Jon Snow

4 minutes ago, t96 said:

Love it. Basically polar opposite to Rhule's approach, which is good. I'm taking it slow with hyping up the team and our prospects this season just based on assistant coaches but I can't find anything to complain about with Reich's staff so far. Now let's get us Carr for the near future, Stroud/Young/Levis for the mid/long term, fill some of the other gaps in free agency. NFCS is so wide open if we can do that we could dominate the division for years to come.

My early guess is that they target Levis in round 1 after signing someone like Carr, if they cannot get a trade partner or the cost is too rich its onto Plan B.

Plan B will look something trading back into the bottom 3rd of round 1 and take a guy like Hooker or someone in that tier. 

Plan C is to just go with Carr (insert vet here) and Corral this season and get someone to compete with Corral for the starting role before Carr (vet qb) is cut loose. 

Or none of the above. 

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Damn

That's how you right a wrong.  Now all they need is a room full of QBs to sift through. 

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

I mean, Bears have indicated their pick is for sale.  So there is a pick that can be had at the very top.  Would Carolina pay the price?  I doubt it. 

There also are about 5 teams ahead of us that need a future QB as well.  Bears would probably prefer to deal whoever is further down though.  Because the haul will be more insane.  And those teams ahead of us could drive up the price to make the Lance trade seem modest lol. 

Best case scenario, is Stroud and Young get hammered by the NFL machine like most Ohio State and Bama QBs have been. 

The Bears will get a hall for that pick and we cannot even entertain trading for that pick. Had we say, traded someone for some 1st round picks we could be in the driver's seat. But muh defense needs a star. I got news for them, they still don't have a star.

7 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Darnold was Rhule's call.

All the quarterbacks were.

The compensation was Fitterer. 

4 minutes ago, ForJimmy said:

I think the safest approach is to wait and see.  If it's Levis and Young going 1 and 2 then we can look at trading up to 3 with AZ which should be less of a haul and so on depending if Stroud drops.  For example say we won't give up more than next year's first plus our 9 and maybe some mids to move up for him.  

To move up you first have to have a trade partner.  What do you do if you cannot get someone to trade with you? You cannot go into the draft counting on trading up. I certainly hope they have a better plan than "we are trading up". There better be a plan B and C in place before the drfat starts. I'm telling you this trade up idea is a pipedream. 

47 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Fitterer and Morgan will discuss with Reich what he wants.

I'm sure they will. It still doesn't give me the warm fuzzy feeling that Fitterer has final say on the 53. After the Darnold deal I guess I'm a little gun shy. Especially with Carr out there. 

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

We will see. I don't blame him for leaving the McDaniels situation but I don't want to see us end up in some bidding war. If we sign him to some big deal, it's going to make us have to make some tough decisions in the near future. 

I keep going back to the statement from Reich where he said that Fitterer sets the 53 players and he decides who starts. That means Fitterer is controlling the draft and FA so he is picking the qb. That worries me.

2 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/2574010

The New Orleans Saints, Tennessee Titans, New York Jets, and Carolina Panthers will be among the teams interested in signing Derek Carr once he's released Tuesday, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

 

That is an interesting group. Of them, we probably have the best coaching situation for a QB. I wonder if this will come down to money or the best situation to win. 

M. O. N. E. Y.

4 minutes ago, Lame Duck said:

I’ll end up skipping the whole NFL season being a Panthers fan

I'm hoping this season will be worth sitting through for a change.  But if it goes true to norm you may want to just change channels.

25 minutes ago, Day1PanthersFan said:

We were 12-4 and took Prime Patriots down to the wire also 

I don't want an offense that can almost win, we have had that, I want an offense that can actually win the superbowl

No more moral victories and happy to be there , it's victory or nothing!!!!!

Let's start with some consist almost wins and work on the actual SB titles if we get there. 

I too want a few SB trophies to brag about.  But to get them you must be able to get there and keep getting there because brother that is the ultimate goal. Building a team to win it all 1 season is a short sighted and often chosen route by a lot of teams. But very few can carry that over to the following season.  Why is that?

