Gapanthersfan

What I would now give to see a Darnold roll out 30 yard laser to Tet on a post route for 6.

Well said. My valid concern is this: Say DC does survive to see ‘his’ QB. how many viable brain cells will have survived the hell he will have gone through up to that point? Just think if he has 1 more year of Bryce forced on him.

He is the exact everything this team needs right now, but no amount of winning would be worth destroying the soul of the greatest football genius that has ever played for the Panthers. He would never be a yes man, nor would he suffer fools, so he definitely need not apply.

4d chess?

The worst NFL defense of ALL TIME… and not a single coach on the defense lost their job (that I know of)…. What ownership that is actually trying to win a damn game would ever let that just slide?

People like to throw around the phrase that ‘it couldn’t get any worse’ when in actuality it can and saying that is nothing more than hyperbole. Gentlemen, I submit that at this very moment, the Panthers defense accurately wears the ‘it could not be any worse’ label. I’m not a change for the sake of changing person, but Evero is not the guy. Even the worst of rosters will eventually show an inkling of progress. I refuse to believe this is the worst roster in NFL history from a talent perspective, but last season it was the worse performing, ever…. And the DC keeps his job?!?! Just think about that. Worst in the history of the NFL and he keeps his job? By that standard, what does DC’s leash look like? You serious Clark? In sane circumstances, every defensive coach gets walking papers after having fielded the worst NFL D of all time.. but not here. Makes you wonder who is really piloting this laughing stock…. And that is the guy had the gall to send Steve packing… but I digress. Evero, regardless of the circumstances he was given, just can’t be allowed to continue here. Digressing is simply not possible when you’re the worst of all time. Literally anything has the potential for improvement. His chance of turning this around at any point is 0.0.

Yup. Physics is just not on his side. How he managed to con his way in to the starting QB of THE college football program in the country, playing under the greatest college FB coach of all time… And then double down as the first pick in the draft?!? My God man.

Bryce plays to not die. The only defenders who don’t outweigh him by 100 pounds are corners, safeties and some LBs. think about that. EVERY lineman he sees every week has at least 100 on him. Broski is just trying to live out his last days in the NFL and not sustain a life altering injury. Similar to XL, Bryce has his money, just a WHOLE lot more. He’s set. Barring financial insanity, he’ll never have money problems. He knows he’s not cut out for this line of work. He lacks the tools and besides that, has no dog in him.

The NFL is a small fraternity and all these dudes know each other. They talk and know what’s what. Hey John, how’d that interview with Tepper go? … wait, he said what? I’d argue that Frank 100% knew what was coming his way. Not his first rodeo with an owner like Tepp. He knew the probably of getting lied to was about 100%, and I’d say he played his hand masterfully. Keep letting BY get killed by left sided speed rushers until Tep had no choice but to fire him before BY ended the season in traction. Canales is in WAY over his head and I’m sure is praying to get fired, but he lacks the savvy that Frank had.

It’s Shawshank and Tepp is the warden

Just do your job. Horn, Jackson, Chuba and Brown are about the only ones who understand what that means. No amount of practice will help a quitter.

How more people can’t see this is befuddling to me.

I just don’t see these guys playing for Dave Canales. guys played their hearts out for Steve. They played with heart because they never wanted to feel like they let him down. That he would be disappointed if they half assed it. They had respect for Steve. It wasn’t fear, it was respect. It was palpable. It was undeniably Steve’s team. He was the leadership that they desperately needed. No, Steve was not leading this team to SB, but this team needed, and still needs a Steve. No where does it feel like it is undeniably Canales’ team. Guys don’t play for him. if they had any ounce of respect for him or each other, then yesterday would have never happened. They definitely don’t respect Bryce, but they did respect Sam. QB is a problem, but this goes much deeper. This team needs an alpha man piloting the ship at HC first, alpha QB second. Someone who will tell Tepp to stuff it with his ‘suggestions’ … and therein lies the core issue.

My gut: Tepper really bought a stadium and an NFL ‘team’ got thrown in to the mix as a bonus. The stadium is really where the $ is at. Event venue. Big time college games. Concerts. Real estate value, tax breaks… leverage enough tax $$ so he can renovate his toy, and then 86 the team to some other city, all while keeping his money printing apparatus in place. Fielding a perpetual embarrassment only helps to grease the skids.

These are grown ass men with a very limited time to reap financial benefit directly tied to winning. They’re not doing this for funzies. We’ll get em next year… blah blah Building a culture. They don’t want to hear that. They need contract #2 which will hopefully set them up for life. They need to win. Now… and they know when they’re being lied to. Anything short of the org putting them in the best possible position to win screws them over. They only person grown ass alpha men will respect is another grown ass alpha man.

Identity? It’s certainly not anything football related, that’s for sure. I don’t know. Maybe we’re the check cashing capital of the NFL.

Alphas need not apply.

Ron worked until Cam’s shoulder got smoked. It was the sentinel moment that doomed the best run this franchise has ever seen. It was going swimmingly. Cam had put in work on his touch and mechanics. We had the most complete defense this team had ever had and a coach they believed in… and then it all went to ish.

This team needs a bridge coach to return some sort of GAF. A winner would be a bonus, but this team is so damn far down in the well that they don’t even know what dignity looks like. Y’all just need to face it, NOBODY, no coach, coordinator or position coach who is worth anything wants ANYTHING to do with this ish. The blow it all up and burn it to the ground for some hero to come in and save us from our owner is a complete fallacy. It’s not going to happen. Tepp will have to roll up a Brinks truck and drop some more propaganda. The rebuild approach that works for other teams in the NFL will not work here. We have the worst owner in the NFL, and it’s not even close. Who TF wants to come to CHARLOTTE (!) and be the head coach under Tepper. The only thing that will spark any momentum will be the typical Panthers lucky win streak to finish the season, fire the head coach and hire someone who is not afraid to tell grown ass men that they’re losers (but Tepp doesn’t get along with those types). Rinse wash and repeat. Hopefully we also luck in a franchise QB in the process, a la Delhomme and Newton.

Unit? Naw, bruh. It’s Chuba, Horn and Brown. As of this moment, those are the legit starters this team is fielding. Without the threat of Chuba, this team might not have had a first down today.

Baghead worthy, or just wear inside out jerseys to those who can stomach these performances in person?

Fixed it for you.

It’s still that same swing pass from the first ATL game

Yes I’m turning it in to a Wilks argument. Keep DJ, Sam, Wilks, take the haul for Burns and Luvu probably stays since he sees the org not selling out on Steve, whom everyone in the locker room was ready to run through a brick wall for. Wilks could have been a bridge coach. Probably would have been, but so what. The team played its ass off for Steve. Where is that effort now? Mr. Rah rah, stay positive, we’ll get em next time is getting us curb stomped by a bottom dweller in one of the weakest teams in the AFC, and no one looks like they GAF about it. I told y’all it would be a long time before Steve’s screwing over would be atoned for. Blow it up? How many rebuilds actually come to fruition off of the blow it all up methodology when the owner is a meddling egotistical jacka$$? Does anyone truly think ‘blow it all’ up will actually work? Here? Serious, Clark? Where’s the Tylenol? Horse $hit is an upgrade right now and blowing it all up will not get this team any closer to the fabled land of competitive.