Bill Barnwell with encouraging words on the Panthers

[electro's horse]

45 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

  
yes it could be young.  It could be scheme but look at the other teams and the time  those qbs have 

I thought the panthers oline played very well this season in general and good enough on Sunday. 

[strato]

3 hours ago, Captroop said:

Annoyingly, O-Line has to be the priority again this off-season. All the progress we made comes crumbling down if we're not able to sustain offensive drives. We will absolutely regress if we don't have a GOOD answer at LT by the time training camp starts.

Outside of that, I'd like to see us bring in a defensive backs coach who emphasizes form tackling. This season was a disaster of missed shoulder tackles, runners falling forward for extra yards, and friendly fire injuries. 

And I still really want to see a game-changing MLB again. I know it's like asking for a winning lottery ticket, but after a decade of Beason and Luke, it just seems like such an integral part of the Panthers identity. 

Three things I certainly agree with there. 

[jasonluckydog]

I'll be wrapping up my season on Madden. Once I finalize my FA for next season, I'll email the results to Dan again. Next year may be our year. 

[HeelsPanthersCanes]

His write up of the team is accurate in the vacuum of Saturday's game.  It's not even close to accurate in the context of watching this team all season. 

If the Falcons hire an offensive coach or strong OC, keep Kirk Cousins the starter, and stay healthy, they will win this division by at least 3 games next year. 

[Montsta]

11 hours ago, electro's horse said:

Barnwell is a dvoa dork so not sure what he’s doing crafting COPE EDS except click farming. 

I am literally too stupid to understand advanced metrics and it makes watching sports sooooo much easier. 

[Bostonheelfish]

Our biggest problem is that we’ve already spent a lot of resources at corner (horn), O-line (Hunt snd Icky - 1st round early pick), WR (XL and McMillan), and RB (Hubbard). 

Because of injuries and FA and XL, we have to compound investment in those positions again. Not good.

[NAS]

1 hour ago, Bostonheelfish said:

Because of injuries and FA and XL, we have to compound investment in those positions again. Not good.

Coker made up for the XL miss, but it hurts to have to draft an OT again.  

[kungfoodude]

Something will have to be done at LT, as Barnwell pointed out and was very clear in that game, Nijman is a reserve. He will be a disaster for a full season schedule.

It sucks so much worse to lose Ikey with BC likely being done here, too. BC was our realistic, on roster stop gap option.

[bythenbrs]

4 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Something will have to be done at LT, as Barnwell pointed out and was very clear in that game, Nijman is a reserve. He will be a disaster for a full season schedule.

It sucks so much worse to lose Ikey with BC likely being done here, too. BC was our realistic, on roster stop gap option.

What did I miss?  Why is BC done here?  No snark, just busy with life and must have missed something.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, bythenbrs said:

What did I miss?  Why is BC done here?  No snark, just busy with life and must have missed something.

He tore his Achilles and he is a free agent. At his age, he will likely not be signed by anyone until he can pass a physical. It's possible his career is over or he misses all of 2026.

If he is able to recover well, perhaps towards the end of next season we can bring him in to help out.

Truthfully, the FO needs to overhaul the OL room after the two major injuries.

[electro's horse]

9 hours ago, Montsta said:

I am literally too stupid to understand advanced metrics and it makes watching sports sooooo much easier. 

The origin of advanced metrics was butt hurt patriots fans in the early 2000s trying to come up with a way to make Brady and Peyton comparable stat wise