Thielen traded

[MillionDollarCam]

2 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

He lined up the offense a lot and helped call out protections based on looking at tape. 

Our third year QB should be doing that now. Sure there will be growing pains but how are the young guys supposed to get better if their dad keeps doing all the work for them.

Cam had no issues lining up the offense or with protections by his third year, it’s time to let Bryce leave the nest and see what he’s got in regards to commanding the offense.

Edited August 27, 2025 by MillionDollarCam

[jb2288]

Dan what the fug man. this is garbage 

[ForJimmy]

Person (so take it with a grain of salt) claimed AT was already being phased out of the offense based on camp. 

[mrcompletely11]

Just now, PNW_PantherMan said:

Something changed in between when he signed the deal for this year and the present.  I don't think it's a huge leap of faith to say he's not particularly excited about this season for the Panthers.

thats the simplest answer especially since there was a rumor he was working out with JJ mccarthy and crew

 

He had the "I didnt sign up for this" moment before and you have to think he can tell a difference between a good team and bad team all things considered.

 

Just think its shitty after we gave him a hefty raise

[CarolinaLivin]

Meh, i have always been indifferent on the trade if it happened, we got good compensation for a 35 year old possession savvy type WR. Glad we didn't have to eat any of it. 

I highly doubt we will regret it. If Bryce still looks bad, AT wasn't gonna change that. Sorry. Good luck to the man in MIN, he was likely gonna sign there after this year to retire or something like that anyways. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

Just now, mrcompletely11 said:

thats the simplest answer especially since there was a rumor he was working out with JJ mccarthy and crew

 

He had the "I didnt sign up for this" moment before and you have to think he can tell a difference between a good team and bad team all things considered.

 

Just think its shitty after we gave him a hefty raise

No good deed goes unpunished.  We should have let him retire.  We lose out on the pick but we would have had some extra spending money in the offseason.

[frankw]

Pick swap and a 4th round pick. I mean that's best case scenario. Now we can move on. I'm eager to see Canales develop this young WR core.

[WhoKnows]

5 minutes ago, MillionDollarCam said:

If Thielen is the link to Bryce Young’s success like some of y’all seem to think then we are fuged.

But in reality Jalen Coker put up a 7 for 7 for 62 in the last game of the season and showed he can be a volume target.

We also just opened up a ton of slot snaps and for those that are unaware, yes, McMillan has played the slot and is a matchup nightmare there.

Then you factor in that we got compensation for a guy who is at the end of his career, has an injury history, and and may not even be in the league next year… I fail to see where the issue is even if the fourth round pick is in 2027.

My thought exactly. We basically got a 4th for a one year rental when we aren’t a playoff contender. If we can’t overcome the loss with the young guys then we have big issues. We’ve invested 4 1sts (3 top 10), 2 2nds, DJ Moore into $150M in OL FAs into this passing game. That’s 90% of our draft and FA capital into Young. We damn well better be fine without AT or we are ways away from competing. 

[LinvilleGorge]

4 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

They are really, really high on Horn Jr. They spent a draft pick on him to be a returner/slot wr. 

I hope he pans out I just didn't see anything out of him during preseason and it seemed like all the talk about him looking good on camp pretty much evaporated once the pads went on.

[CarolinaLivin]

I think we wanted AT back until we got past the draft and camp. Wasn't expecting to get what we got in the draft, and prolly wasnt expecting tremayne to look as good as he did to them this off-season.

[carpanfan96]

1 minute ago, MillionDollarCam said:

Our third year QB should be doing that now. Sure there will be growing pains but how are the young guys supposed to get better if their dad keeps doing all the work for them.

He should be, but I said this in his predraft and why i didn't want to draft him. 

Can't read defenses well and set line up for success, eats a lot of unnecessary sacks and pressures due to that and holding the ball too long and moving in the pocket towards the edges instead of up into the pocket. 

[ECHornet]

14 minutes ago, Growl said:

Then you don’t trade him. Trades don’t have to happen. 
 

this feels like a hit of dopamine for the people who think we care about reading their mock draft and BIG BOARD but come draft night it will be another player you’ve never heard of whose competing for a depth spot. 
 

 

Our last two 4th round picks:

JT Sanders

Lathan Ransom

Not too shabby for a rebuilding team. 

[countryboi]

another thing about this is the Vikings are eating AT full salary, they wanted the Panther to eat a some of his salary. once again this is a win

[PleaseCutStewart]

1 minute ago, ForJimmy said:

Person (so take it with a grain of salt) claimed AT was already being phased out of the offense based on camp. 

Hard to interpret something that way (even if it is accurate). Thielen knows the playbook and probably doesn't need as many reps, as say the rest of our receives who are rookies (Tet, Horn), 2nd/3rd year (XL, Coker, Tremayne), or were possible cut candidates (Renfrow, Moore).

I probably wouldn't have focused as much on Thielen also when they needed a lot of info on all of the other receivers