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I doubt the Panthers are interested in Wentz and that huge contract but who knows

Cam’s jersey was marked down 75% in the stadium stores in late 2019, I mean you can’t make it any more obvious

Feels like the Panthers have a bad offensive line almost every season. The one year they didn’t was 2015 and they went to the super bowl

If KC had their starting offensive line this would have been a competitive game. Mike Remmers was the starting LT for the chiefs

Panthers players with mixed feels on Remmers

Bucs are going to win. Tom is going to will them to victory and retire

Today is the last day my wife allows me to bust out the deep fryer until week 1 of next season. So I’m going all out. Bone in and boneless Wings, curly fries, jalapeño poppers, calamari. Then this week we’re doing a juice cleanse LOL

But what a great sport Teddy is taking this news like a champ. They should give him an award for trying.

It doesn’t look like the Panthers want to even go into the draft with Bridgewater on the roster

POOP OUT MY WEENER

I don’t know about that. Trubisky flat out struggles to move the offense. He’s more athletic than Teddy, but Teddy can at least get you in scoring position, albeit he’s absolutely god awful in the red zone. I really think it’s a push given their strengths and weaknesses. I wouldn’t want either as my starting QB and honestly I might prefer Bridgewater. And that thought makes me want to vomit.

Trubisky and Bridgewater are the same caliber of QB

I am just going to leave this here

Not a crazy offer honestly. Rams are just plain dumb for making the trade they did. Stafford isn’t a massive upgrade over Goff at his age and injury history. I genuinely think it was a beef between Goff and McVay and Sean thought this was his best chance to dump Jared.

A good chunk of Wilson’s “highlight” throws downfield I watched would have been INTs at the NFL level. Similar to what we’ve seen from Trubisky at the NFL level. Maybe it comes from lesser talent around him. He’s got a good arm for sure. But many QBs that came before him that flamed out of the league did too. I saw Wilson seem jittery in the pocket and make some throws that would get him in trouble in the NFL.

Sounds like you’re trying to prepare everyone for when the Panthers draft Mac Jones. I am definitely not saying Lance is like Newton. Far from it. He’s no where near as big or as powerful, or even as good of a QB as Newton was when he came out of college. What Lance does have is a good set of physical tools that could translate into being a very good QB, maybe the best in the 2021 NFL draft class. And yes I’m including Lawrence in that. No guarantees Trevor turns into a superstar either, especially on the Jaguars. Lance just reminded me of the physical tools Mahomes had coming out of college. Great arm, great mobility, and the ability to find guys down field after scrambling around to avoid pressure. My second choice behind Lawrence would be Fields, but I just don’t see that happening. Fields will almost certainly go #2 or #3 overall. If Lance is there at 8, I think the Panthers have to draft him. He could sit for half or a full season on the Panthers behind Bridgewater. And now with Sean Ryan in the fold, who had a hand in developing Deshaun Watson, I think it’s definitely a good spot for him. Could be a lot worse. Would be very hard for me to get excited about Mac Jones at 8. If they traded back, I’d be cool with Jones in the 20s with some added picks to beef up the O-Line. Because with a guy like Jones, you’re gonna need a better O-Line than what the Panthers had last season.

Fake news

I just watched highlights of Zach Wilson, Justin Fields, Trey Lance, and Mac Jones. Here are my thoughts: Zach Wilson seems frantic in the pocket. His running ability and athleticism is clear. He made some nice throws, but also didn’t always set his feet and throws in funky positions and off his back foot a lot. I think he will struggle to adjust to the NFL unless he’s given time on the bench. He didn’t have a lot of starts in college and he reminds me a lot of Mitch Trubisky. I wouldn’t be thrilled if the Panthers drafted him. Justin Fields is very talented. He made a lot of nice throws and has probably the best pure running ability of any QB in this draft class. He read the field well most of the time and made the right throw. He has nice touch on the ball and throws an accurate pass more often than not. The main thing that scares me with him is how awful Ohio State QBs tend to be at the NFL level. Mac Jones is probably the most old school QB in the draft. Dude just drops back and slings it. He isn’t going to buy you a lot of time in the pocket with his athleticism so he would benefit from a team with a good offensive line that could give him time to scan the field (bad fit for the Panthers there). He has underrated arm strength and decent pocket awareness when he had pressure. Main knock on him to me which I’ve heard is, the talent around him was baller. It’s true. His guys constantly beat their man and got wide open. All Mac had to do was hit them, and he did. Consistently. I think he’s a late 1st round pick. Trey Lance was my favorite QB I watched. Granted, he had the smallest sample size to watch and played against the lowest completion level. But he put off some Patrick Mahomes vibes to me. Guy is super athletic, can buy you a ton of time in the pocket, and has a cannon for an arm. Made some “wow” throws after scrambling around to buy time, and could be the best QB in the draft if he goes to the right team. Will definitely need time on the bench to develop. He was way too quick to take off and run sometimes and struggled to get off his first read. But the tools are there based on what I saw. Overall I think Trey Lance is the only other possible superstar QB in this draft outside of obviously Trevor Lawrence. If we draft him at 8, I think he would be coming to a team that could give him a good chance to succeed with some time on the bench his rookie year and some good weapons. Fields is a boom or bust prospect, mainly because of the Ohio State thing, but I think he will end up being a good QB in the NFL. I wouldn’t be angry if we got Mac Jones, but I would hope we traded down if we do. Zach Wilson just feels like a bust waiting to happen but, who knows, I’m not an expert. tl:dr: I am officially on team Trey Lance.

Panthers are coming off as QB hungry as any team in the NFL right now. But watch Bridgewater be the starter next season with some random 4th round QB backing him up

Yay let’s trade up to the spot we would have been if we’d just lost to washington what a depressing thing to think about I’m fully against trading up. Stay out and hope a guy you like falls, or trade back and continue building up the team. Honestly wouldn’t mind if they went heavy on OL and defense and stacked the roster

Was Teddy a part of the deal for Stafford? Has this question already been answered?

it's this or a hard smokescreen

Now watch one of them turn into the next pat Mahomes because the panthers are always on the wrong side of these kinds things

I do not agree that giving up the #8 overall pick for Stafford would have been a good move. He’s 33 years old and has never shown the ability in his career to elevate a team. He plays well when he has talent around him. In that way I didn’t see him as much of an upgrade over Teddy aside from his arm strength. To your point in the second paragraph you wrote, the Panthers are very much a team in need of another great draft to compete for a playoff spot. Honestly I feel like they could draft all defense again, sign a free agent offensive line, and be an 8-8 borderline playoff team with Bridgewater as QB in 2021. Not what we’d all want next season but it would be an improvement.