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He really likes to slide the edge that draws the double teams in those situations to create more confusion for opposing OLs as well which makes life even easier for the blitzing LBs & safeties. Also, with the addition of Ransom as @Basbear pointed out, that gives the team a third safety that can potentially contribute right away on both special teams and the defense. I wouldn't be surprised to see Evero march him out there in three safety personnel groupings. I keep reminding myself that the team is one more offseason away but it's really hard to not be excited about seeing how they develop this season. As much as I want W's, I'm more interested in seeing last year's draft class take the leap that Bryce did in their second year.

It was so weird and trashy to punch down on somebody that was already being actively punished for their actions. Ulbrich's kid will likely be shown the grace they never considered giving Shedeur.

If Caleb is the guy, then the Bears win the trade by nature of both teams getting a franchise QB but one gained additional assets. If Caleb busts and Bryce doesn't, the Panthers clearly win the trade. If both are the guys, then both teams win with Chicago getting extra.

I wonder if it was a combination of size + scheme? Being a shorter QB, Fifita has to be a film junkie for when those sight-lines go missing because somebody twice his size just appeared out of nowhere. Just getting one year in an offense is tough on any QB, but then throw in having to overcome other pain points that other QBs don't deal with... Babers' offense was also RPO-heavy and relied a lot on speed at WR but they were working with Fisch's recruits that were intended to be in an offense that used motion, personnel groupings, etc to create mismatches. Look at 2023 Fifita + T-Mac highlights and they look like different players. That 2023 tape gives me a loooooot of good feels thinking about Bryce throwing some of those balls.

I'm going to need to see a little more top end speed out of JT while he's in pads. There were times where it almost appeared like he was running in quicksand, but I also wonder if part of that is just a rookie still processing things and not at a point where he can just read and react. If it's just a matter of comfortability, then he might look even faster on the field this season. If JT can convince Tremble to hit the sled with him after they get done on the jugs machine with Chuba...

Link to article Excerpts below: Fun story about McMillan-Fifita's friendship and how they opted to remain in Arizona instead of taking a bunch of money to go to Washington (it helped that they were already taking a bunch of money in Arizona). Here's to hoping that all of that time with Fifita has gotten T-Mac/Nalo ready for Bryce's style of play!

Would be a lot of fun to see some of the old folks in here. Would be even more fun to revitalize the Huddle tailgate.

Oh for sure. Some folks want an argumentative mess where they can bounce around in the chaos and that's fine. Though seeing as how the numbers for the server keep going up meanwhile we don't see many new posters here that aren't alt accounts... so... idk about that last part... I also have zero doubt that LG isn't losing any sleep over this because that's not exactly something that somebody with NPD would do (which explains why he felt justified in promoting toxic behavior while trying to make it appear as if the people that left in opposition to it were unreasonable).

I have enjoyed the Discord. It's been awesome getting the more stable and knowledgeable posters from the Huddle over in there as well since there's good discussions going on and a lot of good information being shared. There's a decent bit of info I bring over here from there. There are also people that I enjoy here and engage with. Sometimes that means witnessing you ignoring information in favor of an unfettered opinion that you've taken a shine to pushing (such as "all the whiners left" when you're still right here bitching like you always have). If it hurts your feelings to know that there's a place that people have gone because of the environment you've perpetuated, that's something for you to work on. What exactly do you contribute to the board other than running off quality posters and enabling poo posters? I don't see any analysis, breakdowns, etc from you.

I don't think I've ever seen an open QB competition between five guys before... jfc it's bad up there in Cleveland

Princely and Cam seemed like they were two guys that the team had zeroed in on early in the process, especially Cam Jackson. He was one of the first prospects I had heard the team was looking into.

Toxicity meaning that you yourself were engaging in personal attacks and poo posting, so the most unstable users felt empowered to do the same. Considering that you're bitching less, it's no surprise they're following suit. The discord was also formed loooong before you shitted things up here. You should give it a shot, you might learn something about football.

I can't remember the details nor the user's original name here, but they're very active in other Panthers-related hubs. I don't want to guess on something that's already hearsay... we see how that goes with team owners let alone site owners.

Ransom isn't being brought in to be the free/boundary safety. He's coming in to be the back-up and eventual replacement for Trevon Moehrig as the strong/box safety. Moehrig's current deal has his cap hit leaping from $7.2M this season to $21.3M next season and $22.5M in 2027. He can be cut then though to save $16.5M. Ransom being a day three pick means that he's going to have to cut his teeth on special teams and be ready to rotate in if Moehrig goes down. I believe that the team is still looking to bring in Blackmon to be the starting FS, but could see them opting to see what Demani does as the starter.

Because Chinn couldn't cover

The JB pick made sense at the time. As has been covered ad nauseum, the ONLY back on the roster was Miles Sanders. Chuba had not been extended (that didn't happen until ~Oct/Nov). The Panthers made a move to jump in front of the Giants who had JUST let Saquon walk and were desperate for a starting RB. Panthers made the jump and got a guy they were okay with letting rest most of the season. The re-injury was a freak accident. Nobody can sincerely claim to know when and where it would happen. This is a major reason for the instability we have seen flourish on the Huddle: people want to ignore the truth and scream their belief until they've convinced others. If we take just a moment to try to understand the thought process + situation it makes it much, much more difficult to spread our malaise. If a poster is just trying to be angry and miserly, then by all means they can keep gaslighting themselves... just don't pretend to be a victim or better than everybody else when called on it.

Having a former top guy at PFF means they're going to be fellating us all offseason. It's about time.

The only cringe-worthy thing from the call videos that affect me is Dan using the words "man" like it's universal punctuation. Then I feel bad for him because he's so happy but all he can say is "man" every other word.

We got to get some of yall in therapy. It's normal for teams to exercise the fifth-year option in order to continue working on an extension during the season (with added wiggle room of an extra year to get the deal done). It doesn't exclusively signify Icky wanting too much. It's a normal part of the process. That might seem a little different after Rhule/Hurney and Reich/Fitterer, but that's because both of those regimes were garbage juice.

A very knowledgeable poster that has since left the board after all of the toxicity that's been allowed allegedly reached out awhile back about buying the site but iirc the evaluation and asking price were very far apart. Idk the truth of all of that... just passing along another Panthers-related rumor.

Tuasivi Nomura, LB, Fresno State Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams, RB, Michigan State Luke Kandra, G, Cincinnati Edit: oopsy, didn't see Juan's thread. My bad!

Ethan Garbers, QB, UCLA Jacolby George, WR, Miami Mike Tarquin, OT, Oklahoma Mike Reid, CB, South Dakota Ryan Fitzgerald, K, Florida State Steven Losoya, C, Vanderbilt Corey Thornton, CB, Louisville Isaac Gifford, S, Nebraska Kobe Hudson, WR, UCF Trevian Thomas, S, Arkansas State Bam Martin-Scott, LB, South Carolina Jack Henderson, DB, Minnesota