Some Tet appreciation

[tukafan21]

26 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

He’s a frisbee dog who wants to run to the post and track balls in the air. He struggles picking up balls quickly on slants and screens. Both of these are problems considering the qb and offensive scheme. This also helps explains his relative lack of touchdowns. 

Currently 31st in the nfl for ypc at 14, behind Bijan Robinson. On pace for just over 1000 yards, five touchdowns, 75 catches  

he can make circus catches and at times looks like the fastest guy on the field 

Probably in a bad situation for his skill set.

looks far less pro ready than Egbuka. 

Wow this is some crazy nonsense.

First, he doesn't have problems picking up the ball on quick slants or screens, go back and watch the replays, you can clearly see him start to turn his head on those drops before the ball is in his hands, it's a concentration issue, not an issue of picking up the ball.

Yes, it's 100% something he has to improve upon and it's still a knock on him, but you're making up a problem that isn't there, when the real problem that is there is a very correctable one and also one that is rather common for a player 6 games into his career and trying to do too much.

After that, I genuinely don't understand what your point is in bringing up where he ranks in YPC, as if that's some indicator of his abilities.  Which, to begin with, he's not 31st, he's 26th (and that's before even factoring in the players above him with just a handful of catches, like Horn Jr with his 4 catches).  Then below him in that YPC ranks are guys like Chase, CeeDee, London, Tyreek, Waddle, Higgins, BTJ, Wilson etc, so I'm not sure what pointing out his ranking has anything to do with what kind of player he is or might become.  All of that before even looking how close he is to being much higher on the list because they're all so close together, he's 27 yards across 6 games shy from being in the Top 15.

If you want to pick and choose stats, why not look at things like being 3rd in the NFL in catches of 20+ yards or 6th in the NFL in 1st down catches?

And finally, no, just no.  He doesn't look far less pro ready than Egbuka, he's just in a significantly worse situation if you're just looking for a big statistical output.  Egbuka is playing with the current front runner for MVP, in a pass happy offense, where all their other pass catchers keep getting hurt, so of course he's going to be putting up big stats.  Swap those players and T-Mac might be leading the NFL in yards right now, not to mention would have just as many TD's as Egbuka does as well.

[tukafan21]

3 hours ago, CarolinaLivin said:

This fanbase has called bryce every disrespectful name in the book let alone other people on the huddle. Who cares what you call him as long as it isn’t disrespectful. You act like he’s gonna log in to the huddle and get his feelings hurt. 

Oh, and another thing on this since you mention how Bryce gets called all these names.  First things first, Bryce still hasn't come close to living up to his draft pick status, T-Mac has probably already exceeded his despite his miscues.

But all that aside, I find it so weird how much Panthers fans love the "reaper" based nicknames for Bryce because of all the people who get fired after we've beaten them.

You do realize that shouldn't be something to celebrate, it's literally numerous teams saying, "Bryce is so bad that our coaches/players don't deserve their jobs if he beats us"

But you still wear it like a badge of honor, it makes no sense, you're celebrating that the rest of the league realizes something half this fan base just refuses to acknowledge.

[CarolinaLivin]

35 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

His mother has literally said she finds the nickname disrespectful to her and the name she gave him.

In the Polynesian culture, names are often given with a deeper meaning behind it than just being their name, so shortening the name to something else, yes, is disrespectful to them.

"Tet" isn't a nickname like other people are bringing up how people don't get to choose their "nickname", it's the shortening of his name so it's just easier for people to say his name for them.  That shortening of his name is something he and his family find disrespectful and they don't like it.

But sure, just keep going with the "people don't get to pick their own nickname" line.

Never said she didn’t say that. If you defended every player getting called disrespectful names i would feel differently. But i understand your point. Most players don’t normally openly say they don’t want to called a certain nickname. It is respectful to go along with his wishes but at the same time, these are fans of his using it not people deliberately attempting to disrespect him. Casual fans will likely continue calling him that and its okay. Im not trying to argue about this just wanted to point out there is much more disrespectful names being thrown at players with no one defending them. And i never said people dont get to pick their nicknames. Plenty of professional sports players have openly come out and said they came up with their own nicknames. Regardless, im a military guy so i always go with last names haha just gotten used to doing so. Love the kid and hope to see him sustain a long career here in Carolina. 

[CarolinaLivin]

21 minutes ago, tukafan21 said:

Oh, and another thing on this since you mention how Bryce gets called all these names.  First things first, Bryce still hasn't come close to living up to his draft pick status, T-Mac has probably already exceeded his despite his miscues.

