Gapanthersfan

This team has been allergic to the obvious pick since Hurney left.

And this is the fine line crappy teams walk. Imagine this team if they had hit on a promising DE in the second instead of what they now have with Brooks.

I’d love to see McConkey, Thielen and Coker playing together. 3 dudes who know how to get open and NEVER drop a ball.

As a first round draft pick, I expected much more from XL. Brooks was a second round pick they lit on fire. Finding Coker undrafted is the lightning this team lucks its way in to from time to time (Luvu, Smitty in the third, Norwell in FA, Jake, etc). I like smith-Wade and really like Sanders. so I’ll give this draft a D unless they find a way to parlay Brooks in to a decent draft pick from another team. I don’t think he plays a meaningful down here. No draft where first and second round picks are wiffs get better than a D. Teams that whiff repeatedly on first and/or second round picks … (like this team does)… they suck. And they stay awful until they accept just how devoid they are of real talent. At that point a new, smart, GM comes in and in 2 drafts, picking in the top 5, choosing the OBVIOUS BPA PICK… they now have legit, young, blue chip talent raising the level of play of the entire team. I can see how selling an owner on a BPA strategy would be hard to do.

It’s been said, but it’s not his fault that the panthers reached. He’s a project with hopefully a high ceiling. I hope he is taking this seriously, but I have reservations. You can’t use a first or second round picks on a project. I hope it changes.

Exactly, and it’s even more important as a WR. I don’t know what to think about dude. I like that he’s country, but I see far more content about his life than I do about his career. Which one is more important to him?

Anyone (and there are a lot) who hoped our next qb would be Cam v2.0 will continue to be disappointed unless they accept Bryce. The way he finished the season… he’s here to stay. He ain’t going anywhere. There will forever be comparisons between the 2, and they all will be unfair. The circumstances both found themselves in couldn’t be more different. Their styles couldn’t be more different. The loyalty towards one or the other quickly obscures what really matters…. Winning football games by a large margin. How it happens, don’t care. Does X QB help this TEAM win football games. The way Bryce wins games is the polar opposite to Cam, and it will forever be that way. I’m a panthers fan who is beginning to really like Bryce Young’s game. I liked Cam. I liked Cam’s game, but that era is long gone. I’d love to see 2003 played out again (but win the SB this time) but that’s gone too. Never be another Jake. Never be another Cam. Comparisons are unfair. Go Panthers.

All day!

Makes sense. That wrist flick off balance rocket in the dome was quasi Vick-esque.

I’ve rewatched it a few times. Impressive. Rolls out about 5-6 steps, flicks his wrist, all arm, never even set his feet. Flick… All the way across the field from the 47 to the 24… perfect spiral… and dropped it in the bucket for Sanders. That had to of been 40 yards in the air? He looked so natural doing it. All teams have that play in their book, but when run, it’s so ugly. Complete duck. Uncomfortable. This guy is a weapon. There aren’t many non-QBs in the league make that throw and make it look so natural. He looked completely comfortable. I hope they draw up more plays for him like that.

Guy is solid as a rock. Rarely draws a penalty or gets abused. He stays healthy. Keep him

100% The Cam era was fantastic, but it’s gone. There’s only going to be 1 Cam. To ask BY to be more Cam like… not fair to BY.

I’m liking Canales, but Dan is stocking this team with football players. I really like Dan’s approach. O line is the most important position group on the team, ours was lousy, dude all but fixed it in 1 offseason. That’s strong work.

After rewatching, that was actually THE throw for the game. Very low rate of a first down conversion at 1st and 25. I believe there were 6 minutes left in the 4th. We punt there and Falcons win. Guaranteed.

There’s no telling how truly healthy the hammy/quad was this season.

First of all, he single handily destroyed my fantasy team this year when it could have been so money. I had Tee Higgins and McConkey on waivers. Chuba on waivers. Bowers and Kittle drafted. I picked Hill early, and he does me like that? Secondly, Completely wrong team culture fit. He reminds me of TO in a lot of ways. That's going to be a no from me, dog.

Too late to edit. here’s some way too premature high praise. Anquan Boldin.

I can see the Cruz similarities. I read a Coker piece where he said that he was getting some 4.4s before the hammy knocked him in the draft. Healthy is key. He said he’s been healthy his entire college career until that point. The offseason couldn’t have come at a better time for him, and he’s going in to it with his most clutch game to date. 118.8 passer rating and a heck of an effort at the goal line. He owned the last drive. Most rookies, and a lot of veterans fumble on that goal line play trying to do too much. Smart guy with strong hands and ball security. That play showed me a lot. He was right there but showed restraint. Intelligent. I want it for Xavier as I genuinely like the dude and his ceiling. Hopefully the wrist surgery fixes the drops. I can’t think of a single true #1 in the league who catches with his body.

Thielen: small school baller. Undrafted Coker: small school baller. Undrafted. Both humble. I can see a really good relationship in the making.

Mark it 6, dude.

They were playing so they could go in to the offseason with a winning record.

Further explaining: Thielen is going to help put the nano coating on a Lambo (Coker). Come on man, I heaped praise on the young man and his obvious God given talent. Please don’t read what’s not there.

Similarly to elite LTs that are giants in pass protection, elite WRs are hands catchers that flat out don’t drop the ball. Not saying all hands catchers are elite, but it is the single most important trait required. Ask Ted Ginn. Rarely does a body catcher transition in to being an elite hands catchers. It does happen, but they always plateau at the ‘adequate’ level. Route running can be taught and tweaked. Agility can be tweaked. Big dudes who can hands catch in traffic and don’t drop the rock, ever? That’s not teachable at this stage in the game. The NFL will always have a place on the roster for those guys. Ask Adam, the best hands catching WR this team has ever seen, and it’s not really close. He is going to earn a lot of $$ in the NFL. What he excels at is not really teachable. How he went undrafted and landed up with us? I have no clue. Nobody who pays attention would be surprised if he quickly becomes the #1 receiver next season and goes over 1,000 yards.

Stud. Even with his injury going in to the draft, how he went undrafted baffles me. 6’1. Solid routes. Decent speed. Gets open. Unreal hands especially in traffic. Undrafted. I see his ceiling being even higher than XL’s. He’s already the more polished WR. It’s so bazar seeing a Panthers rookie WR catching everything in sight. Thielen is going to make this dude in to a cheat code.

Another way of looking at: Bryce was able to win 4 games this season with what will historically be one of the worst NFL defenses of all time. He lost to 3 playoff teams by 1 score. Football is a complementary sport. With an average defense, this probably would have been an 8 or 9 win team. Im not a hugger by any stretch, but to have won any damn games with this defense is a minor miracle.