What is Dave Tepper thinking

[mc52beast]

Would really like to know what our owner is thinking after seeing with his own eyes that Cam is struggling. Here are some options;

Sit Cam for a year, let him rest and see what he does in the last year of his contract.

If they sit Cam, do they go with Allen/Grier or possibly bring in Kaepernick. It would take him a couple weeks to get up to speed.

Let Cam play, see if he returns to form. If he doesn’t, how many games do you let him play before you bench him.

Tepper will let his thoughts be heard, no doubt about that.

We know what Ron’s going to do, he’ll play Cam until he can’t hold a football anymore

[rico6]

Tepper’s ire I would think is more towards Rivera/Hurney than an individual player on this team. He probably realizes more than ever a culture change is absolutely needed for his club,  and JR’s bitch (Rivera) is holding this team back.

[Moo Daeng]

I'm sure he's not happy at all. I hope he's ordering a cut down on all the produced hype media being put out and telling his team to focus on playing football.

[Tbe]

If I were him, I’d give Cam until mid season. If substantial improvements in his accuracy don’t come, you bench him and play Will (so we can get a better sense of what we have). Plan to cut Cam at the end of the year and start over with new staff and QB.

I guarantee he’s already making calls to get advice on finding the next coach.

[Paintballr]

Well one things for certain. I haven’t heard that many boo’s in the stadium consistently after each drive than last night. 

He should be getting the message when the stadium (even before the rain) is 2/3 full and they are booing your product after each drive

[thefuzz]

He is thinking.....What happened?

 

"I bought this franchise and people were excited, stopping me in the streets, cheering me on as a fresh face where a stale one had been.  What could have changed?"

Well, nothing changed, sir, and that's the issue.  Part of the fanbase was super excited, heard things like 3/4 and Cam dropping bombs, shoulder is behind us, and we are going places.  I heard "best roster in a long time" talk....hell there was some Super Bowl stuff floated around here.

However.

Many of us were concerned about Cams shoulder being back, knew Ron was going to whisper sweet nothings into Teppers ear...and I do mean nothings, and Marty Hurney was here for yet another failed season.

 

At the moment we have fan anger....and that's still good....some are still dialed in and holding out hope.  Fan apathy is next, and that is the very last thing that Tepper needs to happen.

There will have to be an injection of some type to change the direction, I don't think that Dave has the balls to do it.

 

[Prowler2k18]

11 minutes ago, Tbe said:

If I were him, I’d give Cam until mid season. If substantial improvements in his accuracy don’t come, you bench him and play Will (so we can get a better sense of what we have). Plan to cut Cam at the end of the year and start over with new staff and QB.

I guarantee he’s already making calls to get advice on finding the next coach.

^This right here....my thoughts exactly. As someone posted earlier, a cultural change is needed. Mediocrity has permeated this organization. Rivera and to an extent Hurney represent the old regime's philosophy - which is years behind the way the game is played now. As a result,  the Panthers' have become consistently predictable and stale.  The Patriots seems to have found a way to field a dynamic offense (and yes, I know they have the GOAT in Tom Brady) and there's simply no reason we can't replicate that at some level with the playmakers we have.  

 

 

[Anybodyhome]

31 minutes ago, mc52beast said:

Let Cam play, see if he returns to form.

The only difference between Cam now and Cam 2 years ago is Cam is now a pocket passer. His mechanics are the same as they've always been (horrible) and he's still airmailing receivers like he's always done.

I hate sounding like a broken record, but we've already seen the best of Cam and it's a shame it only lasted a little over a season from the 2nd half of the 2014 season through the Super Bowel season of 2015.

The future QB of the Panthers is not on the roster and the upcoming off-season already looks like it'll be more interesting to watch than the rest of the regular season.

[LinvilleGorge]

If I'm Tepper, I'm talking to the medical/training staff myself this morning. I want to hear it directly from them. What in the hell is going on with that foot? Is he going to get any better while he continues to play?

Based on those answers, I'm making the call on whether Cam needs to work through things on the field or if he needs to sit and rest up. 

I'm also going straight to Ron and telling him that Daryl Williams CANNOT play another game at LT. Period. I don't care if you want to flip flop him and Moton or let Little learn on the job but it's painfully obvious that Williams can't handle the job. A guy with only 15 career sacks through 5 seasons had a three sack night against him.

These aren't things an owner should have to do, but we all know Ron. Tepper should've cleaned house last off-season but he didn't, so now he has to micromanage incompetence.

[CanadianCat]

This QB situation is exactly why I was against drafting a QB this year(with a valuable draft pick) the entire season rides and dies with Cam. If the arm is no good (which is what it looks like) then we are drafting a QB anyway. No point to draft a guy in the 3rd IMO. 

Unfortunately I agree that we are seeing the end of Cam. 

[MechaZain]

Another game or two like that and we have to ask if he's doing more harm than good out there. Grier's a bust if he's not next.

[CanadianCat]

43 minutes ago, Tbe said:

If I were him, I’d give Cam until mid season. If substantial improvements in his accuracy don’t come, you bench him and play Will (so we can get a better sense of what we have). Plan to cut Cam at the end of the year and start over with new staff and QB.

I guarantee he’s already making calls to get advice on finding the next coach.

I would be on board with placing Cam on IR if we are 2-4 at mid season. But I dont think we cut him. I think we bring in a new coaching staff with the new rookie QB we just drafted in the top 10 and let them compete. 

[stratocatter]

I would think Tepper is a step or two ahead of everyone and probably has had options identified for a while

[Wanderlai]

Tepper isn’t a dumbass. I think his plan is to let this team implode and start all over with his “team”. No way I see him giving Cam a crazy contract the way he has been playing. I don’t think he wants Ron and the coaching staff. He will ride out this season but by next season we will have a far different looking team top to bottom.