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not giving up future assets is a W. It would still be nice to have some help right now especially considering our injuries. Next year should be our all-in year no matter what. We're on house money and gaining experience

per Ian Rapoport on twitter, they have agreed to terms on a new long term deal..details to follow. Talks progressed after the Hurts deal. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/36305705/sources-lamar-jackson-ravens-progressing-extension-talks

not sure if that means he was banned before but I do think objectively calling anyone who was around pre 2011 a newbie is a stretch

I thought Fred should have always started the road games. If now is the first time he's healthy, go for it. The goaltending position was mostly irrelevant in Game 5 as only two giveaway/not clear zone mistakes and a fluky bounce led to goals. Let's hope our game makes our starting goalie irrelevant here. If you can't bet on several goalies in round 1 against your easiest opponent--there will never be an easier chance to rotate/get Raanta rest.

Considering Bryce was literally sacked 63 times in college, I think it's safe for anyone to underline in stone that, yes, he can in fact handle getting sacked as many times as he has been sacked. Fantastic argument, that.

looks like he joined in 2010, you in 2022, no?

right, but that's something that will happen plenty time after Bryce jerseys will have been on sale for a while. they will go on sale in some form or another (probably placeholder showing #1 for overall draft pick) right as the pick is announced

I am completely counting on it. The frustrating part isn't hearing that from the media/opposing fanbases. The frustrating part is people with Panthers logos on their gear not standing up for the guy with the bloody nose everyone outside wants to fail. For our own fans to be joining the criticisms of those outside/against us before we even draft the kid is that 'i cannot have a positive outlook about fandom' that i just can't get down with. If you're standing on the same side of the table as saints/falcons fans pointing at panthers fans with hope, i feel like you need to step outside yourself and look in the mirror just a time or two. FWIW, up until the Vegas odds changed around our pick, I wanted Stroud. But that wasn't at the expense of Bryce Young's skills, and I'm a Panthers fan who trusts our staff and likes 3 of the 4 QBs in the draft (Levis seems like a ripe prick to me tbh)

you didnt' watch him in college. Yawn. noted.

Burrow is the one here that is why this is infuriating as a rhetorical situation. He got killed by his OL. Then he returned and made it to the super bowl. If Bryce tears the same ACL that Burrow did--tons of our own fans will rush here with 'I told you so's about size/our own QB getting an injury that one of our own best players ever recovered from 3 separate straight times and I will be ready to fight morons in the street

I'm a rational folk myself. So acknowledging that size is a concern to me seems unnecessary at this point considering there are dozens of posters on this forum who have been shouting it and only it from the mountaintops for months

trading up for #1 is a big gamble. But we're doing it to circumvent not having the same QB problems since the @ Pitt game in 2018. We're doing it to get the literal consensus best player AND QB in the draft. The gamble being all about size to some when we have literally any examples in sports to show us that size can be overcome is just tired and if people want to be negative about us finally solving our biggest problem/the biggest issue in not running our division, it just comes off desperate to cling to negativity--which for me just straight up isn't why I watch football. Having some hesitation is fine. Yes, we took a big gamble. Thank everything under the moon and stars we finally had the nuts to do it. That some people are screaming negativity into the abyss that we finally did what was necessary to fix the biggest problem NFL teams face is their prerogative but at this point, especially on this day, it also screams "I celebrate/am positive about literally nothing" which is at least in my personal opinion, the most outright garbage sports fan to interact with and it's not remotely close. Have some fun or go sit in a corner by yourself and pout. But scratching, kicking and clawing to get the rest of us to share in taking a dump on the party is not gonna work. I'm as excited as I've been in the near 30 years we've fielded a team--as are tons of the rest of us. Because it's why we're all here. The prospect of being in the same boat as other NFC South teams fans/other NFL teams fans trying to scream "i told you so" to us about and or rooting for Bryce to fail is like downright vomit worthy to me. But I'm a PSL holder who grew up as a small dude in that stadium with a chip on my shoulder yelling at all the fans that thought they could come in and take over our stadium. So from that perspective, anyone who claims to be a Panther fan that's gonna be yelling along with fans of other teams negative sh about the guy we've chosen to lead us---keep crying. Join them if you want. The rest of us we'll inevitably do what we're here to do. Have hope and Keep Pounding.

