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To be fair a good portion of the fan base was/is hard on Cam too. They managed to be miserable during the peak of Panther QB play. We have an nfl OC and hopefully an offensive line. Our QB’s have support and that should leave us hopeful.

I get it. When you don’t win it breeds negativity. I’m looking forward to a big question being answered: how much of the issue was Brady’s offense? With a revamped line, and an NFL OC, I look forward to seeing what our offense looks like mid season and end of year once defenses adjust. This is the most excited I’ve been for Panther football since Cam/Luke days.

Foreman is the depth issue being addressed. I understand CMC has had it rough the last two years, but you never know with injury. At one point Thomas Davis didn’t play for what felt like half a decade, and it turned out to be just awful luck. He made it through that and showed durability. CMC works his tail off and I wish him the same not just for us but because you know he wants it bad. I’m hopeful his load is 15-20 touches a game (mostly in space). He would win us games with that.

I will be too, but winning isn’t entirely on the QB. Hope that isn’t your only evaluation of a QB. Wins/losses is a team stat.

It gets old seeing people write guys off based on draft position. Every year players in each round pop off. Elite talent can be had anywhere in the draft. Corral didn’t drop because of lack of talent. The talent is undeniable if you simply watch him play.

That’s not the only thing he said though.

Brady falling off hard. He was supposed to do that 6 years ago. He just put up ridiculous numbers. I don’t know.

Brandon Smith sounds like a well grounded guy who’s excited to learn. It would be special if he puts it all together.

Correlation not causation.

Why only worse? Worse than the worst?

So…Rappaport said Corral was open about it. I’ve seen people (including that Twitter thread) say Matt chose to abstain from alcohol during football season (which is discipline). …sounds like the truth got twisted like those childhood phone games where the end message is completely different than the initial one. It is hilarious (and not surprising) if something like discipline got twisted into assuming he had an alcohol issue.

Idk. A lot will change from now until next years draft. Howell and Corral were talked about as high 1st rounders, then when the draft comes they go in the 5th and 3rd rounds. I hear Bryce Young (undersized, elite supporting talent) and CJ Shroud (tiny bit bigger than Corral, elite supporting talent) names thrown around a lot, but how much better are they than Matt? Hard to imagine Corral not putting up similar numbers at Bama or OSU. The 2023 class will most certainly be deeper and have more of a selection, but Corral seriously has elite traits, 3rd round be damned, and him not succeeding will be between the ears rather than from a lack of ability.

This CPantherKing guy is parody right?

Oof

Most of the post was meant as an intelligence discussion, but starting it with a Wonderlic question probably made it less clear.

Have the wonderlic questions been revised to be more football relevant? Last I looked it was more a generic cognitive test. Like a pre hire thing. I could have seen a bogus example as well for what that’s worth. What’s funny is often in life being really smart can hold you back too. Stuck in thought and hesitation from analysis. I know Marino is the cliche example at this point, but he did fine. I think what’s most important is that a player has enough functional intelligence to comprehend the sport, but once a threshold is reached, additional intelligence has marginal if any benefit, and could even, in some cases, be detrimental.

This place is riddled with snarky motherfugers. I don’t like Rhules results so far but I won’t pretend I attend practices and actually know who and what the dude does throughout his day.

It doesn’t take great intelligence to play football (or be any athlete for that matter).

I know what a GM does, but a GM doesn’t work in a vacuum. I’m sure the FA’s and rookies who struggle will be Rhules picks and the ones that succeed will be the GM.

Maybe. But rookie QB’s (and WR’s) are much different than they were a decade ago. They actually have passing games at the high school level now lol. Either way, I’m eager to see how this plays out in camp. Can’t wait. Simply having competition with potential at QB is revitalizing.

I don’t like Rhule myself, but would people think this if he had a QB/OC worth a damn the last two seasons? CMC has barely played over the last two seasons too. I’m not his number 1 fan, but I also don’t see a dude who can’t coach. He fugs some things up but seems to be learning from mistakes. Realizing how poo the o-line was, and actually throwing everything at it in one off-season is refreshing in itself.

How the hell is Peppers not on that list?

The Shi Smith “off field issues” seem way overblown. He had a personal amount of weed and a gun. It’s not like his trunk had 30 pounds of cocaine and a dozen AK’s.

I’m particularly interested in Nixon and Hoskins. Physically they have great upside. Nixon in particular. They both showed some flashes too. One or both of them taking a leap would make a huge impact. We need the help on the interior line.