A short Panther history and our new QB

[ladypanther]

So, in 2023, for the 2nd time in their short history, the Panthers took a QB  with the 1st overall pick in the draft.  Now this new Panther QB is a little feller but he is said to be a little feller with a big brain.  Still, body size is a concern to many fans.

The heart, soul, and legacy of this franchise is Sam Mills.  Also a little feller who was told he could not make it in the NFL. He was a little feller with a big heart who defied all the odds and is and will always be revered by Panther fans..  Then there is Steve Smith...a vertically challenged  WR with a big attitude...best receiver this team has had in its short history.

 

So I see a pattern...little feller combined with a big something else.

 

Now Bryce is a California kid who looks like he has eaten mostly weeds and seeds all his life..  Another recent Panther QB was also from California- the Panther/Rhule reclamation project Sam Darnold.  Don't panic.  There are different kinds of California kids.  Sam talked of the beach and surfing.  He has that surfer dude kind of brain.  Have not heard Bryce or his family talk about the beach.  Bryce must be more like that Silicon Valley kind of California kid with a brain like a computer that can process things at supersonic speeds that the rest of us cannot even begin to comprehend.

The other QB the Panthers have drafted with the 1st overall pick in the draft was a very big feller with a big personality. He did well and was fun to watch.  He could outrun guys and sometimes run over/through guys.  But just like Goliath, being big did not protect him in the end.

We all know that Tiger Woods was groomed from a very early age to be a champion golfer by his drill sergeant father. Well, Bryce's father started grooming him when he was a baby too, throwing him cloth footballs which he caught with amazing skill.  Instead of being groomed in a military environment like Tiger, Bryce was raised to be a superstar by a therapist family(California remember) which has really helped him to cope with being a little feller all his life. So, not an issue and no big chip on his little shoulder.

 

Remember Aesop's story about the lion and the mouse? 

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in his fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill him.
"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, he gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
"You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."

Well, that little mouse feller used his quick thinking to get out of a bad situation and then later showed the lion that his brain was a better weapon  than the lion's huge size.

Now at the beginning of that story Vegas odds would not have been looking good for the mouse.  

Today Panther fans................ it is time for us to bet on the mouse.

So, Ladies and Gentlemen, in conclusion,  this is where this Panther history short story now comes full circle:

****The Wizard gave Sam Mills a big heart, gave Smitty a big attitude, and gave Bryce a big brain.  I predict the results will be HUGE.****

 

GO PANTHERS! KEEP POUNDING!

[Mr. Scot]

I'm a big fan of short stories

[RenoCarolina]

Well thought out post!  Maybe title should be A History of Short Panthers with Big Charisma

 

They called Sam Mills "The General" for a reason and I totally see Bryce taking that role.  But he is too sharp to call attention to that role now, he knows he has to earn that role on the field.

[jayboogieman]

Just reads thread title

[ThPantherFan]

36 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

it is time for us to bet on the mouse.

I agree.  I believe this will be a great year.  Young will get his chance sooner than latter. 

[ladypanther]

9 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

Just reads thread title

Just the title????

[jayboogieman]

2 minutes ago, ladypanther said:

Just the title????

Was just joking about Young and your use of the word short. The post was good and possibly taller than Young! Maybe people can stop with the short jokes and just go with jokes about Young being

[ladypanther]

9 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

Was just joking about Young and your use of the word short.

As you might assume, that was intentional.

[DeAngelo Beason]

I see what you did there.

[ladypanther]

4 minutes ago, DeAngelo Beason said:

I see what you did there.

[PizzaTheHutt]

every time you said "feller" my JohnBoy and Billy PTSD came roaring back and I started reading it in their "Slingblade voice"

(dear God they're still doing that routine too...that movie came out in 1996)

[ladypanther]

1 hour ago, PizzaTheHutt said:

every time you said "feller" my JohnBoy and Billy PTSD came roaring back and I started reading it in their "Slingblade voice"

(dear God they're still doing that routine too...that movie came out in 1996)

lol...sorry for the trauma.  I actually have never listened to them.