Panthers Rhule

Fair enough. But that's a very general statement without much in the way of supporting arguments. So, please educate us all by explaining exactly who was on our OL last season that isn't on the roster this season and was so good that the possibility that any of these new additions couldn't possibly match their level of play is "dumb homerism" and why. I'm more than willing to consider your point of view if you can support it with an explanation.

This something I have mentioned in passing once or twice myself and it's one of the reason I strongly support the trade downs we did for more draft picks and hope we continue drafting in this way to some degree or other depending on roster needs. One mistake we, and most other teams too, have always made is resigning good players for more than they were worth. It's an easy trap to fall into. If a player is really good you want to keep them. If you have nothing waiting behind them then you "have" to resign them. This is how teams get into cap trouble. Especially when those players are getting older and especially at certain positions where injuries are common as the player reaches a certain age. Everyone knows that depth is important when a starter gets injured during the season. But it's also important when it's time to resign players. No team can afford to overpay everyone on their rosters so teams must make a list of players value to the team and not just their ability. We should list 2-3 players as "must keep" and pay them accordingly. If/when we have to resign a player who isn't a "must have" and they ask too much, we must be able to let that player go and replace them with the next man up. It will be even better when we reach a point where we are able to anticipate that situation a year before it arises to trade those players for assets whether it's other players or draft picks. Even if the next man up isn't as good but is good enough it will allow the team to keep the overall team level up. Having 2 or 3 good players is better than having 1 great player and 1 or 2 average players A team should only pay a player top money if that player is essential to the success of your team and if they are only a piece then the team would be better off finding another piece.

Then I recommend limiting yourself to 5 in the future. 6 is clearly 1 too many.

Yes,. you're right. It's true. However, I'd also like to point out that they rarely have the chance to restart so soon. The Jets became the first team in modern draft history to draft a QB in the top 3 twice within 3 years. Has there ever been a QB traded to another team so soon and so young after being a top pick?

Yep! I totally agree and think that makes perfect sense. He has the talent, he's young enough that I don't believe he's been ruined. Carolina is the perfect place for him and I'm personally expecting this to be looked upon as one of our franchises best decisions.

This is just dumb. I won't even waste any more words or time on this as it speaks for itself. Dumb.

If I had as many as we had I would if it also ensured we had a very important, if underappreciated need to fill with the best at it.

Yes, I think Smith is going to be great and I LOVE TREMBLE!!!!. I think his evaluation is too low and I think we see him much better than that (obviously I guess). His blocking is vicious. His ability to take out defenders at the 2nd level is going to increase CMCs big play possibilities a lot I think. I also thought his route running was already pretty could as well as his catching ability and both will only improve with time and coaching. He's only 20. Plus as a 12th man hybrid type he will really allow us to run some different looks at defenses and catch them sleeping a couple of times a game. WHEN his receiving games improves a little he will be a problem. He's lateral moves are great and I can see us sneaking him into wide open space during a game as the get used to him running across the line to pancake someone but every once in a while instead he slips up field into an empty space for a big gain. Plus he should really improve our redzone offense. I think that pick is a sleeper A. One of my favorite picks

WE DO!!! BRO!

This is the way a player is supposed to act when he gets drafted into the NFL. I love this guy. His interview is great too. "Am I ready? I'll walk my happy ass to Carolina dude!!!"

You're right. its not just missing out, it's YOU missing out. YOU are a big miss. Obvious miss and yet, YOU WON'T be missed

After what I witnessed this weekend, having a trade or even 2 between now and then wouldn't surprise me at all. Start collecting those 2022 picks now hahaha

I have to strongly disagree with you on this one. He's only 20. Runs good routes, shows pass catching ability that can be improved with coaching and he isn't a good blocker, he's a great blocker that moves very well laterally. I think you fail to see the many different possibilities he will bring to our offense as a "12th" man player and what his ability to flatten defenders at the second level will do for CMCs big play ability. I think in a couple of season he will be loved in Carolina. Awesome pick. Solid A.

