Joe Bear

I'm skeptical of that. The crowd was small in Charlotte, but the cameras were rolling.

I imagine he'll be more Matt Corral than Matt Moore.

I expect all-new quarterbacks, centers, left tackles and linebackers next year. Kicker's also a revolving door annually, so look for another one there as well.

Meh, yearly occurrence. They're either invincible and awful or made of glass and good. Either way it's just more losing but we're used to this, so 17 more isn't that surprising.

My wholly uneducated opinion is a torn Achilles. Anything that doesn't keep him out all year would be a welcome surprise.

I'm aware and I'm hopeful of that being the case.

I should also add that it's absurdly early and there's no need to label any pick a bust (at any level) before they've played a full year at minimum. Now, that said, there's a 99% chance this year's draft yields no help for what's already not a top-35 lineup in the league (I'd take a handful of teams' twos over the ones here). At least we're used to this by now, so losing your first-round WR and second-round RB possibly for the year before they play a game (I'm hopeful for Brooks but remember when Foster's knee injury would have him out "a month or two" at first).

I've never seen a coach handle a question about a player like that, and said player not be out for the season. So it's almost assuredly a torn Achilles, or possibly a broken ankle. Either way, a mixture of misfortune and poor decision-making could well leave the Panthers' worst four drafts in franchise history as 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Get excited for the Drive for 5 in '25!

Will Levis put mayonnaise in his coffee.

This team has holes nearly everywhere, so patching them up piecemeal is the only way to go. I agree that a RB was a luxury choice (and not one I'd trade up for) but let's give the guy a chance first.

Well, it'd make Jack Plummer look better.

That's fair. Not to compare them because Legette won't be at his level, but DJ Moore was not exceptional at anything in his first camp or preseason.

I remember when people mocked Gabbert to the Panthers at No. 1. I can't judge, I wanted Nick Fairley.

I like Bryce Young. I think he's a good guy, he was great at Alabama and not all the problems last year were his fault by far. The predictable routes and poor pass protection made him look worse than he should've. But I very much doubt he's physically equipped to be a franchise QB, and we're probably about to get a heavy dose of reality in the next few weeks.

I have tickets to the practice next Sunday but I've never been there -- what's the setup like/what should I know before we go in?

I'd take one over none