Davidson Deac II

I get what you are saying, and I agree the D played a solid game today. Especially in the third qtr. But Tampa actually won the time of possession battle. And if I am counting right, only had one three and out, along with one five and out to start the game. But the D was fresh enough at the end to have a chance. And that was huge. But Tampa Bay's offense being terrible played a big role as well.

Since the second quarter, the offense has been moving the ball. That does help.

My son just pointed out that if we can score another TD, the score would be 28-3.

Didn't think I would be saying this, but that is probably ball game and just about guarantees a panther win. A gift to the Falcons who are getting crushed today.

I am enjoying this a lot. Successful quarterbacks are just to hard to predict to worry so much about getting the number one pick.

In fairness, Evans wasn't covered that well, Brady just missed him. Third down was good coverage though.

Brady has 0 points thru three quarters, and Aaron Rogers has 66 yards also thru three quarters. Maybe we are finally seeing a changing of the guard at quarterback.

We shut Brady out for 3 quarters. Have we ever done that? I mean I know he is not the Tom Brady of 5-10 years ago, but even so.

Tampa's offense is worse than ours and it turns out that a one dimensional offense (CMC) is a bad thing.

Even if we end up losing this game, it shows just how dumb Rhule was for only using CMC.

Stupid challenge. Don't the panthers have someone in the booth who determines whether to challenge or not?

PJ walker probably had our best half of football by a quarterback this year. 11 for 12, 135 yards, no picks and a TD. Maybe Mayfield's second half against Cleveland was better, but it goes to show how bad our passing attack has been this year.

I imagine all three Bucs fans in Charlotte will be there. Plus a lot of Tom Brady fans.

If you look at a list of top qb's in the NFL, relatively few of them are from the SEC.

Its so difficult to judge how a qb on a extremely talented college team will perform in the NFL, but should we hold the fact that Ohio State's receivers get open easier against Stroud?

We might actually be forced to use other assets on offense. While I don't think it will happen, would be ironic if our offense actually improved.

The Cowboys traded Herschel Walker and got three Super Bowl rings.

We are not going to trade everyone, especially those still on their rookie contract. There really isn't a reason to unless someone offers us a ridiculous deal. I mean if someone offered three first round picks for Chinn, yeah. But otherwise, he is a good player who is relatively cheap. No reason to trade him.

Nah, we got rid of Anderson and CMC. Anderson was having issues, and CMC is getting older in running back years. If Burns, or Chinn, or DJ get traded though, you might be right.

CMC will take a salary cut going to SF. Much higher tax rate.

They actually look worse than us. At least we kept the lead against AZ until the third qtr. And Dalton looks worse than Mayfield.

Remember when Greg Dortch was a Panther? I think he lasted about 3 hours. Yet now, he looks a mid level NFL receiver.

I agree, WR is definitely not our second biggest need. We do need to find out what we have in Marshall. I think we need another DE to pair with Burns. Doesn't need to be all world, just a solid DE. If we end up with another first round pick, DE is the route we should go assuming there is a good one available. Regarding Tight Ends, imo it's nearly impossible to judge how good or bad they are given that we are such a terrible team at passing the ball. I would give whomever the new coach is a year or so to make that assessment if it were up to me. We may need another running back, if CMC is traded.

I understand what you are saying, but imo the run game has been working amazingly well when you consider that we have a terrible passing attack, and when we do run, everyone in the stadium knows who will be running it. Teams are putting 8 in the box, and following CMC everywhere he goes. Given those factors, 4.4 yards a carry is very good.

Maybe, but Alabama still has a larger number of five-star recruits than anyone they play. That is why it is so hard to judge how good a quarterback might be when he is in the NFL where the talent level is relatively even. And from what I have read, Alabama's oline is better than it was last year. And that is just as important as the wide receivers. Don't get me wrong, he may be great in the NFL, but it is so hard to judge. If you look at the list of elite NFL quarterbacks, relatively few of them come from the Alabama/Ohio State teams. I do wonder if we might be better off with the fourth or fifth pick in the Draft, let the other teams draft the big name school qb's while we get (hopefully) the next Allen or Mahomes.