Any well functioning team benches Bryce

[CPcavedweller]

20 hours ago, 45catfan said:

Woof, that's a rough list. I know UNC homers will bang the drum for Trubisky and Howell.  The Colts ain't letting Indiana Jones leave.  Again, slim pickings.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/_/year/2026/position/qb

I'd take a swing on Tray Lance in a competition scenario.  

Tyson Bagent is the only real player I can think of that I would consider wanting to trade for. He's been in the league 3 or 4 years now, the Bears thought highly enough of him to keep him and sign him to a $10 million extension as a back-up. Clearly he has developed, and he looked really, really good in the preseason. Not just in his numbers but his ball placement, pocket movement, decision making, and execution of the offense. 

It will never happen, but that's who I would explore if we don't get a shot at Drew Allar or Carson Beck in the draft. 

[blackcat]

This team isn't going anywhere regardless of who plays QB.  You play BY every single snap unless he's physically unable to and then you  make your decision at the end of the year.   

[Shotgun]

1 minute ago, blackcat said:

This team isn't going anywhere regardless of who plays QB.  You play BY every single snap unless he's physically unable to and then you  make your decision at the end of the year.   

You haven't seen enough yet?

[blackcat]

1 minute ago, Shotgun said:

You haven't seen enough yet?

Given up on Bryce?  Most definitely, but I don't think the Panthers have.....

[strato]

21 minutes ago, blackcat said:

This team isn't going anywhere regardless of who plays QB.  You play BY every single snap unless he's physically unable to and then you  make your decision at the end of the year.   

The team fell for that late season averageness he displayed last year and got burned. You want to do that again? I don’t. 
But I sort of do agree that we are stuck with him as the starter. 

I can’t decide whether replacing him gets us into the playoffs so suffering through one last season is the price for freedom in 2026. 
Three ways to be free in 2026:

He actually plays like a real NFL QB, 

The team sends him packing.

Be completely out on tne Panthers until changes are made. 

Edited October 7, 2025 by strato

[CPF4LIFE]

39 minutes ago, CPcavedweller said:

Tyson Bagent is the only real player I can think of that I would consider wanting to trade for. He's been in the league 3 or 4 years now, the Bears thought highly enough of him to keep him and sign him to a $10 million extension as a back-up. Clearly he has developed, and he looked really, really good in the preseason. Not just in his numbers but his ball placement, pocket movement, decision making, and execution of the offense. 

It will never happen, but that's who I would explore if we don't get a shot at Drew Allar or Carson Beck in the draft. 

Salute for bringing him up. I like him.  

[CPF4LIFE]

It might be better to look for the next darnold or baker rather than draft another rookie with potential. Idk.. Its hard to say right now. 

[Waldo]

10 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

It might be better to look for the next darnold or baker rather than draft another rookie with potential. Idk.. Its hard to say right now. 

Bakers are hard to come by. Darnolds should still come with a rookie in that big picture. We got a Baker when we had a Darnold but it was year 3 of Rhule that should never have happened given the first 2 years.

Sam has played 2 good teams and is 0-2 and his numbers continue to drop...Just like his year before Baker with us. That's not the answer but part of an answer. 

[strato]

10 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

It might be better to look for the next darnold or baker rather than draft another rookie with potential. Idk.. Its hard to say right now. 

The thing about top drafted QBs is when a guy looks like a sure thing, the teams aren’t letting go of the pick.

So it is luck of the draw if you do or do not get that lined up. 
The only time it makes sense to draft a guy is if you are really positive about him not because you are under duress due to a dire need.

That’s like being at the bar at closing time and you haven’t hooked up - you might settle for something you want to chew your arm off the get away from in the morning. 
 

[OldhamA]

2 hours ago, CPcavedweller said:

Dude, Beck is so much more efficient than Ward it's hardly even worth talking about. With Ward I feel like that USF game would have bene a one score affair, the FSU game probably ends up being a loss, and the UF game, with how much better their defense is this year, would have been a lot closer. The reason being because Ward is/was quite careless with the ball and he plays "Super Man ball". 

You guys are iffy on Beck because he's playing on time, within the framework of the offense. He isn't making the off-schedule plays when the receivers aren't there but when the receivers are on their P's and Q's, Beck can deliver it anywhere, on time, and in phase.

You also have to realize that Beck has led Miami to wins over Notre Dame, a ranked USF, a likely Top 20 team in Florida, and now Florida State. He's already led Miami to more marquee wins than Ward had all of last season.

I watch a ton of college football. If Beck has the mentality to be great, and will put in the work to be great, he has a chance to be really, really good. Reminds me a lot of Jared Goff honestly, or a Joe Burrow type as a thrower of the ball. 

Agree to disagree I guess.

The Defence was awful last season - Ward put up a bazillion points every game. The D just gave up a bazillion and one at times. 

[Moose Hoover]

Lets boycott teppers hedge fund, anything panthers, and boj....err um let's not get carried away...until we TRade For Bagent!

That mfer is an athelete!

[45catfan]

12 hours ago, OldhamA said:

I don't think the Chargers will let Lance leave.

You're realistically going to have to trade for one of the better backups in the league - or spunk your first overall on a massive gamble / pay a terrible 30+ year old to start. 

Lance is a FA after the season, so unless the Chargers lock him up before FA, then he's going to the highest bidder or where he has a chance to start.  Neither of those are with the Chargers.  BTW, he's only 24-years old.  Only a year older than Will Howard and Shedeur Sanders that just came out this draft.  He's also 3-years younger than Hendon Hooker who only has been in the League a couple of years. He's setting the Chargers back a mere $2M.  

Dude is athletic and got a cannon, but has to be more accurate while protecting the ball. I haven't seen him play in a few years, but judging by Mayfield and Darnold, some QBs need to bounce around the League a little while before finding their home.  He was S-U-P-E-R raw coming out of college.  he needed to stay another year, likely two before he came out in the draft.   

This is is the very player I point to when people pining over LaNorris Sellers to declare this year, Lance and Anthony Richardson.  You can get by on shear athletic prowess in college football, but that crap doesn't cut it in the NFL. Players are just as big, strong and fast, so without the knowledge and fundamentals you will get exposed in the League.  Lance found that out the hard way.

[CarolinaLivin]

[electro's horse]

Et tu, fake stats?