How extensively will the offense need to be rebuilt this off-season?

[CRA]

8 minutes ago, glenwo2 said:

@CRAbelieves we should jettison Sam because "Why should we give him another year?"  

absolutely.  If a QB is horrible starting QB for 4 consecutive years.  It would be foolish to make it 5.  That becomes the definition of insanity. 

 He is a backup QB.  No shame in that.  

 

 

[OldhamA]

At a minimum we need to sign a C (I'd give Elflein a run at C for the rest of the season to see what he's got), at least one OG and realistically a LT.

Beyond that I'd look for another option at TE and a competent backup QB.

Edited October 18, 2021 by OldhamA

[CanadianCat]

3 hours ago, CRA said:

absolutely.  If a QB is horrible starting QB for 4 consecutive years.  It would be foolish to make it 5.  That becomes the definition of insanity. 

 He is a backup QB.  No shame in that.  

 

 

Well simply stated its cause we have paid him already. We should not have taken the 5th year option in hindsight. But be as it may, we did.

Im not saying he is QB 1 next year, but cutting him would compound the issue. Bring in more oline help. Bring in competition. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

Literally every single draft pick needs to be o-line

[Snake]

If we rebuild the OL and actually get a better scheme we will be ok. OL and ST is the biggest problem on our team. Followed by LB and S. We have skill players but they can't make up for a horrible OL and bad play calling. 

[Waldo]

[RJK]

They need 4 starting lineman, a QB, and a play caller. Pretty much everything except the skill positions

[kungfoodude]

8 minutes ago, Snake said:

If we rebuild the OL and actually get a better scheme we will be ok. OL and ST is the biggest problem on our team. Followed by LB and S. We have skill players but they can't make up for a horrible OL and bad play calling. 

We are literally missing starters at S, so that is less of a problem, IMO. The defense just needs some additional depth and an upgrade or two. The OL is a complete fuging disaster. Literally almost no salvageable parts. That is the five alarm fire that has to be addressed. 

After that, we have to upgrade to a starting caliber QB. You get both of those problems solved and we are probably looking at a winning team. Not a contending team, but a winning team. 

Edited October 18, 2021 by kungfoodude

[mc52beast]

Pretty sure Brady takes the LSU job if it’s offered to him. 
 

Our offense will continue to struggle as long as we have subpar starters on the o-line. I have no idea who will be free agents this off-season and what college has to offer in the draft but I have faith that Fitty will do everything possible to get talent.

[Snake]

11 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

We are literally missing starters at S, so that is less of a problem, IMO. The defense just needs some additional depth and an upgrade or two. The OL is a complete fuging disaster. Literally almost no salvageable parts. That is the five alarm fire that has to be addressed. 

After that, we have to upgrade to a starting caliber QB. You get both of those problems solved and we are probably looking at a winning team. Not a contending team, but a winning team. 

We have a starting QB. We just don't have a starting OL. 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, Snake said:

We have a starting QB. We just don't have a starting OL. 

Yeah....continue to believe that if you want. It's going to end up with similar results.

[FugginPoo]

4 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Until the Panthers can win consistently without CMC (either to injury or ineffectiveness) we are the 90's Detroit Lion's offense that was completely dependent on Barry Sanders.  We look competent, at the very least, on offense when he's healthy and heavily involved.  Without CMC we look like a D-III college team out there.

They haven’t won consistently with CMC

[SOJA]

Here is how I fix the Panthers in one offseason:

One) Sign Terron Armstead this offseason. IDC what it costs. Sign him to a ridiculous three year deal. 

Two a) Explore but don't break the bank for Rodgers/Wilson. I would not do anything wild but if a Stafford like deal was there pull the trigger. I'm excluding Watson for obvious reasons but should he be cleared of any legal wrongdoing I would explore that as well. 

Two b) Draft Corral or Malik Willis. 

Three) Trade Sam Darnold to the Broncos for a fourth rounder. (TBH I'm just willing this into existence)

Four) With every remaining draft pick draft OG.

Five) Convert Christensen to Guard fulltime. 

New O-line

Armstead-Christensen-Paradis-Rookie/Daley/Brown-Moton

 

[trueblade]

17 minutes ago, SOJA said:

New O-line

Armstead-Christensen-Paradis-Rookie/Daley/Brown-Moton

 

We need a new Center badly. FA, or draft, we can't go into 2022 with Matt Paradis.