The reality is extremely hard to do in the salary cap era. Players move on to better contracts and coaches move on the promotions elsewhere.  In essence you start over.

Every coach will tell you that he coaches a different team every season. There may be a lot of the same players and coaches but only this year's class has a chance to lift the trophy. 

31 minutes ago, Lame Duck said:

 

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Hit fast forward on that thing until it gets to training camp.  You can pause it for a second for our 1st round pick, but only for a minute. 

21 minutes ago, Basbear said:

I got no insight into that, i do know it was posted within minutes of the game ending.  

Everybody trying to make a buck off anything.  Even if its staged.  There's always an angle with everything these days.

1 hour ago, Basbear said:

 

I hope that was his tv. 

Their inexperience showed last night.  Reid showed them why he's still one of the best coaches in the league.  He took them to the woodshed in the 2nd half.

Just now, NanuqoftheNorth said:

As a casual observer, I'd say that Andy Reid's reputation casts a long shadow over Eric Bienemy.  If Eric ever wants to be seriously considered for a head coach position, he would take a chance and move to another team as their OC.  After a season or two there would be little doubt as to Eric's capablities as an OC.   

Logic would say you are right. It appears however that finding another GM or head coach willing to put his job on the line for that little experiment may be a bit difficult.

12 minutes ago, CRA said:

Eagles O did have the most yards, points, best 3rd down %, most first downs, TOP, etc.  

that scoop and score off the fumble was huge.    

And the 2 walk in touchdowns.  That was what did them in.

14 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

Never said it was because of race. Not sure where you got that. I was agreeing with you that there has to be something else going on behind the scenes that's causing him not to get that HC job offer.

Didn't mean you specifically.  It was in the general sense as in someone. 

21 minutes ago, top dawg said:

He has had his personal issues, as has been well-documented. Furthermore, maybe he just has a personality that rubs people the wrong way. Maybe he's an asshole. Who knows?

I just provided the info. If you want to call Andy Reid a liar, then that's your right to do so. On some level, I just know that Bienemy has been an integral part of the offense, if some want to think he's just there along for the ride, that's on them. It doesn't make sense to me, but not everyone thinks the same.

That's what I'm saying. Reid may be telling the truth, he could be trying to help him get a job, buts it's not. So, if true every team that interviewed him has called bullshit afterwards.  So they are calling him a lair as well.

I doubt his past would deter a team given how teams including our own went after Watson.

If he were an asshole explain Saun Payton. Ok, I might give you that one.

It doesn't make sense to me either.  The only thing left is that he's not very good at anything outside of whatever Andy actually has him do. Whatever that is.

3 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

Luke did some work in the radio booth didn't he?   How did he do?  Got to wonder since he and Greg are friends off the field how much Greg might influence him to continue to pursue broadcasting.  Unless he is just not good at it.

 

Luke doesn't strike me as the type that like to be in front of a camera. 

4 minutes ago, DaveThePanther2008 said:

13 Days until the combine.  Several players will move up and down on draft boards by showing off in their tights. 

Ah the Underwear Olympics. Where fans confirm their biases over a straight line sprint in shorts.  I look forward to the prognostications.

3 hours ago, frankw said:

If you want to win in this league and more importantly go to and win in the postseason you have to have a potent passing attack. If we have a QB who can't even do that we don't have a starting QB plain and simple.

According to Reich a qb has to be able to make 10 big time throws per game. Dumpoffs do not count. They have to be able to hit the target at every level. That should narrow the field a bit.

The Cap is a myth.

It more like guidelines really. 

It's not my money. 

Kick the can.

Who gives a sh!t?

Did I miss any?

58 minutes ago, razorwolf said:

I hope Luke Kuechly comes back as a Defensive Quality Control coach at least. It would be nice having him back with the panthers even is it is as a coach.

I would love to eavesdrop in on a conversation between Luke and Capers about defensive strategy and tendencies.  Yes I'm a nerd.

This should be pinned should it not?