LinvilleGorge

Betting on Tepper's Panthers doing something stupid has historically been a pretty safe bet.

Yeah, I think old man Arch basically git caught doing a Jim Mora "playoffs" reaction to fielding a question about Arch entering the draft? "Draft?! You wanna ask me about the NFL and this kid??? I just hope he can play decent at the college level." Red flags were FLYING when he didn't start over Ewers as a sophomore. Ewers was a decent college QB but a surefire NFL #1 overall pick should've easily leapfrogged him in his sophomore season. When that didn't happen you knew something was amiss.

19 tackles and 0 sacks for a D that's overall slightly worse than ours. Dude is completely washed.

No cut puts you in cap hell for years. You either eat it in one fell swoop or you divide it over two years with a post-June 1st designation.

The NFL gets a hard on about pedigrees and pedigrees don't come any higher than a Manning at QB. If he looks significantly improved next year I'm sure they'll largely overlook this year vs. struggling to reconcile Bama Hurts and OU Hurts.

That throwing motion is fuging hilarious. I called him Uncle Rico literally in his first start. He throws just like Uncle Rico. It's wild.

Oh Texas for sure pushed him out.

UNC saw this And said "Oh yeah! That's worth $2M a year!"

Yeah, his OSU season went down as a redshirt year so he had another year of eligibility remaining.

Yeah, Ewers made a really dumb decision. He's a posterchild of a guy who needs to cash NIL checks until he runs out of eligibility. He's a very limited NFL QB prospect but he's still a pretty good college QB. If you're a mid to late round NFL QB prospect I guarantee you there's more money for you in the portal than there is in the NFL.

The prospect of being traded from the Bengals to the Panthers would probably have Burrow dreaming of sandy beaches and umbrella drinks.

Yeah, I think Murray has always been an extremely talented athlete who just doesn't love ball. To be a good starting QB over the long haul in the NFL you pretty much have to obsessively love ball. But there will be a market for him. Every coach thinks he's the guy who's going to get through to these types of players but it almost never pans out. You can't coach want to anymore than you can coach talent.

Yeah, I'm not expecting improvements for them from benching Tua for Temu Tua. I understand why they want to get a look at the rookie but honestly I'd play Wilson and see what my offense could look like with a guy with high level NFL tools even if it's just a few glimpses in an overall pile of poo.

Playing for Tepper's Panthers doesn't seem like something that would ignite a fire under a guy already sounding like he's ready to pull a Luck and just walk away from it all.

Yeah, that's my fault. We're so late into 2025 I'm already living in 2026. LOL Oof, they're cooked. Wonder if they just eat that extra $11M or designate it post-June 1 and take two stiff jabs on the chin instead of a haymarker? Good lord Panthers, please be paying attention to this

Oh I'm sure they'll try I'd just be floored of they find a taker.

See above. He's as good as cut. They'll eat $18M but still net $47M in cap savings.

This also essentially confirms the Dolphins will release Tua this offseason. They can save $47M by cutting him and that's not even with a post-June 1st designation. And before anyone asks... hell no.

Yep. Do not get tempted to pay physically limited QBs like franchise QBs.

And they're bypassing Zach Wilson to go straight to rookie Quinn Ewers. Makes sense. I think everyone has accepted at this point that Zach Wilson isn't panning out as a starter, might as well use the last three games to get a look at the rookie.

Classic example of a guy who cashed in on being a one year wonder in a contract year. He had three career starts in his first four seasons then had 6.5 sacks in his fifth year with 10 starts and we give him $40M. He's a fine rotational guy but he's not a guy you pay like a legit building piece.

No idea. I just know that my initial reaction was "What??? That makes no sense for our scheme."

It's hard not to when we've been irrelevant for the better part of a decade. I would too if I had any confidence in that not giving the organization the excuse to continue to delude themselves. I certainly won't be mad if we win the division but it'll make me nervous about what dumbass decisions that could lead to.

Losing the last three with Bryce faceplanting down the stretch is honestly the best thing for the organization long-term. Sad to say, but that's the truth. Backing into the playoffs by winning a bad division with the Bucs in freefall might be the worst outcome long-term. Anything that allows the organization to cling to this farce of Bryce being the answer at QB is a terrible thing for the long-term of this franchise.

I just don't think there's any great teams this year. Seems like every team that makes the field this year has a shot outside of the NFC South and AFC North champs. Those are just weak ass divisions.