CarolinaLivin

https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/lists/panthers-2021-training-camp-takeaways-from-first-practice/ 6 takeaways from camp (tweets) 1. CMC locked in early 2. Ramping up Slowly (first days limited contact, 1 on 1's & 7 on 7's) 3. Panthers are (mostly) healthy (a lot of those players in red shirts during OTA's were working today) 4. Drops, near picks signal rust on offense (Marshall with drops) 5. Brian Burns puts on more muscle 6. Matt Rhule seeking effort from Sam Darnold

DJ Moore's Footwork Darnold's footwork and ball placement Jaycee Horns footwork Love what I am seeing. These videos have me more hyped as I should be. Hope this hype increases as the pads start getting put on.

Another angle for 14 to 2

This video is meant to answer the question, "Can Sam Darnold be an Elite QB?". I like this video because it goes over the good and bad. His decision making is something that is very highlighted. More specifically there are times where he makes the right decision but makes the wrong throw. Plenty of examples in the video, but Sam sometimes tries to fit it in or throw that bullet pass when he should loft it or place it high. Personally I think most of Darnold's issues come from the fundamentals. His footwork and stepping into those strikes he likes to throw.

-Joe Person

It's been unreliable sources pointing to teams with either a question mark at QB, draft capitol to make the trade, or both.

"If I'm Scott Fitterer, I'm keeping my draft picks, I'm keeping my young stars, and I'm letting Sam Darnold have a chance to prove he can be the starting quarterback in Carolina for years to come. If he fails, so be it. At least you keep your future in tact by not trading an absurd amount of picks or special talents like Brian Burns, Christian McCaffrey, Jeremy Chinn, or others." https://www.si.com/nfl/panthers/gm-report/should-the-panthers-trade-for-watson-or-stick-with-darnold

Samuel L. Darnold mfs

Apparently Benjamin Allbright has confirmed that Panthers spoke with Texans regarding price. Not sure how true this is, or how reliable of a source Benjamin is.

Yeah lol it is. That's why I wanted to see it. I wanted to see if he was up to the task. Like how he would approach the matchup or if he would throw a lil trash talk in there. Definitely can't wait.

Personally, I would have liked to see Horn vs. Thomas. Guess that'll have to wait till later in the season.

“The plan was for him to have a minor ankle cleanup after the end of the season,” Rapoport said. “What I found out last night was that in June he had a major ankle surgery. It was to repair torn ligaments in his ankle – about a four-month recovery. So what you’re looking at is missing the first several weeks of the season – maybe five, six or seven – if everything goes well.” https://thespun.com/nfl/nfc-south/new-orleans-saints/nfl-insider-shares-details-on-michael-thomas-injury

Week 1 (Home) vs. Jets Week 2 (Home) vs. Saints Week 3 (Away) vs. Texans With some of Saints starpower out for our week 2 matchup, the first 3 weeks will be vital in building Sam's Confidence. We should start this season off 3-0.

The league is moving more into "throw the rookie out there and hope", but mainly due to their situations. Some are forced to draft a QB and play him in hopes of saving their job and/or organization. Not many teams take multiple years to develop a QB. Its a results league. And like its been mentioned (in this thread or maybe another), a lot of these coaches are only getting 3 years with an organization. Some put it together in time, and some don't.

Now as stated, it wouldn't be my choice. It would be based off of Sean Payton's ideals and who he likes more. Like said previously I am keeping the jury out until at least end of training camp/preseason. Just small factors make me believe Hill has some fight as to the QB1 position like contract and getting the call to start games last year over Winston. But if I had to choose the most likely outcome, Winston would replace drew and Hill would continue to be used as he did last year. But stranger things have happened. Its the same reason I choose to be optimistic about Sam.

I think you gotta see it more in the light of who the coach likes more for the future. Who the coach has more confidence in. We, including our coaching staff, saw what Darnold was last year and the year before that. However, they traded for him based off of what they think he could be. They have some confidence in his future. Now I am not saying they have more confidence in Hill over Winston, the jury is still out. But the fact that it is still being given thought makes me think. Maybe Sean Payton already knew who his QB1 was before the competition started. Just wanted the two QB's to bring that competitiveness to practice and show improvement, show what they've learned from sitting behind Drew. I wrote all of that to say, idk lol I think its 50/50 here. Both QB's have areas to improve in. Neither is a franchise QB in my eyes, however I do think Winston is closer to one than Hill.

It's crazy how many therapists we have on this site. Lol can't wait to see ole Darnold go out there and put on a show.

I will be attending our week 1 game. It will either be the beginning of something beautiful or something awful. Will be fun to watch.

Just worked him out. and also nice catch.