love out there before his rookie deal was up to know what to do since the limited game action he had was arguably inconclusive.

21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Perfect excuse for Bryce's upcoming sub-100 yard passing game.

Which also conveniently won't lower potential trade value either.

6 hours ago, PootieNunu said:

The fuging packers are not giving up Love for Bust Young and a 1st.

Yes today, but pre-Aaron Rodgers trade, his name came up in the Huddle since it was unclear when/if he'd ever play. Practically no one here wanted him because he was pretty bad in the short time he had on the field when Rodgers was hurt.

On 10/24/2024 at 8:44 PM, Panther8989 said:

I'm guessing you mean to say...

 

GB blocks our number? 

 

Horse has bolted on Love...another QB the Huddle wanted no part of iirc.

Who will they pick? They'll pick Ward at 1 so that Cleveland doesn't pick him at 2. No one will call Deion's bluff.

That said, I kind of wish we would take Sanders. He can then sit until the last day of the 2025-26 league year where we can then trade him to LV or some other place Deion approves for a king's ransom and draft Arch #1 in '26 (we're a lock for #1 in '26).

16 minutes ago, Ricky Prickles said:

Wasnt he nearly available in a trade a couple years ago when the Ravens were trying to work out his contract?

Allegedly he was but the Ravens played it well.

In any event, I distinctly remember the overwhelming majority of people on this board poo-pooing the idea of Carolina chasing him because he allegedly was washed/limited/wanted too much/etc...and the same media who we criticize in the Bryce push here also pushed Lamar here before that.

What's crazy is Lamar would have cost maybe only a little more that was given up for Bryce in draft capital.

I hope they don't play him. The team is likely to lose out the rest of the season, but it seems the fan base and locker room would rather ride that streak out with Dalton instead of Young. It's better for both parties (Young and the Panthers) that he not play so that the "what if" question stays as big as possible. 

The irony is that if Dalton steers the team to 1-16, that will only strengthen the "they didn't put enough around him" sentiment for Young, which will enhance his trade value.