pantherj

Depends. Is CMC playing for most of next season? With CMC, the return of Horn, a more experienced defense, CJ improved, and a top 6 pick added to the o-line we are not the worst team. Bottom 5 worst team, yes, worst overall, no not imo.

No more laughing at the Jets or Jags, we're every bit as bad and there is no hope in sight.

I will admit that I enjoy watching PJ, but more in a comical way. When things break down he does things that just crack me up because he doesn't care. He also has a way of making weird funny looking plays happen. As far as him being on a serious Panthers team that might make the playoffs.... HELL NO!

I’ve been saying that all along! Son of a bitch.

Not Sam out there trying to throw more picks.

Oh wow you guys are fired up for this game.

Bringing pressure I like it.

Aren't the Bucs sort of injury riddled?

Ewwww white pants????

Don't worry if you see the Steelers they are switching to the Panthers in about 1 min.

Ok it's over now we're switching to the Panthers.

I'm suck waiting for the Steelers game to end and it's in OT.

This is our toilet bowl game so the young guys need to play for evaluation. No one cares if we win.

We shouldn't reach for an undersized center with the 6th overall pick. Sadly finding a trade partner might be tough unless an elite prospect falls.

Miller being out is a blessing.

Last they said Deonte would be in on special teams.

I'm not doing researcher for you dude. Argue with someone else.

SB history says a franchise QB is necessary to win the SB if your talking about the current modern rules. Watson doesn't want to come here unfortunately. Without a franchise QB building the defense is unwise, see our current Panthers with their completely built defense. Useless. You have to go back to a proper blueprint and start from there. Let the veteran defenders leave for better contracts, or trade them for draft picks. The defense is irrelevant at this point as you will see again this Sunday when our 1st rounders all over the field do next to nothing to stop an injury riddled TB team. What needs to be done is to build an excellent o-line, and give that o-line time to gel together. Once the excellent o-line has been built, then we turn our attention to drafting a QB. Then you allow the QB to gain experience behind an excellent pass blocking o-line. Then you slowly start to rebuild the defense. Once that is completed you start looking for the final few pieces. Is it a TE, RB, WR, or something else? Then you start making SB runs and try and win the damn thing. We're at the build the o-line phase. Next is QB. Then defense. Then last few pieces. Then the SB window opens.

You may get your wish as we may not be able to find a trade partner. Teams typically try to low ball Fitt, and ask the world of him for their guys, see the Darnold trade. YEEEOOOW that one hurt. The Jets had ZERO offers and would have released Sam had they not ripped us off for a 2nd and 4th. Fitt got angry during the last draft because a flood of teams called trying to rip him off. The word is out that he's vulnerable to bad deals.

There are a few teams that are one piece away from a possible SB run, so we might be able to unload him when trading resumes in March. The problem is that his contract is insane, and his body is fragile by NFL RB standards. We're not a CMC away from a playoff birth, so unloading vets, even CMC, is a good idea at this point. We need to become even younger because we're in a hopeless rebuilding phase, or more accurately, the QB limbo I have been warning about since we signed Teddy.

I see all teams that don't have a franchise QB as rebuilding because they aren't going anywhere without one. We are nowhere near ready to compete to make the playoffs, so we're rebuilding. And next season is a rebuilding season as well unless we land Watson. The thing is that Watson rejected the idea of coming here and invoked his no trade clause, so we're rebuilding next season. Trading our vets for picks is fine by me so long as we get halfway decent deals. We don't need vets until we land a franchise QB, and this draft doesn't have that type of guy. The Panthers won't take a QB in this draft, and the reason I know that is because we passed on Fields, and Fields would be the first QB off the board in this upcoming draft. Gilmore and Jackson do not need to be resigned. Try to trade Burns and offer a friendly deal. Get rid of Miller completely. Draft the best o-lineman on the board if you can't trade down, and with the 6th pick we should land a long term starter at LT or C/OG. Use the later rounds for depth. Play 2022 with Sam and go into 2023 with a top 10 pick shopping for a QB.

To trade back you usually need a top heavy type of draft. This draft doesn't have the type of players you want to trade into the top 10 to draft. That means we are likely stuck at the 6th pick. We need to prepare for next season as though CMC is not on the roster. We need a better RB than Hubbard, and that can be found in free agency.

I want the Panthers to start losing the instant we are eliminated from the playoffs. The Washington win was our most idiotic ever. Rhule was asked before the game if they should tank and he said he wanted to teach the players how to win in December, and that was more important than draft position. Welp YOU DIDN'T TEACH THEM POOP RHULE!