Derrick Brown appreciation thread.

[NorthTryon]

2 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

You mean minus about the last 10 years of the NFL and WR's?

This is old school WR mentality when it definitely was true that rookie WR's took a considerable amount of time to adjust.

This isn't that time period. 

Unless you are still waiting because Funchess, TMJ and Mingo "just haven't been given enough time yet."

Boy, you really have a hard on for this guy don't you? I was merely pointing out where the negativity and bust talk is at this point in Panthers' fandom. It is pointed at XL right now. You were wrong about DB, and you may be wrong here. But I guess you wouldn't be Shonuff if you didn't do with the confidence of a three year old wearing a Batman t-shirt. 

[kungfoodude]

6 minutes ago, NorthTryon said:

Boy, you really have a hard on for this guy don't you? I was merely pointing out where the negativity and bust talk is at this point in Panthers' fandom. It is pointed at XL right now. You were wrong about DB, and you may be wrong here. But I guess you wouldn't be Shonuff if you didn't do with the confidence of a three year old wearing a Batman t-shirt. 

The difference is that I am not a coward that will conveniently "forget" or deny all the times I was wrong like people like yourself.

Oddly, I was very right about TMac, Funchess, TMJ and Mingo.  

Let me guess, you thought those last three "just needed more time." If fact, were you one of the lightspeed idiots that said we would regret trading Mingo to the Cowboys? I seem to recall you were.

[NorthTryon]

7 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

The difference is that I am not a coward that will conveniently "forget" or deny all the times I was wrong like people like yourself.

Oddly, I was very right about TMac, Funchess, TMJ and Mingo.  

Let me guess, you thought those last three "just needed more time." If fact, were you one of the lightspeed idiots that said we would regret trading Mingo to the Cowboys? I seem to recall you were.

Wow, you really were mad about that weren't you? I just said you may be wrong. You instantly resorted to name calling and just down right nastiness. Wow, and I thought you were one of the more sensible posters here. See, I was wrong there wasn't I? I just needed to wait until we had the right difference in point of view for you to turn into a total schmuck and give a schmuck response. 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, NorthTryon said:

Wow, you really were mad about that weren't you? I just said you may be wrong. You instantly resorted to name calling and just down right nastiness. Wow, and I thought you were one of the more sensible posters here. See, I was wrong there wasn't I? I just needed to wait until we had the right difference in point of view for you to turn into a total schmuck and give a schmuck response. 

Understand, you were one of those guys. Thanks for confirming.

But, by all means, continue to be wrong about "WR's just needing more time" despite literally the past 10+ years of draft data indicating otherwise.

[NorthTryon]

3 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Understand, you were one of those guys. Thanks for confirming.

But, by all means, continue to be wrong about "WR's just needing more time" despite literally the past 10+ years of draft data indicating otherwise.

I'm not going to continue to derail this man's DB appreciation thread. I'll keep hoping our players get better and you just keep dismissing them before they even play half of their first contract. I just prefer to wait a tad longer than one, one and half seasons before declaring people complete busts. 

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, NorthTryon said:

I'm not going to continue to derail this man's DB appreciation thread. I'll keep hoping our players get better and you just keep dismissing them before they even play half of their first contract. I just prefer to wait a tad longer than one, one and half seasons before declaring people complete busts. 

Fair enough. I also prefer to call a player what they are.

But, I'm sure your faith in Jonathan Mingo will be rewarded in the XFL.

[NorthTryon]

16 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Fair enough. I also prefer to call a player what they are.

But, I'm sure your faith in Jonathan Mingo will be rewarded in the XFL.

I never said anything about Jonathan Mingo bud. You keep bringing his name up for some reason. But real quick, how's that Derrick Brown dismissal in the aforementioned timeframe working out for ya? 

[frankw]

1 hour ago, NorthTryon said:

Wow, you really were mad about that weren't you? I just said you may be wrong. You instantly resorted to name calling and just down right nastiness. Wow, and I thought you were one of the more sensible posters here. See, I was wrong there wasn't I? I just needed to wait until we had the right difference in point of view for you to turn into a total schmuck and give a schmuck response. 

He's been like that for a few months now. He fully crashed out on me over Adam Thielen of all people. Hopefully he works through whatever is going on.

[Khyber53]

6 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

Yeah I ate my crow like ~2 years ago.  Dude's been a beast for a while now.  I made the mistake of expecting him to have a huge impact right away, because he was billed as a full grown man as a rookie.  But it still takes time to adjust.

The thing is, he was a full grown man in college, but in the NFL they grow 'em bigger. Takes time to adjust and D-line is a lot harder than people think.

[Doyle]

On 12/1/2025 at 12:51 PM, 45catfan said:

Kris Jenkins was an absolute beast for a few years. But yeah, top 2-3, no question.

I was thinking about Jenkins also.  I think if Brown has one more good year he is #1.  Jenkins career was pretty short unfortunately.