The #Panthers are finalizing a deal with QB Teddy Bridgewater

[Harbingers]

6 minutes ago, Ship said:

uhhh... so trade? Released?

Oh man. If you thought the huddle was bad. You should read some of the responses to that.. I mean all of them. 

[Baskinridge]

 

My reaction coming home and reading about all this.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Oh man. If you thought the huddle was bad. You should read some of the responses to that.. I mean all of them. 

I wouldn't want to be a member of the Panthers social media team right now.

[Harbingers]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

I wouldn't want to be a member of the Panthers social media team right now.

Ya there’s a lot of “FU... we know it’s not your fault social media people but FU!“ going on. 

[Riv]

24 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I wouldn't want to be a member of the Panthers social media team right now.

Having to apologize for a inept franchise is probably not easy. 

[KatsAzz]

Regardless of who the Panthers had gotten or will get as QB at this time, half of the Huddle Forum would have disagreed with their decision. If Teddy Bridgewater is signed i will be pulling for him 100%.

[KatsAzz]

1 hour ago, Paa Langfart said:

I believe that Tepper is pulling strings in all these moves.

I feel sure he has a big,big input every

 type move like this.

[bobowilson]

The silver lining I'm finding in this contract

Teddy is fragile, and likely to get injured behind our line by week 3.  Then we roll out Will Grier, lose every game, and draft Lawrence.

Tepper wakes up from whatever stroke he's experiencing, fires Rhule, and we actually do a real rebuild around Lawrence.

 

[Khaki Lackey]

3 hours ago, FakePlasticTrees said:

Welcome back to mediocrity...our trusted and familiar friend.

This pretty much seems like the plan. I could understand a partial rebuild around the core talent or a total blow up and start over, but it's as if we are just going to shoot for around .500. We might as well have kept Rivera. JR and Fox too, for that matter.

[panthers55]

As Steve Smith said earlier. Cam isn't Rhule or Brady's guy. Brady was there with Bridgewater and has the same system in place that he flourished in. This is what you expect with a coaching turnover, you also have a player turnover as the coaches get their guys. Other than Rhule apparently contradicting himself at the combine, this is what you would expect.

[DeeJay]

4 hours ago, joeyxfresco said:

Done with this team. 

bye clown

[Jimmy]

4 hours ago, an@rtistFKAmjl said:

And didn’t throw the ball past 6 yards lol

Cam has only avg 6.9 yards per pass since the SB, so....

[Peon Awesome]

Hmmm... on the one hand, $20 million per year is a bargain for a starting qb these days, particularly by the end of this contract where there might be more than one $40 million per year qb. On the other hand, Kyle Allen in his 5-0 start looked about as good as Bridgewater did in his 5-0 start and we all know how that turned out. And Allen was playing behind an inferior o line. Imagine if Cam came back healthy after that 5-0 start and teams were looking to sign Allen as their potential starter this offseason. We very well might look back at this and realize we just paid $20 million per year for the Saints' Kyle Allen. 

Let's hope Joe Brady's experience with Bridgewater is actually meaningful and they translate it into above average qb play, because then it's a bargain of a contract. It seems like it's priced out so that even if he bombs, the numbers aren't crippling particularly if the guarantees are modest. So from that end, it's somewhat understandable. 

My biggest gripe is the way we are treating Cam with this. Why not give him a chance at his bargain contract? If he comes back healthy, getting rid of him will be a franchise-destroying mistake. Why not wait a year? Is Bridgewater really that great that you throw all that away for him? And for those saying this is a bridge move for Herbert, that's asinine. Cam would've been a much more logical bridge on a 1 year contract. What kind of moronic move is it to commit $60 million for a bridge qb, lose out on our 3rd round comp for Bradberry, and give up the chance to draft a potential all-pro defensive talent at 7 so you can groom the 3rd highest rated qb prospect in this draft? No, all the moves we've made so far have been young guys with untapped potential for Rhule to build up. Bridgewater fits with that. For better or for worse, he's gotta be our plan at qb for the foreseeable future. 

 

[MorgulKing]

16 minutes ago, bull123 said:

It’s not like the players wouldnt bail for more cash at EVERY opportunity 

Like I said...business is business.  If the Panthers believe these moves are in the best interest of the franchise (which I disagree with) then they need to do it - however, making these movies and attempting to paint them as "mutual agreements" to part ways is stupid and disrespectful.  Plus how does the franchise possibly benefit from making these false claims?  Players like Cam and Olsen are going to refute them (like they have) so there's no good will or publicity that the franchise receives.  It's just dumb.