LinvilleGorge

Good grief

What exactly is your point? Because honestly it kinda just seems like incoherent yelling about Arthur Blank.

I don't understand the kid gloves we've treated Darnold with. Fitts says he's in on every deal but when you backup QB is PJ Walker and a QB who has played better than your current starter gets traded for a 6th round pick, well that's a deal you should've probably been in on. I honestly think we weren't in on that deal because we don't want Darnold feeling any pressure whatsoever. And let's be honest, if Gardner Minshew was on the roster many of us (including myself) would be pounding the table to see him next week. I think we might be a little too focused on "traits" sometimes. Yes, Darnold has good traits. Better than Minshew. But Minshew is a better QB.

I'm hoping they're realizing what you're likely to end up with when you try to shop for QBs in the bargain bin.

No, I want a good manager. Good managers hire good people and then get out of their way offering input when needed but refusing to micromanage.

Yes, the OL has sucked but you can't overlook the reality that Darnold's worst play has come when he's actually had time. Pressure isn't causing the INTs. Darnold making poor reads and throwing it to defenders is causing the INTs. When he has time to actually think that's when he's at his worse.

You want a Jerry Jones/Al Davis type. Ironically enough, the Cowboys are starting to find success again now that Jerry Jones has finally stopped back somewhat and let his football people drive the football decisions. I don't doubt that Tepper will soon strongly urge Fitts and Rhule to make a bold move at QB if Darnold does indeed ultimately fail, but I do think he'll leave the final decision up to them on who they target.

You want a strong man to sweep in and save the franchise. I don't think you're going to find many hedge fund managers who are also elite football talent evaluators and football coaches, hence why they employee GMs, coaches, and scouts. If those guys don't deliver, they'll get fired and replaced by guys who hopefully will.

Tepper reportedly wanted Fields. He let Rhule and Fitts pass.

I think Tepper understands how vital the QB position is. I just think he fully bought into Rhule and has stayed hands off in letting Rhule handle the football operation. I'm unsure of how long he'll stay patient there though. He said soon after buying the Panthers that this is a .500 league and the key elements for being competitive year in and year out are a head coach, a GM, and a QB. Those are the three must-haves. St some point, I think Tepper is going to pressure Rhule and company to stop beating around the bush and go all in on a QB. Stop trying to get lucky and score a steal.

Specifically those two INTs. Ya know, since that's exactly what I was talking about had you read the post.

Dante was amazing today. Overall, the D played great other than a complete inability to stop runs to the left in the 4th quarter. It's difficult to find much positive to talk about offensively, but I do think that Moton/Christensen is our best OT tandem. Wait... one positive offensively. Chuba Hubbard is becoming a damn fine #2 RB.

I'm deeply concerned about the decisions we've been making at the QB position.

Passing on Fields due to our evaluation of him? Okay. Fine. I'd just like to have been a fly on the wall watching us evaluate all the film of Sam Darnold hitting defenders between the numbers in NY. Because the last two weeks we've seen that Sam Darnold suiting up for the Panthers.

We're the Panthers. At the end of the day, that's all we have.

It's a game. Good grief.

Yep. Honestly the moment a team planned to suit Watson up, he'd end up on the commissioner's exempt list immediately. The only reason he hasn't yet is simply because it hasn't been necessary.

Yep. Seems like a legit good dude.

That's fair. If I'm being completely honest, I wish we'd sent that 6th to Jacksonville for Minshew. If Darnold continues the play he's shown the past two weeks it'd be nice to have a Minshew level backup to go to.

Not trusting Darnold to throw the ball.

The picks he's thrown over the last two games are so bad. Some picks happen. Balls get tipped. Sometimes defenders make unreal plays. But damn, he's hitting defenders between the numbers like they're the intended receivers.

Honestly, I think I saw the coaching staff's confidence in Darnold crack today and the back breaking final INT might just reinforce that. We really took the ball out of his hands when we were desperately trying to hang on before the Eagles took the lead.

There was some bad but IMO there was more good than bad. I still think Moton at LT and Christensen at RT is our best OT tandem.

All I'm saying is that we've spent significant cumulative resources acquiring players at a position that wasn't a need. Those are resources that can't now be used to potentially address glaring weaknesses.

I believe him too. But I do blame them for specifically targeting historically mediocre and oft-injured free agents. Erving and Elflein are the types of guys who generally sign low level contracts in the second wave of FA. We signed them to real money during the primary wave of FA when guys are generally being overpaid. I found it baffling they were the guys we chose to target and so far it has planned out predictably - they've been mediocre when available and are both currently injured.