Rhule said in the presser that he sees him as a man cover CB. Good size and speed. Says he can cover TEs and WOs. So yeah we want to run more man coverage schemes or perhaps man/zone combinations. We'll have Horn on the the first target and could use Taylor on a second target in some coverages early on and especially on 3rd downs. Bring him in to make those 3rd down conversions more difficult and if he develops he could become Jackson's replacement.

Everybody keeps talking about that but we already signed a K before the draft. Panthers sign former Oklahoma State kicker Matt Ammendola (usatoday.com)

I love this pick too. Great run defender and tackling machine. He's a good ST guy and can offer us depth at MIKE which is something we need.

Dude, they didn't draft an LB last year. Round 1, pick 7: Derrick Brown, DT, Auburn Round 2, pick 6 (No. 38): Yetur Gross-Matos, Edge, Penn State Round 2, pick 32 (No. 64): Jeremy Chinn, S, Southern Illinois Round 4, pick 7 (No. 113): Troy Pride Jr., CB, Notre Dame Round 5, pick 6 (No. 152): Kenny Robinson, S, West Virginia Round 6, pick 5 (No. 184): Bravvion Roy, DT, Baylor Round 7, pick 7 (No. 221): Stantley Thomas-Oliver III, CB, Florida International

I'm reading a lot of very positive comments about our draft from everyone. I honestly think the only place I've read anything bad about our draft all over the internet has been in Huddleton. Although that too has died down a lot. Most of those guys aren't around today.

That bottom one is the first time I think I've ever seen anyone push Brown back like that. I'm sure it's happened other times too but I've never seen it.

This is what I was thinking. As he is he doesn't really seem like a fit for us but if they've spoken with him about slimming down and he's said he can do it then he could become a really nice piece for us. His pass protection skills are obviously top notch. If he can cut weight and improve his feet movement then sure why not. Great nickname too.

Lol, I feel ya there but we brought in 2 solid LBs in the off season. The one with ties to Rhule has the potential to be great. 12 sacks??!!! I know he's a tweener but that what we want. I think this defense is going to be super fast, creative and coming at the offenses in every which way. Getting a shutdown corner last night just opened the can of whoop ass on our opponents. We're playing mathball now. I know the movie was called moneyball but just because mathball doesn't sound cool but in reality that's what it is. We're projecting numbers. Those numbers equal results. X=4x5.7, Y=27:5.6. X+Y= Victory Folks! Doesn't matter how you get to the numbers, as long as you get to the numbers. We are becoming the Revenge of the Nerds.

He reminds me of a prisoner from that show 60 days in. I can't remember his name but he was a quiet guy, a little chubby that got attacked early in the season but then started working as muscle for the pod boss. Beat some guy up in his cell that owed money.

I actually have high hopes for Arnold. I think he has the tools to be a solid weapon for us moving forward. WR3 maybe but we'll see. We didn't have one before last season even with the same guy on the roster the season's before so who knows? LT1 I would think yeah, OG2 I see more as a maybe. I'm not blowing off our newest OL just yet. Let's see how they fit in our system before judging. We did grab them quickly so maybe there's something there that we haven't seen yet because they've been used incorrectly? IDK. Let's see before deciding

You could also look at it this way. When Rhule got here, our obvious weakness was our defense. We had almost nothing in place while on offense we at least had some pieces. So, he comes n and makes our weakness our strength in only 1.5 off seasons. Once that it done, you tweak the offense a little and BOOM! We have the type of team we've always wanted. IMO these guys are killing it so far and we are just seeing the beginning of what we can actually become now that Hurney is gone and Fits is here. Seems like he and Rhule work well together and understand what Rhule envisions this team becoming. I know Darnold is controversial right now and I understand the reasoning behind it. But I've watched a lot of tape and evaluations of him both good and bad and imo you can SEE the talent there. Is just 23. He never should have been drafted where is was and he definitely never should have started when he did and yes, the results were bad but he survived it and there are some amazing plays on tape along the way. I firmly believe that Darnold has the potential to be a great QB and that THIS staff can take him there. We are witnessing the birth of something special here and we should all just sit back and appreciate all of these moves so that we'll remember exactly how it happened.