CPcavedweller

Hm, has he had success? Every game I've watched since McCaffrey went out sees whomever is playing QB on the ground within 1.5 seconds, whether they throw the ball or not.

Would rather take Grayson McCall in 2023. No QB is worth drafting this year. Let Darnold play out his contract and go HARD after the offensive line. Hopefully you can snag two worthwhile guys, let them play out 2022, by 2023 they will have some experience and then you draft a QB. No need to draft a QB in 2022 if you can't address the offensive line. Darnold would be fine if he wasn't on his butt every other drop back. Getting hit with that frequency will result in poor decisions when there is no pressure, as we've seen and he's been criticized for. But there is an element of trust missing and Darnold can be sure that there are high odds a defender will be in his face almost every snap.

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Darnold isn't the problem. Cam isn't the problem. Hell, PJ Walker isnt the problem. The Panthers entire offensive line except for Moton needs to be scrapped. He didn't have time to throw on every, single, drop back in the 2nd half. What do you want him to do? Get hit literally every time he drops back to pass. Darnold could be fine with even an average offensive line.

This comment is much ado about nothing. Literally nothing.

That "finally" becomes a successful head coach? What about his tenure with San Francisco was not successful?

Should've kept Rivera and let him build out the 3-4 the way he wanted. He bled black and blue and that counts for something. You don't fire people just for the sake of firing them and Rivera was proven to be a good coach. Rivera with Fitterer would've likely enabled us the ability to turn things around.

They have a 50/50 shot here.

So in QB years, not a lot of difference there. Darnold could be a guy. The Panthers could've drafted Fields and we would still be just as screwed. This offensive line is horrible.

What is Rhule's buy out? What are the odds the next guy who comes in doesn't have to start a new rebuild process and set Tepper back another two years? I'm inclined to think Rhule is given a 3rd year. If he could address the offensive line, and maybe turn over everything non-coaching related to Fitterer, the Panthers may be fine. Though I personally believe rhat firing Brady is grounds for termination. Would rather them have fired Rhule and kept Brady as interim.

Reason or no reason, I'd think the same rule applies anywhere. If you win it all, odds are that if you return everyone you're likely to be the favorite again so why doesn't everyone do it? I haven't seen a truly "lightning in a bottle season" since 2015, when the Panthers made the game despite having possibly the worst WR Corp in the NFL. Other than that, most teams who made it were built to get there and made it. So for a team like Carolina, you understand the turnover. For Philly, KC, Tampa, New England, etc. I don't.

I know you've been here a long time. We've seen dark times.

Just Fields and Sam Darnold are the same age, or close to it, I believe. Sam would've been fine if the Panthers had resolved our OL issues. Instead we brought Darnold onto a team where our offensive line is worse than the Jets. What's that thing about the definition of insanity?

When it nets draft picks, and your season is lost, screw it. Take the L for the future W, just don't make it obvious.

Not every team. Tampa brought back literally every starter from 2020.

Rhule won in college.

I'm beginning to think that Rhule should've been fired and Brady should've been made the interim. If you're going to lose, at least lose finding out if Brady is truly a prodigy or if he's a JAG. The problems with his offenses weren't Brady but rather the offensive line. You can't scheme ANYTHING around the weakness of this group. You just call what you call and hope for the best. Now a potential generational talent is gone and we are left with Rhule and his high school coach friend.

How long have you been around? How long? I've been around since I was 5, in 1996. I've closely followed the Panthers in some aspect since then (as much as you can in those various ages). I've lived through 1-15, post Tommy John Jake Delhomme, JIMMY CLAUSEN, RODNEY fuging PETE. But I was also at the Green Bay game in 2011 to see Cam break the rookie record for passing Yards in a game; watching him heave a 65 yard bomb to Steve Smith off of one foot. I remember the crosser to Ginn against the Saints on 3rd down after going 0-fer the entire game and the stadium shaking after the touchdown later that drive. Beating the Patriots on Monday night football. An Asian guy in the stands in 2003 during the Detroit Lions game saying "We going to HOUSTON" in a stereotypical asian-american accent (don't flame me, the guy have immigrated here and was excited). Sure as poo, we went to Houston. The Vikings game when Culpepper tore his ACL and Smitty made Fred Smoot his bitch, even going so far as to row the boat. I'm not going any fuging where. You want to go? Go. No one will miss your negative ass. GTFO and take your God damn fish with you.

He probably doesn't want to go to jail either.

They probably have a private airport closer to Clemson. Oklahoma would certainly be sending an executive jet.

Thank god. Maybe we can bring in McDaniels.

The offensive line is the worst in the league. Our worst fears have come true. This isn't a QB problem, it's an offensive line problem. Cam was hit on damn near every drop back.

How long have you been here? How long has Proudiddy been here? You probably weren't around in the early days, is my guess.

Another thing, on the slant pass that ended up behind more, the 0 tec had moved left into the throwing lane so Cam had to throw between the guard and tackle to avoid a batted pass. The timing wasn't off and it wasn't a bad pass, the linemen went up as Cam was pulling back and based on where he was in the pocket he had to fit it through that window.

All of them. If the offense can be built, see if you can't get the defensive guys to pull a Tampa for a run at the Super Bowl. The Panthers aren't far off and if the right moves are made at quarterback, 2022 could be the year to make a run.