How far would the Stafford led Panthers have gone?

[LinvilleGorge]

Look at how the Lions did with Stafford. We're a Lions level organization at this point. And that's exactly why Stafford didn't want to be here.

[L-TownCat]

As far as Matt Rhule could take him.

[Growl]

Probably pretty far. The Rams have had that roster together for a while and it’s all been for naught. It was a franchise QB that finally made it all worth it.

to reinforce that, most of their major players were brought in as high priced free agents or blockbuster trades. You’re gonna see more and more teams be more and more willing to part with major assets.

the problem with the panthers pursuing Stafford was never Stafford, it was the opportunity to draft a long term franchise QB, something they foolishly ended up bypassing anyways.

can’t make the mistake again, if the super bowl proved anything, it’s just how futile your chances are without one.

burrow took an average squad and led them to a super bowl.

an elite squad floundered for years because they had an average QB and finally triumphed once they got one.

If Dave tepper doesn’t see the obvious now then there’s no helping this organization as long as he’s here.

no more cutesy minimum play investments. It’s time to spend massive capital one way or the other for a guy.

[45catfan]

Not far, he would have benched himself by week 8 and held out until his trade demands were met.  He wouldn't even do that with the Lions.  How crazy is that?

[parker]

I don't think he would have done much better here.  Maybe 2 or 3 more wins. Stafford could have made those same throws at the end and have half of them dropped.  We don't have reliable playmakers outside of McCaffrrey.  

[frankw]

2 hours ago, TheProcess said:

Smh....we really have people on here acting like the refs won that game for the Rams? Funny how end of the game situation makes people forget what happened earlier in the game.

How many other Super Bowls have you seen where the winning team on their final drive gets that many favorable flags in the span of less than 2 minutes? We got some blind mice here.

[ForJimmy]

1 hour ago, X-Clown said:

Agree with everything you said here except that Brady didn’t win a SB with Caldwell. Caldwell was his #1 WR for one season, in 2006 when Manning finally beat the Patriots and then won the SB. He dropped 2 passes in that game. If anything though it proves your point further.

Whoops. Nice catch (not Caldwell, you)!

[jb2288]

10-7 and a wild card loss 

[Sgt Schultz]

1 hour ago, 45catfan said:

Not far, he would have benched himself by week 8 and held out until his trade demands were met.  He wouldn't even do that with the Lions.  How crazy is that?

That would be if he survived until week 8.  As it stands now and this last season, we need somebody that can run for their life back there.

So, not far is the right answer.

[firefox1234]

1 hour ago, Growl said:

Probably pretty far. The Rams have had that roster together for a while and it’s all been for naught. It was a franchise QB that finally made it all worth it.

to reinforce that, most of their major players were brought in as high priced free agents or blockbuster trades. You’re gonna see more and more teams be more and more willing to part with major assets.

the problem with the panthers pursuing Stafford was never Stafford, it was the opportunity to draft a long term franchise QB, something they foolishly ended up bypassing anyways.

can’t make the mistake again, if the super bowl proved anything, it’s just how futile your chances are without one.

burrow took an average squad and led them to a super bowl.

an elite squad floundered for years because they had an average QB and finally triumphed once they got one.

If Dave tepper doesn’t see the obvious now then there’s no helping this organization as long as he’s here.

no more cutesy minimum play investments. It’s time to spend massive capital one way or the other for a guy.

The worst part is that we are in the worst year to make that investment. This is truly a case of Murphy’s law. 

[45catfan]

1 minute ago, Sgt Schultz said:

That would be if he survived until week 8.  As it stands now and this last season, we need somebody that can run for their life back there.

So, not far is the right answer.

Ah, so we need to draft a punt returner and teach him how to play QB?

[Carl Spackler]

10 hours ago, rayzor said:

Stafford is a good, tough QB. He's always been that. Detroit is just a bad town for a football team, just like Cleveland. Those two cities will never produce winners.

There's just something in the water.

No different than Charlotte.

[Growl]

11 minutes ago, firefox1234 said:

The worst part is that we are in the worst year to make that investment. This is truly a case of Murphy’s law. 

It feels like this every year, but the math points to the likelihood that there is a guy in this bunch. Identify him. That’s the job they’re paid to do.

Edited February 14, 2022 by Growl

[firefox1234]

2 minutes ago, Growl said:

It feels like this every year, but the math points to the likelihood that there is a guy in this bunch. Identify him. That’s the job they’re paid to do.

Do we have the guys who can do that job? So far this has yet to be seen and evidence currently points to no.