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McCall Cut!

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On 8/21/2023 at 12:08 PM, ForJimmy said:

Yeah he was never going to be the real starter. They just wanted to get a good look at him. Again this is what our staff is doing this preseason for the most part. 

So what is a fake starter? He was brought in to contribute to the team and was a miss. Now Ickey is playing like dog poo, Chark is injured, we missed on McCall, Miles Sanders is also injured. Now the team comes out and say that it's going to be a three year process, meanwhile we don't have a stockpile of picks like you'd hope a team who just drafted a franchise QB would have. 

So no, this isn't "getting a look at him". This is a whiff. This has been the Panthers since Tepper took over. Get used to it. 

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5 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

So what is a fake starter? He was brought in to contribute to the team and was a miss. Now Ickey is playing like dog poo, Chark is injured, we missed on McCall, Miles Sanders is also injured. Now the team comes out and say that it's going to be a three year process, meanwhile we don't have a stockpile of picks like you'd hope a team who just drafted a franchise QB would have. 

So no, this isn't "getting a look at him". This is a whiff. This has been the Panthers since Tepper took over. Get used to it. 

A wiff on a previous coaches UDFA? 

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41 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

So what is a fake starter? He was brought in to contribute to the team and was a miss. Now Ickey is playing like dog poo, Chark is injured, we missed on McCall, Miles Sanders is also injured. Now the team comes out and say that it's going to be a three year process, meanwhile we don't have a stockpile of picks like you'd hope a team who just drafted a franchise QB would have. 

So no, this isn't "getting a look at him". This is a whiff. This has been the Panthers since Tepper took over. Get used to it. 

He started him during a PREseason game (the same games Burns and Houston aren’t playing) to get a good look at him to see if he can play the NT well enough to have a roster spot. Do you know how this works? 

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Huddle: "This team is trash...this defense sucks...teams just march down the field on us.....least talented roster......."

Also Huddle: "Wtf are we THINKING cutting Undrafted FA perennial All-Pro Marquan McCall?!?!??  This will go down in franchise history as the worst move we've ever made"

I'm starting to think a lot of people here just choose to adopt whatever's the contrarian position at any given point.

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11 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

Huddle: "This team is trash...this defense sucks...teams just march down the field on us.....least talented roster......."

Also Huddle: "Wtf are we THINKING cutting Undrafted FA perennial All-Pro Marquan McCall?!?!??  This will go down in franchise history as the worst move we've ever made"

I'm starting to think a lot of people here just choose to adopt whatever's the contrarian position at any given point.

They do, thinking it makes them look smart and edgy when in reality it accomplishes the opposite.

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