Article: Watson did not want the Panthers

[bigskypanthersguy]

33 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

In other words, do what they should have already done. Now we're two years into a rebuild with a bum coach and no end in sight

Yeah...drafting someone this year, regardless of who they were, likely wouldn't have worked out any better.

You have to be able to protect the qb and this line can't.

If they'd play Brown and Christensen at their natural positions and see what they had there we'd possibly be closer to fixing it, but, Rhulevera has to play the vets because...vets.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Why would any QB want to come here. With the state of our OLine, it's not even about winning championships or not. It's about not wanting your body to get beat to hell and needing a cane to stumble your cripple ass around at the age of 45.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Good 

[Paa Langfart]

2 hours ago, Floppin said:

I know that you're joking and this completely off topic, but what exactly is the end game with dudes who lie about what they're packing? It's not like you can exactly hide it once you whip the thing out. 

By the time the lie eee  learns the truth its too late ?

[Waldo]

57 minutes ago, ThPantherFan said:

You got that right.  Can you imagine?!!??

I wish I could confidently say the nightmare is over and not just on hold...Clueless Owner, desperate HC and no OC leads me to believe we will keep trying as it stands.

[PantherCam213]

30 minutes ago, R0CKnR0LLA said:

Why would any QB want to come here. With the state of our OLine, it's not even about winning championships or not. It's about not wanting your body to get beat to hell and needing a cane to stumble your cripple ass around at the age of 45.

No kidding.  We will have to draft a QB because anyone with the power to choose will not want to  play behind a line as weak as we keep putting on the field.

[WarPanthers89]

4 minutes ago, PantherCam213 said:

No kidding.  We will have to draft a QB because anyone with the power to choose will not want to  play behind a line as weak as we keep putting on the field.

Absolutely…and the bad thing is if we draft a QB, how are we going to invest in the line? We have no draft picks and we could tell from this past offseason that you have to pay crazy money to even get scrub level talent like Elf who is graded as The worst pass blocking center in the league. 

[Waldo]

9 minutes ago, WarPanthers89 said:

Absolutely…and the bad thing is if we draft a QB, how are we going to invest in the line? We have no draft picks and we could tell from this past offseason that you have to pay crazy money to even get scrub level talent like Elf who is graded as The worst pass blocking center in the league. 

I don't like the either / or approach and see it as more of all of the above. We need to cleanout the deadweight on the roster, figure out as much Cap mitigation as possible and try to do it all even though we won't be able to pull that off. If a good QB is there, pull the trigger. If a LT is there pull the trigger. If we can trade back and draft 3 interior Olinemen pull the trigger. Nothing will be perfect, take best value and see what's next we can do. QB is top of the value chart when you don't have one. I would also be fine not playing them immediately. 

I'm only worried about more poor talent evaluations and making picks ignoring positional value and need. 

[KatsAzz]

2 hours ago, NanuqoftheNorth said:

If this is an example of what we're to expect from Rhule in the future, Tepper would do well to cut ties with Matt in the coming weeks.  No way Panthers can afford such a reckless individual to have the keys to the kingdom.  Rhule will ruin this franchise for years if he is retained for 2022.

I agree 100% with your assessment of the inept,dude of a coach, Rhule.  However, we need look no further than Tepper himself as the man responsible for approving  these type actions that are putting the Panthers building plans in complete reverse.

Edited December 17, 2021 by KatsAzz

[LinvilleGorge]

He did us a huge favor. Unfortunately, this is just further evidence that Tepper is incompetent.

[Mr. Scot]

To be clear, I'm all for drafting a quarterback.

I am, however, absolutely not in favor of his development being entrusted to the current coaching staff.

[JawnyBlaze]

I saw that earlier. It’s Florio. He just regurgitates speculation as fact (like a lot of people around here). Maybe that was the case, maybe it wasn’t. But as far as I’ve seen, it’s not a publicly known fact one way or the other. 

[The Lobo]

I thought we knew this after the deadline happened? 

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

There is no reason for these Watson threads to be made since he is not coming here. This one needs to be merged with all the others.