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It's just sad times for Panthers fans when Sam Darnold is the starting QB and the prospects are a bunch of guys who probably won't last more than their rookie contracts in the NFL. Maybe one or two of the prospects this year end up being long term backups.

I remember the story of when Shannon Sharpe kept reciting Derrick Thomas's girlfriend's phone number to him and caused him to get 3 personal fouls on one drive. Sharpe has one of the biggest mouths in NFL history both physically and in trash talk LOL And I mean we all know Steve Smith is one of the absolute legends of trash talk. He gave us Ice Up Son, one of the greatest post game throwdowns of all time.

never said I wanted to trade for him, but Mayfield is definitely going to have to be moved

Mayfield has to go somewhere. Garropolo, I could see him staying in San Francisco and maybe even being the starter next season. Unless the 49ers got a solid return for Jimmy G I didn't see them trading him with an unproven young QB like Lance behind him.

Yea @glenwo2was shaped and molded by the Huddle. He is a model of what persistent attendance on the Huddle can do to a fan, and maybe even a person.

The word "mistake" seems to follow Sam Darnold around.

well he would still be an NFL owner so probably some people would. To answer the question, I don't think there are really any good owners. I think there are only bad ones. A good owner is one who doesn't cause any problems for the team to operate.

Nah none of you people actually live in Texas

I think they know Darnold is garbage. They figured that out mid last season. Problem is they've botched all their other opportunities.

None of the QB's in this draft class are worth the #6 overall pick. Let the Saints trade up and waste their draft capital. They are great at doing that. If the Panthers didn't think Mac Jones or Justin Fields were worth the #8 overall pick last year, and they think any of the QB's in the 2022 draft class are worth the #6 overall pick, everyone needs to be fired.

Nope. It's absolutely going to happen. There's too much money in Austin/SA now. Freaking Elon Musk might own the team.

No they aren’t. The majority are quickly becoming people from out of the region or state entirely.

It will happen eventually, there are almost 6m people in the Austin/SA area. Texas has the second highest state population in the US. Florida has a lower population than Texas but has 3 teams.

The Austin/San Antonio market would like a word.

LT has been an issue for almost 10 years. This class has some of the best LT prospects in the last 10 years and the Panthers are in PRIME position to get one of them. They’d be foolish to pass one up in a weak ass QB draft.

Going to be a long day

cherry picked stats are so fun

I know a couple of the guys in Black Pumas who were playing the same show as Foo Fighters were in Colombia that night. They had to announce the Foo Fighters weren't playing and that they were playing longer. Horrible.

I think they're secretly high on Howell

I’m arguing that Darnold was seen as a talented QB in a bad situation under Adam Gase just like Ryan Tannehill. There were other teams that were willing to take a chance on him thinking if he got put into a situation with better coaching and players around him he could be successful. It didn’t work out, but I don’t think it was a horrible decision. The Panthers just didn’t hedge their bet.

If Mike Shanahan’s post-Elway Broncos are any indication, Kyle isn’t too great at QB evaluation either. But who knows, Lance hasn’t even had a real shot yet.

I mean you pulled up a statistic from AFTER the Panthers traded for him LOL. Like I said, hindsight is 20/20.

Actually, I think he is. The best ability is availability. And McCaffrey hasn't been available too damn much the last two seasons. If playing him in the slot allows him to be more available and keep him healthier, it's the right call. And if Christian doesn't like it, he can pound sand. When you are hurt for the better part of two straight seasons, you have to change something.

Haha I was about to say the same thing. They're stuck with Darnold, for better or worse, most likely worse. They just need to do what they didn't do last year and that's have him compete with either a veteran or a rookie QB for the starting job.

Hindsight is 20/20. Darnold was playing under Adam Gase and there were a lot of teams that were willing to take a chance on him. The 49ers were rumored to have offered a 1st round pick for him (who knows if that is true). The Panthers did pay a little bit of a steep price, maybe a 3rd would have felt a little better, but I didn't and still don't disagree with taking a chance on Darnold. What I really disagree with was picking up his 5th year option without him playing a down for the team. And also passing on Justin Fields or Mac Jones. Having Darnold battle it out with a rookie was the right call. I have to think Joe Brady's amateur-esque offense had a hand in not drafting a rookie QB. A rookie needs development and Joe Brady's offense wasn't flexible enough to cater to a rookie. Who knows how well McAdoo will do developing a QB, but he can't be any more reluctant or inexperienced than Joe Brady was.