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I Feel Bad For All of You - Thank God for Tetairoa McMillan

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Honestly, I can't imagine how angry, depressed, frustrated, apathetic, or whatever other adjectives you want to use to describe your feelings right now.  I know what it was like after the first few games of the last couple seasons, and it really sucks to know it's a lost season already.

But honestly, I'm good.

We've been so bad the last however many years, that my Panthers fandom was at an all time low, I barely cared about the team anymore.  I hadn't worn a single piece of Panthers gear since early in Bryce's rookie season, I never would talk about them, never looked random stuff up online about them since then either, all of which is very abnormal for me.

Not sure if I've mentioned this here before, but I'm an Arizona alum and T-Mac was my favorite Arizona player ever (most sarcastic comment ever made on this board?)

Drafting him completely reinvigorated my Panthers fandom, my NFL team drafted my school's GOAT, LFG!

I know I'm supposed to feel like we have the last few seasons right now, maybe even worse because it's happening AGAIN.  

But with T-Mac showing he's the guy I spent almost 2 years on here telling everyone he was and looking like the true #1 stud I knew he'd be in the NFL, I'm just not, I'm kinda already just good with however the season ends up.  It's rare to be watching someone in their 2nd NFL game and just already know they are your new favorite player ever, because I'm kinda already there with that too.

I have something about the Panthers to root for, no matter how bad we are.  If we continue to look like this, we'll be replacing Bryce, someone I never wanted to draft.  And if not, it means a miracle happened and Bryce turned into a stud and lead us to a shocking season, which would then be a lot of fun to watch.

TLDR... T-Mac is a fuging beast and that's good enough for me.

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Worth noting with his 100+ yard game, he also drew a game-extending holding call.  He had a hell of a game and I don't think it is an exaggeration to say he is already our best overall player on offense (though Chuba is, imo, still a beast)

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7 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

Worth noting with his 100+ yard game, he also drew a game-extending holding call.  He had a hell of a game and I don't think it is an exaggeration to say he is already our best overall player on offense (though Chuba is, imo, still a beast)

Don't think that's an exaggeration in the slightest.

I always said his floor if he never improved one bit in the NFL, was as the 25th-ish best WR, as that's where I thought he'd come into the league as a rookie.  

Now wondering if maybe I actually underestimated my guy on that one, he's already a Top 20, maybe borderline Top 15 already.  He's the real deal, he's showing the hands, the after catch speed and agility that I said everyone was sleeping on.  Can't wait until we start calling proper red zone play calls and he can start showcasing what a beast he is down there on jump balls too.

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10 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Don't think that's an exaggeration in the slightest.

I always said his floor if he never improved one bit in the NFL, was as the 25th-ish best WR, as that's where I thought he'd come into the league as a rookie.  

Now wondering if maybe I actually underestimated my guy on that one, he's already a Top 20, maybe borderline Top 15 already.  He's the real deal, he's showing the hands, the after catch speed and agility that I said everyone was sleeping on.  Can't wait until we start calling proper red zone play calls and he can start showcasing what a beast he is down there on jump balls too.

I know you talked up his after catch abilities but I thought that he looked so smooth today after the catch, I was really impressed

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3 minutes ago, frankw said:

He's a stud. Hopefully the franchise does right by him. Beginning with the first round of the 2026 draft.

I assume you mean by taking a new QB, but if so, ONLY if there is a QB truly worth it when we're on the clock.  

You can't screw up another QB pick by reaching just because you need one.  If they're not there, sign a bridge guy for a season and try again the next year, it would suck to delay finding a long term solution, but it's WAY better than taking the wrong guy and delaying it another 3-4 years. 

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30 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

I assume you mean by taking a new QB, but if so, ONLY if there is a QB truly worth it when we're on the clock.  

You can't screw up another QB pick by reaching just because you need one.  If they're not there, sign a bridge guy for a season and try again the next year, it would suck to delay finding a long term solution, but it's WAY better than taking the wrong guy and delaying it another 3-4 years. 

As long as we shoot our shot on a guy with the prerequisite miminum physical intangibles and a winning mentality I'll be able to at least hope for the best. That's all we can do.

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Just now, flagfootballcoach28 said:

It's been great seeing him play so well. I knew he would. Can't help but to feel ashamed of the team we have surrounded him with. They'll be no reason for a Cali kid to stay in Charlotte if we don't get our act together fast. 

Well that's the one good thing about 1st round rookie contracts.  Team controls the player for 5 years and you can extend them after the 3rd.

We offer him a fair market extension after his 3rd year and he's going to sign it, it's too much money to turn down because you're unhappy with the team.  

It's a couple years after that where if he's still performing on a crappy team that you run the risk of them asking to be traded.

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