I'm sure they likely will 1. have it announced as they go on sale OR 2. have the jersey not show a number and say that it will be shipped with the number he chooses after one is picked--cause for right now Corral is still #9

As an objective Panthers fan who cares mostly zero about where our QB goes to college--it feels like you should have posted a poll somewhere else to ask 'who here is a Chapel Hill fan'

Sure, but that contract isn't something that needs to be drawn up once he's drafted. Once that happens he becomes part of NFLPA and it's fair game. That it probably exists on a deadlink on NFL shop/Panthers stores is a fair point as is that the link could be accidentally leaked or posted prior

what do you mean by this? you don't think championship winners / draft merch is made before tomorrow at 8pm? or that the ordering part of the website isn't set up for it to be made to order by now/ just not available as an open link?

Corral wore 2 and didnt get it here because of DJ. I assume he will take 2 which will open up 9.

for sure. he looked tired and just not all there. but for me--to have our top D pairing play kinda trashy, AND be without three of our top 6 to not even count Drury---I feel like we were a bounce away. We're gonna go give them a handshake line in their own building. I'm okay with slaying those road demons in this series. If literally nothing else, this playoffs slaying road demons is enough to take away from this playoffs along with the division banner to make a true 100% run at it next year with Svech/Patches and to step on the gas at trade deadline/do something big time at goalie

I did think Slavin/Burns were off. However, we carried play for a long stretch, and their first two goals were absolute flukes. And with the one we had that was disallowed/the bounce off Aho and the bounce off the boards to give them a breakaway/Staal not burying his early one--i just feel like a bounce here or there it would have been a different game. I think we'll close it out Friday.

i'll be there tonite. hope they have someone good on the siren for the closer and i wanna see some handshakes! Let's Go Canes!!! Ghost is fine/should be good to go they said

right--yeah. so weird that an 81 year old coach who failed in his last stop has some dated opinions

Russ and Young have the literal exact same combine weight. 204. There is a whole entire athletic article where Fitterer talks both about that and about Bryce putting on weight thru training and diet / naturally after draft, just as Russ did. Far be it from me to keep you from ignoring these facts just to beat a dead horse over and over and then say 'if i'm wrong no one can say so for 5 years' as if literally any athlete getting injured playing a sport is some Nostradamus prediction. Can't argue with that type of bias. You seem like you want to be butthurt about the pick. I'm excited af and ready for him to prove the doubters wrong. I just wish it wasn't so many of our fans. Already went thru that with Cam. Sorry you won't have any fun like the rest of us

but if 300lb DTs do it because they're banged up--it's fine too and something you just won't chalk up to size. I get the bias. It's objectively asinine.

Here is part of one team’s pre-draft scouting report, furnished by a former NBA head coach, that listed Stephen Curry’s perceived weaknesses: Not a true point guard. Out of control at times. Shot-selection. Stuck between 1 and 2. Ability to defend position at next level? Lateral quickness. Versatility to defend multiple positions. Limited upside? Backup/Fringe Starter? College system makes him difficult to evaluate. Average athleticism. Average size. Average wingspan. Frail frame. Relies too heavily on outside shot. it's weird to me how many people are out here begging to be quoted like this in 9 months. I expected it from NFC South fans outside Carolina. But the in house fighting is asinine. And the amount of receipts I'm saving before he even gets picked woo boy.

So you're also choosing to ignore that this is literally an entirely normal CB height weight ratio and the juxtaposition that now, objectively, CBs take more contact than most QBs in today's league. You're completely choosing to ignore these things for what reason exactly? Because you're dying to post "told you" if our QB goes on IR? Seems like a fun life