Joe Bear

Lock Morgan and the Teppers out of the war room in April, please.

Some of his last few starts were pretty similar to Young's first two this year. Dude could run backwards and fumble with the best of them.

Nah he would've been gone by 40, let alone the third round. He was not a reach. But he's not good, so that's another notch in Morgan's bust belt.

Aside from his first NFL start, Allen couldn't hit passes downfield worth a damn unless the WR was wiiiide open. And even then, it wasn't a lock.

We'll say this nine times next April, too.

Basically, Legette as a WR.

In the event that Coker doesn't go on IR (I expect early next week he will be shut down), Legette needs to get deactivated or solely used as a returner.

The biggest problem the last month has been the wide receivers. And Hubbard has 1,000 yards, but he averaged a whopping 3 YPC today and had a game-losing fumble a week ago. Is he balling?

Problem is, he gets worse every week. I think the time he needs is to be on the damn bench collecting dust (maybe it'll fall off him too). Or, put him at returner. He's worthless out wide.

Dan Morgan adopted another dawg headed for the pound.

Should've been 32 attempts for 224 yards, 2 TD and 1 pick, but for Dwayne Jarrett in the 17 jersey.

Yeah when a guy's reaching out like that, it's not in the bread basket so it's not super easy. But a first-round pick worth a damn hauls it in and keeps it. Legette didn't let it fall out of his grasp, which, pathetically, is progress -- but he didn't finish the play.

I can't trust Legette to make a play and if you can't trust a guy to ever do anything right, there's no point having him on the team. I get that he's a rookie but he's been fascinatingly performing worse and worse every week. At this rate, I'd be thrilled if he could get packaged in a trade early next year before his value truly tanks.

The problem is he simply cannot be relied on at all. A football approaching Xavier Legette's hands has as much a chance of going well for the Panthers as a Bryce Young downfield throw to a WR in 2023 (none).

Fair. That really pisses me off. I'm not sure what Hubbard can do to atone for that fumble (though, granted, Pineiro turned into a horrible kicker the moment he had the accuracy record, so he'd definitely have missed). Legette is a rookie, and yet he's also a lost cause. Nobody with hands this bad ever turns it around. Move him to RB with the rest of them out.

Hubbard had a league-average day.

I like Young and I'm glad he's turned it around and made some great strides in his passing game, his decision-making and his performances overall. Still, he's not a franchise-tier QB and never will be in Carolina -- no matter how cool it'd be for that to happen. He's deserved a win these last two weeks and has been let down by his teammates, but I still expect a 3-4 INT game every week. Maybe it's PTSD, maybe it's just been the inevitable being staved off, maybe I don't want to be optimistic because this team thrives on letting down those who are. Get a guy who can challenge him for the starting job next year.

I'm just saying, Young needs someone who can challenge him. 2-15 and 3-14 isn't enough to earn undisputed franchise guy treatment, even if some of those 14 weren't on him. And XL can be a nice #2 for the Arlington Renegades in a year. Dude has a fun personality, but Young gets more out of throwing it out of bounds than he does throwing to Legette.

Right and every time they win, the Panthers' draft position goes higher. Which would be cool, but it sucks because all these clutch drops, fumbles, missed kicks, missed tackles, missed blocks and missed throws that lead to excruciating loss after excruciating loss have a payout of... Dan Morgan making a dumbass pick at the top of the draft again. So, while picking high should be great, it's not, because it's not making the team better. It just makes it more embarrassing from August-December of next year. They need to take Tepper and Morgan hunting in April and throw their phones in a lake.

Young needs someone to challenge him because he's still inconsistent and little. When he's on he can make plays, but only Dan Morgan would think anointing him as the unquestioned starter for a third year running would be smart. Even if you think he's the guy as a passer, he's small-framed and one hit puts you right back in 0-17 contention without a quality non-geriatric backup. I haven't watched much of McMillan but if he's here I'd have to assume he can't catch worth a damn as long as he wears a black and blue jersey, because the two things go hand in hand. Coker's a solid WR2 if he could stay healthy but he can't. Legette's a WR4 who doesn't need more than 1-2 targets/drops a game. Throwing to him is like spiking the ball.

Let him improve on someone else's practice squad.

I also thought this. Kind of goes back to my point about there always being a goat. Legette catches that and falls in, and it's still a 52-yard FG leading to a loss. While you'd prefer to have a WR picked in the first round who can catch more than one out of five passes that hits his hands, that's just not the case here.

The odds on the Jags and Raiders winning another game are infinitely higher than the Panthers winning again.

Need more pieces than can be acquired in one offseason, and need a different GM acquiring the pieces. - a QB to battle Young for the starting job - a RB to pair with Hubbard - three or four wide receivers to pair with Thielen and Coker - two tight ends - offensive line depth across the board - an entire new defensive line - an entire new linebacking corps - an entire new cornerback lineup - a K to battle Pineiro

3-14 gets you No. 1.