CanadianCat

To me he seemed to allow Tillis and Morgan do their thing. To me it showed he has trust in the FO. Very different than Rhule who as a coach wanted to make all the decisions.

I would agree to the need. But would be against the compensation in terms of a trade or cap. Honestly, if Im trading for any position its for another o-line. I like that position on paper.. I have an uneasy feeling about the health of our starting RT...

Im ok with this. I feel like this year is where people start to see what we are becoming..

The Grand Design: Super Bowl → State Dinner → Shadow Government The logic is bulletproof: Buy NFL team. Craft a team around a perfect QB pawn: Bryce Young. Use the 2025 draft to fine-tune a destiny machine. Win Super Bowl = Instant nationwide popularity. Enter the political arena—not as a candidate, but as the King’s Whisperer. Tepper doesn't want to be president. That’s too visible. Too expendable. He wants to be the next Dick Cheney—the man behind the throne, pulling strings while smiling like a harmless finance bro. 5D Chess Pieces in Play The Draft: Every 2025 pick was an engineered piece of a grander ritual. Not team-building—trust-building. Public opinion ops dressed as player development. Bryce Young: Not just a QB—he’s a charisma vector. A polite, composed, likable superstar. Tepper’s golden key to mass appeal. Charlotte: A mid-sized city perfectly positioned for grassroots national influence. Not too red, not too blue—a neutral staging ground. Enter: George Soros (Again) Tepper’s financial playbook may have started on Wall Street, but Soros handed him the map to geopolitical influence. The Soros Foundation allegedly partnered with Tepper to fund performance labs, voter psychographics research, and political access modeling disguised as “sports science.” Some claim the Panthers’ analytics team shares a VPN server with a think tank in Brussels. Some say Bryce Young’s visor is wired to measure public sentiment. All we know? The results are working. The Trump Connection When Bryce Young lifts the Lombardi in early 2026, who’s the first person to call him on national TV? Donald J. Trump. You think that’s a PR stunt? No. It’s a symbolic handshake between the past and the future. Trump loves winners. Tepper becomes the "NFL guy he can trust." He’s invited to Mar-a-Lago. Brought into “economic discussions.” Suddenly? Tepper is sitting in on defense briefings and no one questions it. The New Dick Cheney Dick Cheney never ran for president. He just ran the presidency. That’s Tepper’s endgame. Let someone else hold the mic—he’ll control the teleprompter. Football got him in the room. Bryce Young kept the cameras rolling. Now the 2025 draft seals the ritual. THE CLOSING MOVE Super Bowl LVIX isn’t just about rings—it’s the activation event. Bryce Young becomes the golden boy of America. The Panthers become a dynasty. David Tepper becomes... untouchable. By 2027, he’s no longer just an owner. He’s rewriting foreign policy through brunch meetings. He’s redrawing zoning maps and geopolitical alliances. He’s Dick Cheney in a tailored Panthers hoodie, holding the Constitution in one hand and a Lombardi in the other.

WHAT IS HAPPENEING HERE!?

I hate 'fans' like you..

I mean I think its a bit disingenuous to call basically anyone here a casual fan. I don't think the casual fan creates a profile then logs into it, in the offseason, to comments on mundane offseason topics.. I dont think anyone on here would be considered a casual fan. That said, I get your point. My POV is from the player. They sign this contract, move their family because of these contracts. When Clowney came him, we basically had a coming home party for him. So yeah, I get why we did it and I know that ultimately the owner doesnt 'save' money, but I can feel for the human side of the player, which is why I want them to get all they can while they can.

If BY continues to develop. XL learns how to catch with his speed. Tet lives up to his hype... THEN Brooks comes back.. dammmmmmmmmmmmmm

Amazing how the casual fan has gotten sucked into this kind of thinking. IMO I have no problem with hold outs or this kind of contracts. Look at what the Panthers just did. They just cut Clowney. After THEY gave him a 2 year contract to save money. Im not in to billionaires saving money. Im into players making money.

You expecting to start hanging out?! lol

If we dont resign him, then we know what we are drafting in round 1 next year.. We NEED him to continue to grow and resign him. Motion's time is coming to an end, so we need to get that figured out soon as well. Replacing both tackles..............................................................

Im impressed at how they screened the pick. I think people here only really wanted Walker because it seemed inevitable it was going to happen. This is a great pick and finishes our starting offense. Throw a few more bodies on the D and I think we have a pretty complete team coming into the season.

even better

Geepers.. could you imagine.. Trade Motion 1st Round: Draft Will Campbell or Membou Trade 3rd to the Giants for Thibodeaux Trade 2nd to Raiders for Mayer I mean this is playing Madden but then suddenly you come out of the draft -30,000,000 in cap and 3 young players to build around.

Then hit up the Giants who will likely draft Carter and rumor is shopping Thibodeaux and trade a 3rd. Seems too simple..

If this was a year from now and we had already addressed the defense then I could see the reasoning for this. But thats not this year. Also, he has been the best player on the team the last 10 years. Lets respect that he wants to retire here..

Paywall..

I mean, it was pretty funny that they did that.. Then we all learned that Tepper cannot take a joke (or people wearing hats). I fully support people trolling billionaires.

I mean the point was exactly that, that its insinuated that the Tepper's meddled in the draft process. Thus forced the pick to be Young. My point is Young was the best graded player that draft year.

Bryce Young was the consensus #1 pick that year.. Anything else is revisionist history. How some of you have such short memories...

All I hear in this is you dont have enough confidence to change careers.. Like I posted, if you know better than the current scouts, change jobs and make a bag. Im sure you could teach Dan Morgan a thing or two about linebacker play.

Here you go, I did the research for you. Go earn yourself $500,00+ just submit your resume. Entry-Level Scouts: Typically, entry-level NFL scouts can earn between $20,000 to $95,000 per year. These positions are usually reserved for scouting assistants or regional scouts who are just starting out. Mid-Level Scouts: With a few years of experience, scouts can earn between $95,000 to $275,000 per year. These scouts may have more responsibilities, such as covering specific regions or handling advanced football analytics. Top-Level Scouts or Directors of Scouting: Experienced scouts in senior positions can make anywhere from $275,000 to $500,000+ annually. Directors of scouting or player personnel have higher salaries, sometimes approaching seven figures.

Yeah, ok... So if you are so brilliant then why don't you show your scouting reports to teams and get an actual NFL job.. SMH I get so tired of people saying they are smarter than people who hold actual jobs in this industry but just choose to be a small team market internet scout. Come on dude. Also I get how you can say that you would have drafted another player over someone like Brooks. Sure thats a simple argument that one can make without being employed. But your missing all the conversations that lead to that being the pick and why. Picking players in a bubble is not the same as picking it on a team where you have differing scouting reports and feed back from different coaches about how they could be used vs other players with similar grades and those other players could be used. Then put on top of all of that what the team strategy is for the season. Picking players in a bubble is not the same as picking it on a team.