CPantherKing

Reich could suit up and perform better

McCall is a good back up 4-3 DT. He is not going to hold up as a 3-4 NT

There is a ton of bad QB play in this game for both sides

How many seasons before someone realizes Jordan can't play in the NFL?

Trying to serve up a pick 6

They ran the ball and did max protection with a ton of help in pass pro for Ekwonu in 2022.

I've seen some horrible first preseason games, but the preparation and execution in this one has got to be among the worst.

That first team DL can't slow down the run and keep the OL off of LBs

This passing game is going to be rough. Looks too easy for NFL DCs to game plan for when it comes to weaknesses among key starters. Reich is going to have to be one of the best play callers in the NFL to win.

Panthers played/coached to my expectations with their personnel

Pass protection, QB play, and WRs all looked bad with starters. This team is no where near prepared for the season. May not be until October before we see improvement.

Yeah Ickey couldn't keep the passing lane open before his defender hit Bryce

Ickey and Jordan losing the throwing lanes and getting Bryce smashed in the pocket

Amare Barno doing what I know he can do. One of the few players I wanted to draft

and the Jets don't look very good too

Bryce isn't getting protection. Too many QB hits

Ekwonu with the whiff

First season in a 3-4 with a new unproven DC you mean

smh @ Brown

DL is not holding their gaps

As long as it doesn't resemble anything he did for the Broncos in losing all those leads and 4Q game leading drives from Wilson. His defense gave up 5 4Q leads and failed to stop teams in all 3 OT games. He struggled against the Bucs, Raiders, and Panthers - Mayfield, Carr, and Darnold. Inexperienced DC. Inexperienced QB. Average play caller in Frank Reich.

The answer is no. Bryce Young may have 1 playoff win during his rookie contract. As long as Young is the QB, the Panthers will need to have a championship defense/DC and an offensive play caller who can manage to average more than 2 GWDs per season. Currently, the Panthers do not check any of these boxes.

Fitterer is holding the team back. Bryce Young is a ticket to a decade of mediocrity. No QB in NFL history is worth what the Panthers gave up for Young. QBs don't make a dynasty, they elevate a dynasty in the playoffs. Corral will be no better than a mediocre journeyman QB. 4 out of every 5 undrafted QBs will make it to the playoffs when given at least 2 years of leading an NFL offense. Ekwonu is an All Pro NFL guard performing as an average starting NFL LT. The CMC trade will result in any success from the Panthers over the next decade being met with the 49ers and CMC keeping the Panthers being the best team in the NFC. Frank Reich was not the offensive genius of the Philadelphia Eagles and will be a mediocre coach who will finish behind Ron Rivera and John Fox in Panthers history. Brian Burns and Derrick Brown have hit their ceiling when it comes to run defense. Evero and Capers will struggle to figure out Ridder, Carr, and Mayfield. The Panthers have 0 playmakers on their team. I believe all of these are unpopular. No different than my opinions on Gettleman, Beane, Newton, Ealy, Butler, Benjamin, Bradberry, Funchess, Mayfield, Rhule, Moore, Artis-Payne, Worley, Little, Grier, Gross-Matos, Bridgewater, Darnold, and R.Anderson over the past decade. No more arguments for my unpopular opinions that proved me right. Same attackers on my unpopular opinions now. They will be quiet when I am proven correct again. Still waiting for the Panthers to get their act together and move toward being competitive contenders again like they did from their 2002 to 2013 roster builds. (2015 was carry over from these builds. The Panthers could have easily been a more dominant franchise.)

Open the game with some excitement. Get rid of the coin toss. Visiting team gets to decide who takes the ball first. Home team gets home field advantage. If the fans can't make it home field advantage, then blame the fans and the team. Game starts with the ball at the 50. Each team gets 1 down. The team that finishes on their side of the 50 stays on offense. The ball must go beyond the 49; the 2 yard zone between each 49 is considered neutral. If the ball remains inside the 50 yard line neutral zone after 3 snaps each, no running plays will be allowed. Touchdowns and turnovers are allowed, and will immediately begin the game. A turnover results in control of the ball. A touchdown is counted and the game continues as normal. Untimed until the starting offensive team is decided. Crowd will be in the game and loud from the start as though it is the last play of the game. After a score, let the XP decide starting field position. If the team chooses to kick the XP, the ball will be placed at the point of the kick for a missed XP, or at the 25 for a made XP. If the scoring team opts for the 2pt play, the ball will be spotted at the 2 if the team converts. If the team fails on the 2pt, the ball is placed at the 10. The other team will take over at the spot of the ball. If the defense intercepts, recovers a fumble during the XP, or blocks the XP kick, the ball will be placed at the 40 or at the spot if the defense advances the ball past the 40. The defense will have the ability to score a TD off of an XP turnover. Never going to happen, but this would be the answer to make the start of the game just as exciting as the end of the game.

And the Panthers are not awful and have downgraded from CMC and Moore? 5 of those teams went on to win the SB and 6 of them went to the SB. All those teams were awful? 34 SB winning QBs, 35 SB winning HCs, and 29 QBs drafted #1 overall. Go ahead and find the non-playoff teams drafting a QB #1 overall that won enough games in their rookie season to make the playoffs. How about the teams that traded up to the #1 overall like the Panthers to get their QB. How did that work out in year 1? Having people try to make an exception for the Panthers going from #9 to #1 as though that means they are better than the teams that finished last, or that there were no teams like the Panthers who traded up. The insane take would be comparing the Panthers to the Steelers under Cowher, the Chiefs under Reid, or the Ravens under Harbaugh going after a 1st round QB for a team that is already a contender with SB All-pro leadership already on the team.