kungfoodude

Great job battling through a lot of issues to get the W.

The fact they got out of the 1st without being down at least 3 goals was nuts. We were shelling them.

Well, scrapping to try and get this win. Literally cannot afford this kind of loss.

This one ain't the goalie. We have had umpteen grade A chances and they aren't getting in. The defensive breakdowns are continuing, as well.

We are officially in a funk.

Underwhelming start. Dominated early, they got momentum and Kochetkov allowed a VERY leaky goal. Not great, not terrible. This is a "get right" game, though. We gotta really pour it on and get back to Canes hockey.

Remember when a few weeks ago the tankers were fuming that we were winning games? "CuLtUrE dOeSn'T mAtTeR!!! mUh DrAfT pIcKs!!!!"

Having a top 5 or 10 RB is probably the dumbest possible move we could make. I don't care how good that kid is, he is not moving the needle enough to justify immediately being a top 10 paid RB, which he would be. You can get a top tier RB in the 4th or 5th round. This literally happens almost every year. It's not just insane, it's purely retarded to be taking a RB in the first or second round unless you are a completely built team with minimal needs outside RB.

Icky reminds me a little of Andrew Thomas who REALLY got some heat for the beginning of his career. Hopefully he also is able to ascend to the level Thomas has. That would be phenomenal. I do think he always will be a better run blocker than pass blocker, although he has certainly made strides in that arena. The biggest thing he needs to work on is the penalties. It has slowed down but he still leads the OL in penalties on the year.

That would be very Tepper Panthers indeed.

Indeed. More Coker's and less TMJ/Mingo/XL's please. Get ACTUALLY fundamentally sound WR's. If it ends up being a Nabers/Jefferson type, even better. But the beginning and end of the WR discussion should be about how fundamentally sound of a WR you are.

Chuba's contract is not bad at all. What he jumped the gun on was Brooks. Chuba was already an effective back, so why spend valuable second round resources on another RB, especially one with literally higher price point(at that time)? I also think we have likely seen the last of Brooks, unfortunately. I know people reference the TD's and Gore's but those are outliers. I highly doubt Brooks will ever be the same RB as he was in college after this. It will take a tremendous amount of mental strength to be able to trust that knee ever again. Regardless, you have to pivot and get a late round RB or free agent RB unless you want to be stuck with Sanders. Blackshear is not a realistic option as a #2 RB.

You should hate it. You should hate it tremendously. You now would have almost $30 mil in running backs. That's pure insanity.

He also had 10 total starts in those two years. XL has 10 starts this season.

But Moose nor AJ Brown had the same struggles as XL. He is just not a natural reciever at all. Body catching, mis-timing jumps/dives, lower tier hand eye coordination....it's not just a single thing. He really is a project player. He may pan out but that is not a guy I would be willing to put all my eggs in the basket of as a GM nor HC. You gotta find a real WR in the interim while you figure out if he ever will become one.

TBH, it's been a rough season for Legette. He has very little in the way of pass catching fundamentals. IMO, we need to pivot from him as a realistic #1 guy and find that player in the draft or free agency. It will give him a lower pressure environment to develop.

But Ginn could get open a lot more consistently too. He was a better route runner(not saying a lot), as well. TBH, at this rate I would kill for XL to be as good as Ted Ginn.

I agree. Hence why I say it seems to be an organizational thing. Spanning many years for that matter.

Well they play each other, so one of them will even out. But you are missing literally the other five 3 win teams too.

Honestly, depends on where we end up. If you end up in the 4 to 6ish range, you are probably better off trying to snag one of the very few elite rated guys than trade down into the crapshoot area. That said, this draft is supposedly fairly loaded with B caliber guys that can be solid starting players/rotational guys. I also really hate trading down as a Panthers fan because about 99.8% of the time we fug that up. We almost always fug up trading up. IDK....we will see what happens. We just need to channel our inner Hurney in the 1st.

I don't think you have looked at the standings recently.

Lol. We will not be anywhere near #1. Likely in the 5-10 range. Which means we are not likely to be able to get them.

That's not true. That was 8 words.