But all that aside, I find it so weird how much Panthers fans love the "reaper" based nicknames for Bryce because of all the people who get fired after we've beaten them.

You do realize that shouldn't be something to celebrate, it's literally numerous teams saying, "Bryce is so bad that our coaches/players don't deserve their jobs if he beats us"

But you still wear it like a badge of honor, it makes no sense, you're celebrating that the rest of the league realizes something half this fan base just refuses to acknowledge.

His bad play doesn’t mean you get the green light to disrespect him so openly. So if you do bad work in the office, people can call you a little b**** and a p*****. Come on man. And i never said his nickname was good one or one to celebrate. It seems you’re taking others comments into this. 

[tukafan21]

2 minutes ago, CarolinaLivin said:

His bad play doesn’t mean you get the green light to disrespect him so openly. So if you do bad work in the office, people can call you a little b**** and a p*****. Come on man. And i never said his nickname was good one or one to celebrate. It seems you’re taking others comments into this. 

I've never once called him a "little bitch" or a "pussy", I criticize his play, because it's been objectively poor.

In fact, people calling him names such as your example are few and far between, most people are just calling him out for his quality of play, two very different things.

But even if people are calling him those names, that's part of what comes with being any professional athlete, let alone being a QB, or the #1 overall pick.  When you're those things, you have expectations to live up to, and if you don't, you're going to get called ugly names.

If you think that is remotely close to fans calling a player by a nickname, that has nothing to do with his play, despite the player and his mother saying they find the nickname disrespectful to them, then you're just fooling yourself.

[CarolinaLivin]

Just now, tukafan21 said:

I've never once called him a "little bitch" or a "pussy", I criticize his play, because it's been objectively poor.

In fact, people calling him names such as your example are few and far between, most people are just calling him out for his quality of play, two very different things.

But even if people are calling him those names, that's part of what comes with being any professional athlete, let alone being a QB, or the #1 overall pick.  When you're those things, you have expectations to live up to, and if you don't, you're going to get called ugly names.

If you think that is remotely close to fans calling a player by a nickname, that has nothing to do with his play, despite the player and his mother saying they find the nickname disrespectful to them, then you're just fooling yourself.

Alright

[ForJimmy]

Hopefully Coker, XL, Treymane, or Horn can develop into a nice compliment to TMac. 

[frankw]

He's shown tremendous potential given the circumstances. The question is just how good could he be with more consistent throwing ability and ball placement that would serve to maximize his skillset.

[MechaZain]

On 10/17/2025 at 11:59 AM, tukafan21 said:

His mother has literally said she finds the nickname disrespectful to her and the name she gave him.

In the Polynesian culture, names are often given with a deeper meaning behind it than just being their name, so shortening the name to something else, yes, is disrespectful to them.

"Tet" isn't a nickname like other people are bringing up how people don't get to choose their "nickname", it's the shortening of his name so it's just easier for people to say his name for them.  That shortening of his name is something he and his family find disrespectful and they don't like it.

But sure, just keep going with the "people don't get to pick their own nickname" line.

I really don't think it's some Polynesian thing. I grew up with an unusual name too. People love to just shorten it instead of bothering to learn how to pronounce a name that's hard for them to say. It's not uncommon for parents to tell their kids to push back on that and demand others respect their given name.

There was a meme not long ago about how white folks act like foreign names are too hard to say but can rattle off Game of Thrones characters no problem.

Edited October 20, 2025 by MechaZain

[RumHam]

listen right now i'm eating crow on this and i'm fine with it. glad it has worked out. dude will only get better and could be a top WR in the league by year 3. 

 

Legette works better with Dalton for some reason I have no idea why. That needs to change.

 

 

[OldhamA]

On 10/16/2025 at 11:53 PM, PootieNunu said:

If he keeps grinding he has the potential to be the best WR in our history. 

That's a bold claim.

Steve Smith, despite being an arsehole, is a Hall of Fame calibre WR. 

[poorboysrev]

On 10/17/2025 at 6:01 PM, frankw said:

He's shown tremendous potential given the circumstances. The question is just how good could he be with more consistent throwing ability and ball placement that would serve to maximize his skillset.

Right...I've seen plays where he has to make a miraculous catch for an 8-12yd pass that if put on the money he could catch and keep running. And he's only going to get better 

[PootieNunu]

59 minutes ago, OldhamA said:

That's a bold claim.

Steve Smith, despite being an arsehole, is a Hall of Fame calibre WR. 

I said potential and he does. Tet can be a 1000 yard 6-10 td a year receiver for the next 8-10 seasons if he takes care of himself and doesn't get complacent.