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I have a question for the folks still touting Stroud (and yes, it is obvious that he should have been the pick). However, as a fan of the Panthers, why does it give you all joy/happiness/whatever to continually pump up a player on another team while degrading your team’s starting QB? It truly is like you all want Bryce to fail just so you can be “proven right” on who you wanted. 

The picks have been made. There is no changing what has been done. Is your being “proven right” for wanting Stroud worth more to you than the guy you don’t want, hopefully, turning the corner and figuring this thing out?

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3 minutes ago, Bama Panther said:

I have a question for the folks still touting Stroud (and yes, it is obvious that he should have been the pick). However, as a fan of the Panthers, why does it give you all joy/happiness/whatever to continually pump up a player on another team while degrading your team’s starting QB? It truly is like you all want Bryce to fail just so you can be “proven right” on who you wanted. 

The picks have been made. There is no changing what has been done. Is your being “proven right” for wanting Stroud worth more to you than the guy you don’t want, hopefully, turning the corner and figuring this thing out?

Why do you think it automatically means anyone wants Bryce to fail? The two things are not mutually exclusive, and that's really the problem with a lot of rose-colored crew in this fan base right now... things are treated as zero-sum, and it's not. It's just the way it appears based on the season at hand.

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