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O/U is 5.5 juiced to the over at all the reputable books. Easy schedule. If Bryce isn't a total dud and Evero can make chicken salad out of chicken poo with the pass rush and secondary, 6 wins should be achievable. For Bryce's stats, all I'm asking for is 200 pass ypg and 1.5 pass TDs per game on average. If we can't hit those marks with this schedule, then it means Bryce is a certified bust, we'll have a top 3 pick, and one of Carson Beck/Shadeur Sanders/Quinn Ewers is holding up a Panthers jersey in April 2025.

I've got modest expectations. Hoping for meaningful improvement but nothing wild. 5-7 wins, 3500+ pass yards, 25+ TDs, cut the turnovers (INTs+fumbles) in half. If he shows that, I think he'll get more time.

Lotta poo takes in this thread https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5627267/2024/07/09/adrian-wilson-cardinals-panthers-domestic-violence-arrest/?source=emp_shared_article

Gallup targets: 57 Mingo targets: 85

$5m max makes me think his salary is probably around the vet min ($1.125m) and incentives to get it up to $5m tied to production.

Ridley put up worse numbers than DJ Moore last season with a better QB/offensive structure around him and got $50m guaranteed (when DJ signed his deal it was $62m with $41m guaranteed). Not to mention he missed an entire season. Can't believe we traded DJ away ugh.

I think you might as well hang onto Sanders for this season and see what he can do if healthy behind this revamped line and scheme (Reich/Brown's offensive scheme was awful) given his $4m base salary for 2024 is guaranteed. If he sucks again, we can cut him after the season and only take on ~$3m in dead cap.

Queen to the Steelers - so much for that

If we land Queen (former DRotY and 3 years younger than Luvu), no one will care about losing Luvu. Burns was a sunk cost, knew he was gone at this stage. Bell and YGM are JAGs.

Rumors are Henry to the Ravens is a done deal

Basically a 2-year deal at $13.5m per with zero dead cap hit if we want to get out after that. Good business, solid signing.

They're not going to bench the 6th overall pick going into his 3rd year. They're putting Icky next to a strong interior and are going to see if last season's stinker of a season was due to a bad scheme and a revolving door interior. If he sinks this season, they'll replace him as a starter. But he's going into the 2024 season as the starter at LT.

$26.5m signing bonus

eye watering number there

$27m per for Wilkins, that Brown contract is going to be eye opening edit: I don't think the Panthers are going to be able to afford both Brown and Burns. Think one is gone.

edit: nvm

Mike Brown was gonna let Carson Palmer rot on his couch unless he got exactly what he wanted in a trade. I don't think Higgins is going anywhere - his best hope is that another team does him/his agent a solid and negotiates a deal that Cincy will then match.

I mean I would say DJ Moore was a hit. Then we decided to trade our only proven WR in a trade up for a young QB instead of trading Burns. That was dumb.

I think 5 years, $27m per is fair value, if not a slight overpay. Burns can negotiate with other teams under this tag, so let's see what the rest of the league is willing to pay him...

I was responding to the rankings of players drafted with Tepper as an owner. With Fitt as GM, yeah, it's looking pretty terribad.

Went back and...YIKES 1. Derrick Brown - far and away best player drafted under the Tepper regime MASSIVE GAP 2. Jaycee Horn? Elite flashes when healthy but that's only like 30% of the time 3. ...Chubba Hubbard? Brady Christensen?

Yeah, I try to be optimistic, and I hope Bryce looks better with the new coaching staff, but woof. We could've just re-signed Darnold or started Dalton as a bridge QB, drafted Carter/Darnell Wright/Peter Skoronski with the 9th pick, kept DJ and probably get one of Williams/Maye/Daniels this year. Regardless of how this draft pans out (with the exception of Bryce becoming a superstar), the opportunity cost was massive and tracking to being an absolute disaster.