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He spent big money on interior o-line, which is a position a lot of teams try to go cheap on, I would expect us to be good. We have the third highest cap cost o-line, we should be good. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/position/offensive-line/_/year/2024/sort/cap_total

https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/03/13/carolina-panthers-david-tepper-frank-reich-split-quarterback-draft There was a report by Schefter where he said he heard a rumor that Frank wanted stroud. This was I think over a month out from the draft, also I don’t think he named the source. Later in the year there were reports that they were pretty much all in agreement on Bryce. Such as: https://www.outkick.com/nfl/panthers-owner-david-tepper-addresses-rumor-he-overruled-frank-reich-on-bryce-young-and-c-j-stroud

Someone refresh my memory here, what are we basing the idea that Frank wanted around on? I’ll admit it’s entirely possible but I don’t remember any report saying that. All of the reports said they were in agreement on it. Also what about Caldwell. I’m sure he had a a well respected voice in the process. I’m sure Tepper was involved in the process but from all reports he defers to the football people, if he fell in love with one of the QBs I’m guessing it’s because the “football people” convinced him that Bryce was worth it.

How do we know Frank didn’t want Young?

So….some of the same people who complained about Tepper promoting a GM that was part of the old staff are now complaining about the team getting rid of someone from the old staff.

Or he got the QB that he wanted and he was just overrated as a coach because he had a good QB(luck) or a good OC.

Didn’t have time to watch all of it but seemed to do well on contested catches and pushing off, we’ll see how well that translates. Has some physicality to his game, might be a good run blocker, some decent RAC, but not in the league of DJ, I didn’t see elite route running. He might struggle with press at the next level, but he has some physical tools and he might still decelop. I expect him to get some stats, the team can play to his strengths, wether or not he turns into a true #1 only time will tell.

Imagine if we had traded back from #1 and got our 2nd Qb choice??? Sometimes not getting who you want is a good thing Also trading back doesn’t have to mean falling way back. What if it’s your turn to draft and you have 4-5 players all graded equally. Moving back a few spots and picking up a later pick isn’t a a bad thing. Also I like this idea of picking up future year draft picks. Teams tend to devalue those. I would much prefer a future 2nd than a current 3rd. It’s like earning interest on your draft picks. Nobody has the patience to do it that first time. If you did it every year you would really just give up that one year and gain a free round in each subsequent year.

This is why its comical when people disparage fans for an opinion or thinking they could do better. Granted, your good front office people are smarter than most fans, but anyone can be terrible. I could take a big board list from ESPN or PFF and let my dog paw at it and he would at least be terrible also.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t. Broncos and Pittsburg moved on from QBs that they didn’t trade the farm for. We gave up so much for young that they feel committed to him.

Those teams didn’t mortgage their futures

Who last longer in the league? Pickett or Howell? Just shows the talent difference year from year in the draft.

We were 29th in the league in points allowed, shouldn’t be hard to improve. https://www.teamrankings.com/nfl/stat/opponent-points-per-game

Curious to know where you are getting those numbers from? Have always been interested in the real numbers behind drafting.

Anyone notice how absent some people are from this thread???