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Sheesh. Look at Damien Lewis instructing/communicating with Nijman and the ball is snapped mid-thought as he's looking to the right. He even is pointing his man out and I wonder if that's why Nijman doesn't really touch him. He wasn't ready at all and neither was Nijman. That's coaching! If Nijman wasn't supposed to pick that up, then he did admirable to at least push him off his side there. Bryce's eyes suggest XL is the first read in this play..... XL isn't even turning his head... lack of reps? Coaching? Maybe XL is truly not grasping the playbook. Rest of the play is poopoo and doesn't matter. It's almost like these guys didn't get enough reps together preseason or something. I texted my buddies the Panthers are the only NFL org playing their 4th preseason game in Week 1.

I think that's a fair number

Might be an overreaction but keeping Evero might have been a horrendous mistake. I was on the side of keeping him for some reason, but I hate watching his unit play.

Call me crazy, but I'm keeping them another season. There's just no point in starting over, there's way too many holes. It would have to truly go off the rails for me to want to dump them both. I would, however, be very comofortable dumping Evero.

Not really? We just aren't that good which I think we already knew. You can't have a complete DUD of a draft like we did in 2024 and expect to contend in the following 2 seasons. That stuff matters a lot, especially when you're already a bottom dweller organization.

TMac is going to single handedly make the season watchable. Bryce is going to force feed him to save his job after the performance XL and Renfrow put up.

I would just relegate him to gadget player here and promote Moore into his spot. At least that guy gets open and catches on occasion

TMac is going to have to save Bryce and the Panthers this season. They realized this way too late today but it was apparent immediately. We somehow picked the two most unnatural WR’s I’ve ever seen on an NFL field in XL and previously Mingo. That’s bad scouting. Bryce 2nd and 1 INT was unacceptable for a franchise QB in year 3. He had no command of the offense today, he and the Center looked like they’d never played together before.

- David Moore is a better wr than XL - Bryce Young failed us today - Canales struggles to get his teams prepared - TMac is going to be a franchise great if we can keep him - Our LBs (re: Rozeboom) are going to get roasted all year and it’ll be the Achilles heel to hand Evero a pink slip

My biggest critique right now is he looks like he doesn’t have any command of the offense

I love XL, will defend my Gamecocks until I die. But he needs to have a productive season and show some improvement. It helps a lot that they took TMac to get him in a better position this season too.

Wish we had just drafted this dude.

I don't think the Jags were any good in preseason either, but I could be wrong.

I hesitate to call this game a must-win, but we should beat this team even on the road if we want to be serious this season about anything.

Cut Renfrow and then kept the relationship intact to bring him back when needed. Can’t be too mad. Sucks about Coker though.

People writing off Moehrig before a single down of meaningful football is played

He’s going to crush though. I know people hate on it but Cam the enigma just attracts eyeballs. We know all about that.

Just sit him week 1 and he’ll be fine.

Oh we talkin' 'bout Sellers in here? Got me hype for this season boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

Getting a 4th round pick for Thielen at this age and salary is pretty good. It'll likely hurt us short term though unfortunately, now I definitely want Renfrow back.

Oh my goodness thank you for pointing out this feature

Get well soon

That’s actually wild.

We're going to start Scott for too long at Safety with Ransom right there aren't we?

Sometimes I sit back and marvel at what a freaking miracle was. The patient was dead, the funeral was being arranged, and he just came back to life a little bit.