Bear Hands

I honestly think we could still crank out a few wins. Gut tells me we end up highest 4, lowest 7ish. Browns, Raiders, Titans, & dare I say the Saints look set up for death spirals meanwhile we’re still playing tough. And the Jags and Pats aren’t too hot.

I mean they’re down let’s see…their QB, WR1, WR2, OT, C, G, it’s a bit of a disaster.

If there is a guy available in that potential perennial all-pro tier at his position, you probably take him… but I’m game for another roll of the dice at QB looking at this overall class. The draft isn’t the most impressive on the lines unfortunately. Some good WRs, but it’s a mixed bag of high firsts. So yeah, if it makes sense, why not. But agree that the focus is on building a team without mortgaging any future assets. Either land a guy you want (at any position) or accrue assets via trade.

Broncos D is strong - that Zach Allen kid is going wild this year. And Nix…gotta say he’s looking more comfortable by the week. And it’s not like they’ve been some super running team. Dual threat, monster arm, he’s just being smart after his shaky start this season. Really like what I’m seeing. If they can continue to figure out this offense, could be a promising squad next year. Heck, could end up a WC.

I honestly forgot he was gone - thought he was just inactive or hiding behind Coker and Mingo.

Oof

I love the Cooper fit in Buffalo. He’s going to eat for Allen and help Coleman out.

We shouldn’t expect a lot from him, but DJ Wonnum will be welcomed when he can finally play. We signed him knowing he was in recovery, so he needs to heal up and get in there. 2 years 12.5 mil — he’s almost missed a quarter of that contract duration already He’s nothing special by any means but a huge improvement over what we’re seeing. Washed up Charles Harris, Tarron Jackson, Thomas Incoom… like WTH are these dudes haha.

A damning PFF stat on defense: DJ Johnson had an 80% snap share on passing downs but a 0% win rate and 0% pressure rate. Ouch.

Evero is a heavy blitzer historically so him holding off shows you how he thinks of the current state of things with the personnel. We’re not getting pressure without blitzing but we can’t really sacrifice sending too many dudes.. a conundrum with a depleted and low-value unit

https://www.panthers.com/news/monday-brew-some-good-news-on-the-injury-front

Legette and Wallace looks the part sooner than expected. I’m pleasantly surprised at how well XL has acclimated at times. He’ll have rookie moments but he’s shown well. Brooks is TBD. Sanders is interesting right now because he’s getting valuable playing time. Has had nice moments, has had a few and some not so nice moments, but nothing that’s jumping out telling me he doesn’t belong. Rookie bumps, I’d love to see him continue to ease into things and make week to week improvement. Smith-Wade is getting playing time. Unsure there’s enough to judge.

Defense is not allowing us to run a balanced attack but it’s nice to see Chuba doing so great. He’s on pace for 1,400 rushing yards, 5.6 YPC, 9 total TDs, 60+ receptions Pretty stellar. He’s playing a tad above the average guys that excel behind good lines. He’s a guy. Makes me wonder how Dan viewed him this past offseason given how they went after Brooks.

Excellent drive to end that half. Coker, JT, Legette all contributing.

His mechanics look pretty crisp to me, release looks solid with a beaut of an arm. But if you're saying more about how long he takes to get through his reads, I can see that. Seems a tad hesitant and plays a bit more mistake averse vs. risk taking/big play throws. I do like that he's gotten comfortable with as needed scrambles. He's not that mobile but he can move around and has the frame to move the pile/isn't some statue. 6'5 235 with a cannon is hard to ignore for me but he needs to get a bit more of an edge/be a field pusher.

Allar has a cannon which is nice. Unsure if he's really shown anything extra to make me feel like he could command a pro offense, but he's had nice moments. He doesn't dink/dunk, he throws intermediate and deep more than others. Definitely a guy to keep an eye on.

One thing this season made me realize - Chaisson must be like really really super bad.

I don’t even know where to start. 1 rule - gain capital, with how bad our drafts are, get a huge pool and maybe some hit. Biggest targets: Trenches (always target, even if a strength), Edge rusher, QB, & WR Actual names: I personally like that Mason Graham out of Michigan from the draft. It’s not a very packed class at the top so hope we can win a few more games and our young guys show promise. Maybe snag Malcolm Koonce in FA. Also like that Lions multi-tech kid Levi O. Need a few big pass rush boosts. I dunno, that’s about all the energy I’ve got for this haha

If I just say “I’m just kidding bro” every time I make zero sense, I will obviously make all the sense in the world.

Yeah, this early for Bryce never entered my mind. I thought he’d baseline be looking okay with maybe an avg 205ish yards, 1-2 td type weekly performance, with some high turnover weeks. What I didn't see was that he was done before the season began and stifled to a Clausen level. I was also a bit too favorable to the defense - I thought the pass rush would be serviceable not non-existent. That was the other big miscalculation. Moving forward, the Bears defense has been playing lights out so if this offense looks more like the Cincy/Vegas games this week, I’ll feel a bit better about the system being installed. If we continue to flutter even with Dalton, then I’ll start to get weary of this staff. Even with the injuries we still have personnel to show up and perform decently on offense. Not sure about the defense though since there’s zero pass rush and it’s not going to magically arrive.

Even with our roster. I was thinking 5-6 wins would feel appropriate. 4 or fewer and it’s getting into questionable territory. Over 6 would be a welcome surprise. So it seems like we’re flirting with the low end of my expected. It’s looking to be a 3-14/4-13 kind of season. Would be very disappointed if we only win 1 more game the rest of the way. Give me at least 2 more wins this year Panthers. Thx.

Well this has been interesting

Yosh had to fill in for bakhtiari and did fine in GB. Nothing spectacular but held his own and had some good stretches. I think he’ll be able to handle the ATL pass rush this week. The injuries suck but we aren’t in dire straits quite yet. We still suck though, no changing that

I think Tremble getting knocked to last week on his hit/fumble effected that grade. Agree that Sanders has been pretty disappointing. Meh. Oh well.

Yep-It was. Heck..Plenty here were thinking we should shore up the OL or DL if the top WRs were gone. Or maybe a DB. Not only that, but Ladd was available at WR, Newton was available at DL, Frazier, P-J, Kneeland, talent was there and we reached for a guy many had reported was around 70ish overall and at least a 3rd round grade for many teams. Did the same exact thing with Mingo a year prior over legit WR talent in Jayden Reed and Rashee Rice. Also had JuJu Brents, Branch, Tuli RIGHT f’n there for us.