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Not to mention that money talks. Worse come to worse, they can come here and get some of Tepper's money. Huddlers kill me talking about "no one wants to come here [blah blah blah]. I know, I know, "No one worth a damn wants to come here [blah blah blah]..." Money talks and bullshit walks. Plus, you never know who's going to turn out to be a great coach. And, there are lots of NFL types that haven't given up on Bryce. We just need to get his situation right, and even without trying to blow sunshine up peoples' asses, we should have enough money to strengthen the line and add a WR1. Not to mention that we could still make a trade or two to gain more draft capital.

I think people are thinking more long term than just this season, but who knows? Maybe we'll acquire another marginal back at premium prices.

You'd think, but the FO seems committed to tanking when it does us no good. Personnel---overall and game day---play calling, scheme, refusal to entertain trades for Burns and pick up some picks...we seem to want to force a square peg into a round hole this season. It's as bad as it has ever been in that regard. I'm sure that the Bears are thankful that we basically keep doing the same thing over and over again every game day. I mean, I suppose Scott and Frank are thinking, "You can't put lipstick on this pig." We'll just waddle in shít 'til the season ends. The off-season can't be any worse...I hope.

LOL. Not according to the stats or the eye test. But, like I alluded to, we are allergic to making sensible moves, so it's no surprise that he ended up on the next team.

He may, but of course we're in the top spot. We don't make logical moves though. We're liberal when we don't need to be, and conservative when we don't need to be. In other words, we spend money and draft picks when we shouldn't, and we sit on our hands when we could spend relatively little for an impactful player.

I can't say that with surety. I know the line is a huge problem, but even with that, I'm thinking Carter would be an upgrade for next season if nothing else.

Of course, because JT is back and humming. I really don't know why the Bills, who obviously need a running game (or at least need to appreciate the running game) just refused to let him on the field. It looks like a blunder.

Wouldn't hurt to add him. He may be more talented than what we have. Think how the Bills got rid of Zach Moss and now he's as productive as he's ever been. "The Jets made Carter a fourth-round pick in 2021, and he played 39 games with 21 starts in 2 1/2 seasons in New York. In his career, Carter has 361 touches for 1,760 yards and seven touchdowns." https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/jets-cut-michael-carter

I think that you may be being a bit hyperbolic. Where Fitterer has been taken to the woodshed is in his pro deals. I'm highly skeptical of his valuations. Perhaps it's because he's mostly been well behind the sticks due to pressure, I don't know, but he hasn't been good. He has been Santa Claus to other GMs.

No "what-ifs!" When I see Stroud or simply hear "Stroud," I automatically think, "We fúcked up!"

I kinda disagree. I think that he hasn't looked panicky, but I think that he has most certainly looked "frenetic" when under pressure at times. It's mainly when the pocket breaks down immediately. On a couple of occasions, he started abandoning the pocket before he really had to, probably because they were getting to him pretty good. In that respect, I see some cracks.

I don't generally dish out poo unless I think someone is simply trolling. The only reason I didn't poo yours is because I want you to know that at the end of the day, none of this really matters. But I still think what you did is a bitch move plain and simple.

And even if all the naysayers are right about Bryce being a bust, there's nothing that any of us can do about it. No one gets a cookie for being in the Bryce is a bust train early. It's still a sad day for Panthers fans once the NFL comes to that conclusion.

Many many NFL people are fooling themselves then. And the thing is, no one is saying that he's great or a bust; what most NFL people have said is that the team is so bad around him that no one can really say with surety what he is.

It's kinda silly in the grand scheme of things, but if enough people show up, it will most definitely get some press which honestly isn't a bad thing. The "Fire Rule" chants had their minute in the sun. If I lived in Charlotte, I'd be one of the silly ones, just saying. I wouldn't miss it.

@CPF4LIFE why would you give me poo for making this statement? In my opinion it's a truly bitch move. Poo that!

Just face it: until we get a better O-line and weapons, the truth about Bryce will be up in the air.

I think that he has overall good pocket presence, but he is being "Carred." Standing calmly in the pocket is not necessarily a bad thing. It's really preferable, but having to run for his life just makes it seem like his pocket awareness is bad because his play obviously becomes more frenetic.

If I hadn't seen other QBs hop through their careers, I would say what you're saying is true, but hopping does not necessarily equate to sloppy footwork.

To be clear, I'm not saying Bryce doesn't hop on his toes, but what I am saying is that he's done that all his life, so it's normal to him and hasn't been a hindrance.

Well, what did he say then? Did you even hear him? What's your take?

Who? I've never ever banged the table for Wilks. You're barking up the wrong tree. I have always said, even earlier this very day in another thread that we could have done better than Wilks or Reich. I never wanted either one of them. Harbaugh was always my pick, and I've been on the record saying that.

But the thing is, I can't say that his size has really mattered. It certainly hasn't led to him being on the IR like many insinuated. He's actually proven to be very tough. As for his arm, I still don't believe it's not sufficient. There have been guys with worse arms playing in this league and having good careers. If he's still doing the same things in a couple of seasons, then we can talk.

I'm with you. I'm probably just a little more comfortable at the moment saying that we indeed picked the wrong guy. I hope I'm wrong as two left shoes.

Mike Greenberg basically asked Chris Canty if the Panthers screwed up by taking Bryce Young over C.J. Stroud. Canty said that he hadn't seen enough "moments of brilliance" in Bryce's rookie season to justify saying that we didn't screw up. He also said that he knows that Frank Reich and Jim Caldwell KNOW how to develop a QB from dealing with them on a personal level during his career. He said that he knows that Josh McCown knows how to tell Bryce which way to go from the many years that he competed against him. Canty basically insinuated that it can't be them, so it must be Bryce. To be fair, he didn't say this expressly, and he was kind of straining when he expressed his views in a miffed kind of way, but him not having an answer as to why Bryce hasn't shown a lot, was an answer unto itself. This was only a few minutes ago, so we have to look for the audio