Khaki Lackey

Flux capacitor...fluxing.

Remember Norman and Bradberry? The front 7 makes a difference for sure, but it's not like elite DL grow on trees either.

For all the credit we give Matt's wife for drafting Chuba, it overshadows the fact that her meatballs were so good that it got that payaso hired.

My takeaways: Bryce is showing arm talent he rarely showed year one. It's as if he was hiding an arm injury. Gaining confidence and not playing tentatively seems to have improved his velocity and accuracy. David Moore is quality depth. With a little work, Legette and Sanders are going to be studs. For someone who was drafted for blocking ability, Tremble is gradually turning into a decent receiving TE. We need a defense. Bad.

Our personnel sucks. There are only two viable starters on defense and they can play in both.

Yep, add in the realization that his new boss is just as bad if not worse than his old boss had to be deflating.

Yeah, this summer I don’t want to hear about Netflix or “getting away from football.” If he puts in the work and plays well the first half of next year, I think he could be well on his way. From biggest bust in NFL history to viable NFL QB is a big-ass jump and I give him huge amounts of credit, but he’s still got a lot of work to do to be in the top ten conversation.

According to the huddle, any player that isn’t a hall of fame lock is “JAG.”

He’s a little more tolerable now that it’s not his entire life’s mission to take potshots at Jerry Richardson.

Chuba “Old Mother” Hubbard Chuba “Cabra” Hubbard Chubahumbug. (Christmas time only)

My conspiracy theory: he was hiding an arm injury. His throws look so much better than last year. (probably because he's actually throwing downfield with some confidence for the first time, but that's not as fun as a conspiracy theory.)

You may disagree or not like his delivery, but Fiz is one of the few knowledgeable posters left of this board.

As a Panthers fan, I want him to become a franchise QB. Realistically, I just can’t see it happening. I hope I’m wrong. What I don’t want is for this team to be in below average QB purgatory for years, i.e. Daniel Jones syndrome.

Yeah, the notion that you can get great guards and RBs on day 3 of the draft is Huddle/internet folklore. Sure, it happens sometimes....by teams that draft way better than the Panthers. Dan's first draft seems promising. If he's going to succeed as a GM he's going to have to have really goods drafts, with tying a lot of money in guards and RBs.

Hence all the Wilks and Fields superfans on here

Not using the 8th overall pick for a backup caliber QB is one of the few things that this organization has done right in the last 6 years.

Passing on Fields is the one thing Rhule did right. Well, that and letting his wife draft Chubba.

Agreed. I keep expecting him to revert back to his previous tendencies. Maybe he’s just plain good now.

Why do we always abandon the run when it’s working?

I don’t watch much college ball and I’m not saying you’re wrong, but after Bryce, every time I hear “it factor” as a selling point I cringe hard.

How any Panthers fan can care about getting the number one pick at this point is baffling

Yeah, elite 3-4 nose tackles are as hard to find as elite 4-3 DEs. But there’s only one instead of two, so I guess we got that going for us lol

Of course it worked. Any GM can throw a bunch of cash at proven commodities to improve a position group. We’ll see how well that money was spent in the near future when we can’t get assets elsewhere because we have too much cap invested in IOL for a QB who isn’t on the roster anymore. as far as Hurney goes, I sure can discount his first round ability, because guess who else has great first round draft ability? Me, and I’m an idiot. The only time I disagreed with Hurndog’s 1st rounders was in 2012. I wanted Fletcher Cox over Keek. I’ll call that a tie although I could argue long term Cox would have been a better pick.

True. I just think big money guards were an attempt to make the offense viable for Bryce Young and the reason they ended up here is because other teams are smarter than to sink that $ into IOL, but I get your point.

Giving Dan credit for our Oline is almost as bad as peoples' praise for Hurney's perennial top 5 1st round picks.